Verena Meyer
Verena Meyer (born June 4, 1929 in Zurich ; † July 21, 2018 there ) was a Swiss nuclear physicist , science politician and rector of the University of Zurich .
Life
Verena Meyer was born as the daughter of the historian Karl Meyer and the lawyer Alice Meyer . She first studied medicine at the University of Zurich , but then switched to physics . She graduated with a diploma in 1954 and received her doctorate in 1958 under Hans H. Staub . At that time he had also encouraged her to study physics instead of medicine; highly unconventional for a woman at the time. She then spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota . After the Habilitation 1961 it became 1963 extraordinary and in 1968 full professor for experimental physics at the University of Zurich. From 1982 to 1984 she was the first female rector, then vice-rector for two years . In 1994 Meyer retired.
Meyer was President of the Swiss Physical Society from 1975 to 1977 . From 1975 to 1984 she was a member of the National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation , the last three years as President. She was then a member of the Swiss Science and Technology Council from 1985 to 2000 , and as its President from 1987.
Meyer mainly dealt with low and medium energy nuclear physics as well as with nuclear physical applications for materials research .
literature
- Swiss Lexicon . Volume 4. Verlag Schweizer Lexikon, Lucerne 1992.
- Sarah Brian Scherer: Meyer, Verena. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- "I took life as it came." Portrait, written by David Werner in September 2010 (PDF).
- David Werner: Former rector Verena Meyer has passed away. In: University of Zurich from July 27, 2018.
- Christoph Wehrli: Verena Meyer - obituary for an extraordinary scientist. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of July 27, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary , NZZ, July 27, 2018, p. 6.
- ↑ Verena Meyer, 89. In: NZZ am Sonntag , July 29, 2018, p. 21 ( online ).
- ^ Verena Meyer on the website of the University of Zurich , Equal Opportunities
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Verena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss nuclear physicist, science politician and rector of the University of Zurich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 2018 |
| Place of death | Zurich |