!!Ernst-Wilhelm Otten [Obituary|https://cerncourier.com/a/breadth-and-eminence-across-disciplines-ernst-wilhelm-otten-1934-2019], CERN Courier \\ \\ ---- !Curriculum vitae *1954 Abitur *1954 - 1955 Study of physics at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn *1954 - 1962 Study of physics at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg *1959 Diploma *1962 Promotion *1962 - 1966 Scientific research assistant at the Institute for Physics at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg *1966 Habilitation *1968 - 1969 and 1979 Research stays at the European Nuclear Research Center in Meyrin near Geneva *Seit 1972 Professor of Experimental Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz *1988 Research on polarized helium at the École Normale Superieure Paris