Herwig Schopper
Herwig Franz Schopper, German physicist, was born in Lanškroun, Czechoslovakia on February 28, 1924.[1][2] He received his physics diploma and doctorate from the University of Hamburg and is Professor Emeritus there. In 1950/51 he was research assistant at the Royal Institute of Technology under Lise Meitner,[1][3] in 1956/57 at the Cavendish Laboratory under Otto Robert Frisch[1] and from 1960/61 at Cornell University under Robert R. Wilson.[1]
His fields of work include optics, nuclear physics and elementary particle physics. Dr. Schopper held various professorships in Germany and he has been deeply involved in management of research laboratories both at a national and international scale.
Prof. Schopper was director of DESY from 1973-80.[4] At CERN Prof. Schopper was Research Associate (1966-1967), Division Leader of the Nuclear Physics Division (1970), member of the Directorate responsible for the Co-ordination of the Experimental Programme, Chairman of the ISR Committee at CERN (1973-1976), member of the Scientific Policy Committee (1979) and finally Director General from 1981-1988.[5]
In 2003, Herwig Schopper was elected to the post of president of the International Centre for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) Council.
See also
Awards
- In 1991: Wilhelm Exner Medal.[6]
- In 2003:Tate Medal for International Leadership[4]
- In 2004: Albert Einstein Gold Medal[7]
- In 2009: CERN honours Schopper[8]
References
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