Theodor W. Hänsch#


Theodor W. Hänsch
Membership Number:2686
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Elected:2009
Main Country of Residence:GERMANY
Homepage(s):http://www2.mpq.mpg.de/~haensch/htm_neu/HaenschCV.html
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http://www2.mpq.mpg.de/~haensch



Present and Previous Positions
  • 1986 Carl Friedrich von Siemens-Professor of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians University München and Director, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
  • 1975 - 1986 Professor, Stanford University, USA

Fields of Scholarship
  • Ultraprecise laser spectroscopy
  • Quantum physics of ultracold atoms

Honours and Awards
  • 2009 James Joyce Award
  • 2006 Carl Friedrich von Siemens Prize
  • 2006 Rudolf Diesel Gold Medal
  • 2006 Ioannes Marcus Marci Medal
  • 2005 Bambi Award
  • 2005 Otto Hahn Prize
  • 2005 I. I. Rabi Award
  • 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics (jointly with John L. Hall) "for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique"
  • 2002 Matteucci-Medal
  • 2001 SUNAMCO Medal
  • 1998, 2000Philip Morris Research Prize
  • 2000 Arthur L. Schawlow Award
  • 2000 Stern-Gerlach Medal
  • 1996 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize
  • 1995 Einstein Prize for Laser Science
  • 1989 King Faisal International Prize
  • 1989 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
  • 1987 Italgas Prize for Research and Innovation
  • 1986 Michelson Medal
  • 1985 William F. Meggers Award
  • 1983 Herbert P. Broida Prize
  • 1983 Comstock Prize in Physics
  • 1980 Otto Klung Prize


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