Friedrich-Karl Thielemann - Curriculum Vitae#

Education:

• Vordiplom (Bachelor) Physics/Mathematics, October 1972, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
  
• Diplom-Physiker (Master in Physics), May 1976, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
  
• Dr. rer. nat., February 1980, TH Darmstadt and Max Planck Inst. f. Astrophysics

Member: 1994-1999:

• CERN-ISOLDE Committee
  
• 1995/1996: International Steering Committee for Nuclear Astrophysics Data Evaluation
  
• 1996/1997: GSI Working Group on Nuclear Structure with Radioactive Beams
  
• 1996/1997: NuPECC Working Group on Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (Convener)
  
• 1997-2000: NuPECC Working Group on Next Generation Radioactive Beam Facilities
  
• 1999-2009: Research Board (Forschungskommission) of the University of Basel
  
• 2001-2005: Subatomic Experiment Evaluation Committee (TRIUMF, Vancouver)
  
• 2002-2006: Scientific Policy Committee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  
• 2003-2010: Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics International Advisory Committee
  
• 2004-2007: Visiting Committees Hadrons/Nuclei and Astroparticle Physics (Helmholtz Soc.)
  
• 2004-2007: Board of Directors, ECT* Trento
  
• since 2008: Commission for Astronomy, Swiss Academy of Sciencessince
  
• since 2009: PAC Extreme Matter Institute (EMMI), GSI Darmstadt, Germany
  
• 2011-2014: PAC Experiments at RIKEN RI Beam Factory (RIKEN, Japan)
  
• since 2013: President of Platform MAP (Math., Astron., Phys.), Swiss Academy of Sciences
  
• since 2014: Advisory Committee, Excellence Cluster Universe, Garching/Munich

General Research Interests:

Stellar Structure and Evolution, Supernovae, Compact Objects, Nucleosynthesis, Galactic Evolution, Nuclear Astrophysics, Nuclear Reactions, Nuclear Structure, Properties of Nuclei far from Stability, Equation of State at highest densities and temperatures

Professional Memberships:

Swiss Physical Society, American Physical Society, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, European Physical Society,International Astronomical Union, Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy, Astronomische Gesellschaft,Royal Astronomical Society

Professional Experience:

• Ph. D. student: 5/1976 -3/1978, Research Assistant, Institut für Kernphysik, TH Darmstadt
  
• 4/1978 - 3/1980, Predoctoral Fellowship, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik
  
• Junior Scientist:4/1980 - 3/1981, Max Planck Research Fellowship for a Scientific Stay Abroad
  (spent as Res. Associate, Enrico Fermi Institute, U. of Chicago / Research Fellow, Kellogg Radiation Lab. CalTech)
  
• 4/1981 - 3/1982, Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg
  
• 4/1982 - 12/1984, Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik
  
• 1/1985 - 6/1986, Visiting Research Associate, University of Illinois, Department of Astronomy

Professorships:

• 7/1986 - 6/1991, Asst. Prof., 7/1991 - 3/1994, Assoc. Prof., Harvard University, Department of Astronomy
  
• 9/1990 - 9/1992, Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard University, Department of Astronomy
  
• 4/1994 - present, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Universität Basel, Departement für Physik
  

Positions within University of Basel:

• 8/1995 - 7/1996, 9/2003 - 8/2004, 9/2007 - 8/2008, Department Chairman
  
• 10/1996 - 7/2000, Member of the "Regenz" (University Senate)
  
• 10/1999 - 9/2002, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Sciences
  
• 1/2011 - present, Member of Tenure Evaluation and Promotion Committee of the Faculty af Sciences
  
• 3/2011 - present, Chairman, Competence Center for Computational Sciences