Ulf Meißner - Curriculum vitae#

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STUDIES AND DEGREES

• Oct. 1976–Jan. 1982 Undergraduate Studies in Physics, Astronomy and Philosophy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
• Jan. 1982 Diploma Thesis: “Contribution of Two-Boson Exchange to the Nucleonic Current,” Advisor: Prof. M. Gari.
• Mar. 1982–Dec. 1984 Graduate Studies, Physics Department, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, with a one year stay as Research Associate at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 1983–July 1984.
• Dec. 1984 Ph.D. Thesis: “Applications of the Skyrme Model in the Description of the Nuclear Phenomena,” Advisor: Prof. G. E. Brown.
• Dec. 1988 “Habilitation” in Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, Germany. Habilitationsschrift: “Low Energy Hadron Physics from Effective Chiral Lagrangians with Vector Mesons.” Promoter: Prof. W. Weise.

POST-DOCTORAL APPOINTMENTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland — Dec. 1984–Feb. 1985 (Research Associate).

Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, FRG — Apr. 1985–Jan. 1987 (Research Associate in the Nuclear Theory Group).

CERN, Theory Division, Geneva, Switzerland — Jul. 1985–Sep. 1985 (Research Associate).

Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA — Jan. 1987–Jan. 1989 (Post-Doctoral Research Staff Member).

Institut für Theoretische Physik, RUB, Bochum, FRG — Feb. 1989 (Research Associate).

Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA — Mar. 1989 – Sep. 1989 (Heisenberg Fellow).

Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland — Sep. 1989 – Aug. 1993 (Heisenberg Fellow).

Physique Théorique, Centre de Recherches Nucléaires, Strasbourg, France — Sep. 1993 – Sep. 1994 (Research Associate).

Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany — Sep. 1993 – Sep. 1994 (Consultant for physics at MAMI).

Institut für Theoretische Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany — Oct. 1994 – Sep. 1996 (C4 Professor in Theoretical Physics, temporary, Lehrstuhlvertretung Prof. M. Huber).

PERMANENT POSITIONS & DIRECTORSHIPS

Division Leader at the Institut f¨ur Kernphysik (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Jülich, and Professor of Physics (C3) at the Universit¨at Bonn (Inst. f. Theoretische Kernphysik), Bonn, Germany — Oct. 1996 – Dec. 2002

Chair in Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Head of the Theory Department of the Helmholtz-Institute, Professor of Physics (C4) at the Universität Bonn (Helmholtz Inst. f. Strahlen- und Kernphysik), Bonn, Germany — since Jan. 2003

Director at the Institut f¨ur Kernphysik at the Forschungszentrum Jülich (IKP- 3, Theoretical Nuclear Physics), J¨ulich, Germany — Oct. 2003 – Dec. 2013

GUEST PROFESSORSHIPS

Guest-Professor at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria — Apr. 2002 – Sep. 2002

OTHER OFFERS
Chair in Theoretical Physics (Subatomare Physik), Institut für Theoretische Physik, Karl-Franzens Universität Graz, Austria, from Sep. 2002 — declined
Chair in Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany, June 2006 — declined