Jean-Pierre Blaser - Curriculum Vitae#
Born 25. February 1923 in Zurich (Switzerland)
- 1941 - 47 Studies at University of Zurich and ETH in chemistry, physics and astronomy
- 1948 Diploma in natural sciences. Diploma work in solid state physics
- 1948 - 52 Assistant of Prof. P. Scherrer at Physics Department of ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
- 1952 Ph. D. in natural sciences of ETH*Zurich. Work on nuclear reactions and accelerator technology
- 1952 - 55 Research associate at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, USA. Work in particle physics at the 440 Mev synchrocyclotron.
- 1955 - 60 Director of the Neuchâtel Observatory (Switzerland). Work in position astronomy and new time standards based on atomic clocks
- 1956 Associate professor of astrophysics at Neuchâtel University
- 1960 Full professor of physics at ETH Zurich
- 1962 - 72 Head ETH Institute of high energy physics. Accelerator development and experiments at CERN
- 1968 - 88 Initiator and Director of a new Research institution of the Board of ETH (Annexanstalt): Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research SIN at Villigen. Development and construction of a high current 600 MeV separated sector cyclotron and experimental facilities for the "Meson factory"
- 1988 - 90 Initiator and first Director of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, resulting from the fusion of SIN with EIR Würenlingen (Federal Institute for Reactor Research).
- 1990 Retired from directorship of PSI and professorship at ETH
- 1991 - 92 Renewed teaching at ETH
- 1990 - 2002 Member Science team of joint ESA/NASA project STEP on the Equivalence Principle of general relativity, chairman (until 1993) of European hardware group
- 1990 - 95 Member European Study group for proton therapy of cancer
- 1993 - 96 Member of ESA Space Science Advisory Committee (SSAC). Initiator and first chairman of the Fundamental Physics Advisory Group of ESA
- 1996 - 98 Vice*chair of COSPAR (International Committe on Space Research) Scientific Commission H (fundamental physics)
- 1999 - 2000 Consultant to Biotechnology firm CYTOS, Zürich
Special functions held at some time
- Scientific delegate of Switzerland in CERN Council
- Member of Scientific Policy Commitee of CERN
- President of the Swiss Physical Society
- Head of Physics Department ETH
- Dean of Mathematics and Physics at ETH
- President of Scientific Commission of Watch Industry Research Laboratory
- Member of Board of NAC (National Accelerator Center) of Foundation for Research and Development, Republic of South Africa
- Member of various commissions in Switzerland
Honours
- Dr. honoris causa University of Lausanne
- Dr. honoris causa University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
- Dr. honoris causa University of Geneva
- Dr. honoris causa University of Neuchâtel
- Dr. honoris causa University of Zurich
- Honorary member of Physical Society Zurich
- Honorary member of the Swiss Physical Society
- Member at large Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Associate of the Royal Society of South Africa
- Member of Academia Europaea
- Cancer Award of the Swiss Cancer League
- Prize of European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
