Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Max Delbrück1930 Max Born (grad student)
Christoph Gudermann1841 Carl Gauß (Gauss) (grad student), Bernhard Friedrich Thibaut (research assistant)
Bernhard Friedrich Thibaut1796 Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (grad student), Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (grad student)
Enno Heeren Dirksen1820 Bernhard Friedrich Thibaut (grad student)
Victor Frederick Weisskopf1931 Max Born (grad student), Eugene Paul Wigner (collaborator)
Johann Tobias Meyer Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (grad student)
Sofia Kovalevskaya1874 Karl Weierstrass (grad student)
Erik Edlund1847 Wilhelm Eduard Weber (post-doc)
G. Ludwig Hofacker1958 Friedrich Hermann Hund (grad student)
Rudolf Hilsch1927 Robert Wichard Pohl (grad student)
Johann Georg Anton Geuther18531855 Friedrich Wöhler (grad student)
Manfred Schröder Erwin Meyer (grad student)
Edward Leamington Nichols18781879 Johann Benedikt Listing (grad student)
Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni1792 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (post-doc)
Robert A. Millikan18951896 Walther Nernst (post-doc)
Peter L. Biermann1970 Rudolf Kippenhahn (grad student)
Johannes Stark1900 Eduard Riecke (post-doc)
Pascual Jordan Max Born (grad student)
Robert Julius Trumpler1910 Leopold Friedrich Anton Ambronn (grad student)
Walter Baade1919 Johannes Franz Hartmann (grad student)
Arnold Kohlschütter1907 Karl Schwarzschild (grad student)
Rupert Wildt19301933 Hans Kienle (post-doc)
Maria Goeppert-Mayer1931 Max Born (grad student)
Hans Georg Dehmelt1950 Hubert Krüger (grad student)
Reinhard Pottel
Stefan C. Müller Reinhard Pottel (grad student)
Patrick M.S. Blackett19241925 James Franck (post-doc)
Edward Condon1926 Max Born (post-doc)
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz1935 Georg Joos (grad student), James Franck (grad student)
Theodor Schmidt1933 James Franck (post-doc)
Hans Kopfermann1924 James Franck (grad student)
Henning Bostelmann Institut für Theoretische Physik Detlev Buchholz (grad student)
Gandalf Lechner Institut für Theoretische Physik Detlev Buchholz (grad student)
Wojchiech Dybalski Institut für Theoretische Physik Detlev Buchholz (grad student)
Walter Kunhardt Institut für Theoretische Physik Detlev Buchholz (grad student)
Martin Porrmann Institut für Theoretische Physik Detlev Buchholz (grad student)
Christoph Solveen Institut für Theoretische Physik Detlev Buchholz (grad student)
Otto Oldenberg1913 Hermann Theodor Simon (grad student)
Fritz Houtermans1927 James Franck (grad student)
Walter Kertz1950 Julius Bartels (grad student)
Julius Bartels1923 Wilhelm Meinardus (grad student)
Wilhelm Meinardus
Adolf Busemann1930 Ludwig Prandtl (post-doc)
Hans Ehrenberg1952 Wolfgang Paul (grad student), Hans Kopfermann (grad student)
Gerhard C. Hegerfeldt
Martin Bodo Plenio Physics19921994 Gerhard C. Hegerfeldt (grad student)
Samuel Roslington Milner18971898 Walther Nernst (post-doc)
Burton Evans Moore1907 Woldemar Voigt (grad student), Carl Runge (grad student)
Johannes Franz Hartmann
Helmuth Möhwald1974 Albert Weller (grad student)
Marcel Risch Materials Science20062008 Michael Patrick Bradley (grad student)
Johann Andreas von Segner
Theodor Franz Eduard
Helmut Alexander1960 Werner Otto Köster (grad student), Peter Haasen (grad student)
Gunnar Nordström1908 Hermann Minkowski (grad student)
Wolfgang Schröter
Heinrich Christian Schumacher18081809 Carl Gauß (Gauss) (post-doc)
Henry Burchard Fine1886 Felix Christian Klein (grad student)
Johann Georg Büsch1752 Johann Andreas von Segner (grad student)
Johannes Erdmann2012 Arnulf Quadt (grad student)
Bernhard Baule David Hilbert (grad student)
Dan Yang Physics2018 Laurent Gizon (grad student)
Luis Colina1987 Willem Wamsteker (grad student), Klaus Joachim Fricke (grad student)
Moritz Hiller2007 Tsampikos Kottos (grad student), Theo Geisel (grad student)
Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim19221926 Max Born (grad student), David Hilbert (post-doc)
Hertha Sponer19211925 Peter J. W. Debye (grad student), James Franck (research scientist)
Ora Stanley Duffendack19291930 James Franck (research scientist)
James Franck
Stephan Weiss20062009 Eberhard Bodenschatz (grad student)
Ansgar Reiners
Richard I. Anderson Faculty of Physics20082009 Ansgar Reiners (research assistant)
Peter Herbert Jensen1938 Georg Joos (grad student)
Reimar Lüst1951 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (grad student)
Willem Wamsteker
Bergen Davis19011902 Eduard Riecke (post-doc)
Stefan Kehrein
Herbert Arthur Stuart1925 James Franck (grad student)
Karl Otto Ott Werner Heisenberg (grad student)
Peter Brix19461952 Wilhelm Walcher (grad student), Hans Kopfermann (post-doc)
Wilhelm Walcher
Petar Bokan2020 Stan Lai (grad student)
Serhat Ördek2021 Stan Lai (grad student)
Stan Lai
Renas I.M. Koshnaw
Egon Alfred Hiedemann1921 James Franck (grad student)
Gustav Peter Lejeune Dirichlet
Christoph Lienau1992 Jürgen Troe (grad student)
Lino Gerlach2021 Stan Lai (grad student)
Konrad Samwer
Kira Abeling2022 Stan Lai (grad student)
Robert Wichard Pohl
Martin Wolfgang Teucher Faculty of maths and science1949 Fritz Houtermans (grad student)
Joshua Beirer2023 Stan Lai (grad student)
Qiong Bai
Rebekka Breier
Mathias Hummel
Jérémy Vachier
Maike Muecke2023 Thanapong Sareein (research assistant)
Günther Leibfried1950 Georg Joos (grad student), Richard Becker (post-doc)
Erwin MeyerAcoustics
Wilhelm Eduard Weberacoustics, electromagnetism
Rudolf Friedrich Alfred ClebschAnalytical mechanics
Max Gustav Hermann ReichApplied electricity
Carl Rungeapplied mathematics
Karl Christian von LangsdorfApplied mathematics, engineering17741776 Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (research assistant)
Karl-Heinz Hellwegeapplied physics1938 Robert Wichard Pohl (grad student), James Franck (grad student), Georg Joos (post-doc)
Ernst A. F. W. Grossmannastrometric measurements1891 Wilhelm Schur (grad student), Leopold Friedrich Anton Ambronn (grad student)
Paul ten BruggencateAstronomy19241926 Hans Kienle (post-doc)
Wilhelm SchurAstronomy1867 Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (grad student)
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm KlinkerfuesAstronomy1855 Carl Gauß (Gauss) (grad student)
Johann Franz EnckeAstronomy18111816 Carl Gauß (Gauss) (research assistant)
Leopold Friedrich Anton AmbronnAstronomy1887 George Friedrich Wilhelm Rümker (grad student)
Hans KienleAstronomy
Subramanyan Chandrasekharastrophysics1931 Max Born (research assistant)
Martin SchwarzschildAstrophysics1935 Hans Kienle (grad student)
Erwin FreundlichAstrophysics1910 Felix Christian Klein (grad student)
Marilyn Latourastrophysics
Anil Kumar DasAstrophysics, Atmospheric physics, Meteorology1928 Max Born (post-doc)
Otto OsberghausAtomic and molecular physics1950 Hans Kopfermann (grad student)
Henry DeWolf SmythAtomic Energy19311932 James Franck (research scientist)
Erwin MadelungAtomic physics and Quantum mechanics1905 Hermann Theodor Simon (grad student)
Louis Alexander Turneratomic physics, spectroscopy, nuclear physics and thermodynamics19291930 James Franck (research scientist)
Nikta FakhriBiophysics Physics20102014 Christoph F. Schmidt (post-doc)
Christoph F. SchmidtBiophysics
Sarah Kösterbiophysics, cell mechanics, cytoskeleton, microfluidics, microscopy, x-ray imaging
Eilhard MitscherlichChemistry, mineralogy18171818 Friedrich Stromeyer (post-doc)
Frank SteglichCondensed Matter Physics1969 Rudolf Hilsch (grad student)
Richard G. HennigCondensed Matter Physics
Panayotis BenetatosCondensed Matter Physics Physics20052009 Annette Zippelius (research scientist)
Peter Meyercosmic rays1948 Wolfgang Paul (grad student), Hans Kopfermann (grad student)
Otto Müggecrystallography1879 Carl Klein (grad student)
Charles Max Masondifferential equations, the calculus of variations, electromagnetic theory1903 David Hilbert (grad student)
Ankit BarikDynamo theory, Fluid dynamics, Magnetohydrodynamics, Astrophysics, Planetary science
Bernhard Friedrich Adolf Guddenelectrical conduction in semiconductors1919 Robert Wichard Pohl (grad student)
Hermann Theodor Simonelectrical engineering
Eduard Rieckeelectricity1871 Wilhelm Eduard Weber (grad student), Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (research assistant)
Willy Pragerengineering, applied mathematics
Gert W. Rathenauexperimental physics1933 James Franck (grad student)
Gunther von MinnigerodeExperimental physics1959 Rudolf Hilsch (grad student)
Walter Lochte-HoltgrevenExperimental physics1927 James Franck (grad student)
Ludwig PrandtlFluid mechanics
Christian Ludwig GerlingGeodetics1812 Carl Gauß (Gauss) (grad student)
Arnulf Quadthadron collider physics, detector development, grid computing
Herbert KroemerHeterostructures; Semiconductor/Superconductor Hybrids; Molecular-Beam Epitaxy1952 Richard Becker (grad student)
Dietrich Burckhardt WegenerHigh-energy physics19651966 Arnold Rudolf Karl Flammersfeld (grad student)
Lutz HuwelLaser Produced Plasma Physics, Molecular Physics1980 Hans Pauly (grad student)
Heinrich Georg Barkhausenlow voltage engineering1907 Hermann Theodor Simon (grad student)
Peter PringsheimLuminescence1906 Eduard Riecke (post-doc)
Heinz EwaldMass spectrometry1938 Georg Joos (grad student)
Arthur R. von Hippelmaterial science1924 James Franck (grad student)
Johann Friedrich PfaffMathematics17851787 Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (post-doc), Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (post-doc), Johann Elert Bode (grad student)
Richard Courantmathematics1910 David Hilbert (grad student)
Felix Christian KleinMathematics1871 Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch (post-doc)
David HilbertMathematics
John L. von NeumannMathematics David Hilbert (post-doc)
Carl Gauß (Gauss)Mathematics1832 Wilhelm Eduard Weber (collaborator)
Johann Rudolf MerianMathematics1827 Carl Gauß (Gauss) (grad student)
Georg Simon KlügelMathematics and physics1763 Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (grad student)
Karl Snellmathematics, physics18261827 Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (research assistant)
Abraham Gotthelf KästnerMathematics, poetry
Ludwig FöpplMechanical Engineering1912 David Hilbert (grad student)
August Ferdinand MöbiusMöbius strip18131814 Carl Gauß (Gauss) (research assistant)
Alexander Goetzmolecular physics, aerosols1921 Max Gustav Hermann Reich (grad student)
Edwin Crawford Kemblemolecular quantum physics1927 Max Born (research scientist)
Werner BingelMolecular Spectroscopy
F. Wheeler Loomismolecular spectroscopy19281929 James Franck (research scientist)
Karl Heinz Beckurtsneutron physics, reactor engineering Physics19541956 Karl Eugen Julius Wirtz (grad student)
Reinhold KaiserNMR1955 Erwin Meyer (grad student)
J. Robert Oppenheimernuclear physics1927 Max Born (grad student)
Rudolf FleischmannNuclear Physics19291931 Robert Wichard Pohl (post-doc)
Wilhelm HanleNuclear Physics1924 James Franck (grad student)
Arnold Rudolf Karl FlammersfeldNuclear physics
Detlef Kamkenuclear physics, condensed matter, accelerators, electron sources, detectors
Georg Joosnuclear physics, optics, solid state physics
Fritz BoppNuclear physics, Quantum field theory1937 Fritz Eduard Josef Maria Sauter (grad student)
George Gamownuclear theory, stellar theory, relativistic cosmogony, protein coding19281928 Max Born (post-doc)
Hermann Minkowskinumber theory
Ernst AbbeOptics1861 Wilhelm Eduard Weber (grad student)
Paul Karl Ludwig DrudeOptics1887 Woldemar Voigt (grad student)
Ivo Alexandre HümmelgenOrganic Electronics IV. Physikalisches Institut19871991 Wolfgang Schröter (grad student)
Bjørn Trumpyparticle physics, cosmic rays, terrestrial magnetism, nuclear physics1928 Max Born (post-doc)
Enrico FermiParticle Theory1923 Max Born (post-doc)
Peter J. W. DebyePhysical chemistry, structural chemistry
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrauschphysics1863 Wilhelm Eduard Weber (grad student)
Helmar TeichlerPhysics
Werner Heisenbergphysics (quantum mechanics)1924 David Hilbert (post-doc), Max Born (post-doc)
Johann Christian Polykarp Erxlebenphysics and veterinary medicine
Walter M. Elsasserphysics, geophysics, biophysics Physics1927 Max Born (grad student)
Emil WiechertPhysics, seismology
Johann Benedikt Listingphysiological optics1834 Carl Gauß (Gauss) (grad student)
Gerhart LüdersQuantum field theory
Detlev BuchholzQuantum Field Theory, Mathematical Physics
Léon Rosenfeldquantum mechanics19281929 Max Born (post-doc)
Wolfgang Ernst PauliQuantum mechanics19211922 Max Born (post-doc)
Max Bornquantum mechanics, solid-state physics, optics1906 Carl Runge (grad student), David Hilbert (grad student), Woldemar Voigt (research assistant), Karl Schwarzschild (research assistant)
Richard BeckerShockwaves and detonation, plasticity of metals and theory of ferromagnetism and superconductivity, statistical physics
Chamkor SinghSoft Condensed Matter
Günther H. E. Elstesolar spectroscopy1953 Paul ten Bruggencate (grad student)
Hans-Joachim Queissersolid state physics1958 Rudolf Hilsch (grad student)
Werner Martienssensolid state physics, Quantum optics, nonlinear dynamics1952 Robert Wichard Pohl (grad student)
Josef StukeSolid-state physics1947 Robert Wichard Pohl (grad student)
Erich MollwoSolid-state physics1933 Robert Wichard Pohl (grad student)
Paul Scherrersolid-state physics, particle physics and electronics1916 Peter J. W. Debye (grad student)
Heinrich Gerhard KuhnSpectroscopy19241926 James Franck (grad student)
Arthur Schusterspectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics, X-radiography1878 Wilhelm Eduard Weber (post-doc)
Sidney van den Berghstructure and evolution of galaxies, the extragalactic distance scale, supernovae, star clusters, and variable stars1956 Paul ten Bruggencate (grad student)
William Weldon Watsonstructures and spectra of molecules, separating isotopes19281929 James Franck (post-doc)
Rolfe E. Gloversuperconducting films19531954 Robert Wichard Pohl (grad student), Rudolf Hilsch (post-doc)
Sighart F. FischerTheoretical chemical physics19661967 Friedrich Hermann Hund (grad student), Gerhart Lüders (post-doc)
Reinhart AhlrichsTheoretical Chemistry1968 Werner Bingel (grad student)
Siegfried FlüggeTheoretical nuclear physics and quantum mechanics1933 Max Born (grad student)
Edmond Bauertheoretical physics1905 Walther Nernst (research assistant)
Wilhelm BrenigTheoretical physics1955 Richard Becker (grad student)
Woldemar VoigtTheoretical physics
Max KohlerTheoretical physics
Friedrich Hermann HundTheoretical physics1922 Max Born (grad student)
Karl-Henning RehrenTheoretical physics
Peter MittelstaedtTheoretical physics Theoretical Physics1956 Werner Heisenberg (grad student)
Kurt MeetzTheoretical physics1955 Walter Tollmien (grad student)
Hans FalkenhagenTheoretical physics1921 Peter J. W. Debye (grad student)
Reinhard OehmeTheoretical Physics1951 Werner Heisenberg (grad student)
Karl FörsterlingTheoretical physics1909 Woldemar Voigt (grad student)
Alfonso SellaX-ray spectroscopy Physics Woldemar Voigt (grad student)