Jean Cleymans#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2662 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SOUTH AFRICA |
Jean Cleymans passed away February 22, 2021.
Positions Held
- 2010 Professor Emeritus University of Cape Town, South Africa
- 1988 - 2009 Professor University of Cape Town, South Africa
- 1987 Associate Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- 1983 Professor (apl), University of Bielefeld, Germany
- 1975 - 1986 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, University of Bielefeld, Germany
- 1977 Habilitation University of Bielefeld, Germany
- 1970 Dr. Sciences Physics Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Fields of Scholarship
- Particle physics
- Dense nuclear matter
Honours and Awards
- 1969 Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Aachen, Germany
- 1970 NATO Fellow Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, California
- 1974 CERN Fellow, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1985 - present A-rated Researcher by the National Research Foundation of South Africa
- 1993 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
- 1994 Fellow of the University of Cape Town
- 1999 Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize
- 2000 Prize of the Polish Ministry of National Education for Research Excellence
- 2003 Prize of the Polish Ministry of National Education and Sports for Outstanding Team Research
- 2005 Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Grant
- 2007 Chairman South Africa - CERN consortium
