Klaus Pinkau#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 175 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Klaus Pinkau passed away October 15, 2021.
Positions Held
- 1981 - 1999 Scientific director of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
- 1972 - 1977 Vice-director, later Director of the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestial Physics
- 1969 Professor, TU München
- 1964 - 1965 Visiting Professor, Louisiana State University
- 1960 Habilitation, Privatdozent, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel
- 1958 - 1960 Research assistant, University of Bristol
- 1958 PhD University of Bristol
Fields of Scholarship
- Gamma-ray astronomy
Honours and Awards
- 1985 Honorary doctorate (D. Sc.), University of Bristol
- 1987 Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (later the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
- 1988 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 1989 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1997 Wilhelm-Exner Medal
- 1998 Honorary doctorate (Dr. rer. nat. h. c.) of the University of Greifswald
- 2001 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
