Prof. Dr. Johann Bienlein

DESY Hamburg
Notkestr. 85
D-22607 Hamburg
Germany

Tel. +49 40 8998 3771
Fax +49 40 8998 3092
bienlein@desy.de
  • Member of CENSIS
    (Center for Science and International Security at the University of Hamburg)

Brief Curriculum Vitae:

1930: Born in Bayreuth, Germany
1940-49: Highschool "Ernestinum" in Coburg
1949-55: Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen, studies of physics, mathematics and chemistry, Degree: Diploma in physics
1955-58: Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen
Graduate student in physics, Degree: PhD in physics (with Prof. R. Fleischmann)
1964: Degree: Habilitation in physics, Erlangen

Work:

1949-53 Work at Siemens AG during university vacations
1953-57 Teaching Assistent in physics, Erlangen
1957-63 Research Associate, Erlangen
1964-67 Research Associate, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
since 1967 Leitender Wissenschaftler (Senior Physicist), DESY, Hamburg
Professor, Physics Department, University of Hamburg

Leaves of absence:

1960 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
1972-73 CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
1982 SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
1991-1992 ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

Scientific interests:

1955-63 Nuclear physics
since 1963 Particle (high-energy) physics
1957-63 Nuclear physics
1955-63 Effects of fallout from nuclear weapons tests
since 1974 Energy consumption by our society
since 1979 Member of the Working Group on Energy of the German Physical Society
since 1984 Verification of arms control treaties
since 1989 Remote sensing for verification

Major commitments:

1970-72 Chairman of the Scientific Committee of DESY
1975-79 Member of the Coordinating Committee for environmental research in German research centers
1969-70 Spokesman of a collaboration for an experiment in high energy physics at CERN
1979-85 Spokesman of collaborations for experiments in high energy physics at DESY