Wolfgang Baumjohann#
| Membership Number: | 4446 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.iwf.oeaw.ac.at/baumjohann |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2004 Director, Space Research Institute, Graz
- since 2001 Department Head, Space Research Institute, Graz
- 1989 - 2000 Senior Scientist, MPI für extraterr. Physik, Garching
- 1984 - 1988 Heisenberg-Fellow, MPI für extraterr. Physik, Garching
- 1975 - 1983 Research Associate, Institut für Geophysik, Univ. Münster
- since 2000 Adjunct Professor, University of München
- since 2009 Honorary Professor, Graz University of Technology
- 1995 Guest Professor, STEL, U. Nagoya, Japan (4 month)
- 1997 Guest Professor, ISAS, Japan (3 month)
Fields of Scholarship
- Space plasma physics
- Planetary magnetospheres
- Magnetic reconnection
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Grand Medal of Honour (Styria)
- 2014 Scientist of the Year (Austria)
- 2010 Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2009 Full Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2007 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class
- 2007 Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2003 Fellow, American Geophysical Union
- 2002 Full Member, International Academy of Astronautics
