- Jan Peter Toennies
Professor Jan Peter Toennies (
3 May 1930 –) is a German-American scientist and former director of theMax Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (formerly named the Max Planck Institute for Flow Research). He was born inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania of German immigrant parents.Education
Lower Merion High School, Pa., 1948,
Amherst College , Amherst, MA., B.A. 1952,Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island, Ph.D. in chemistry 1957. Fulbright student inGöttingen 1953 – 1954.Professional Record
*1957 – 1962 DFG Stipendium with Prof. W. Paul, Physics Institute,
University of Bonn , Germany.
*1962 – 1965 Scientific assistant to Prof. W. Paul, Physics Institute, University of Bonn.
*1965 – 1967 Privat-Dozent, Physics Institute, University of Bonn.
*1967 – 1968 Dozent, Physics Institute, University of Bonn.
*1965 – 1974 Visiting Professor, Institute for Physical Chemistry,Göteborg University .
*1969 – 1998 Appointment to Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Society and Director at the Max-Planck-Institute für Strömungsforschung (nowMax Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization ).
*1971 – Associate Professor,University of Göttingen ; Adjunct-Professor, University of Bonn.
*1998 – 2002 Acting Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung.
*2002 – 2007 Emeritus Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-SocietyPrizes and Special Recognition
*1964 Physics Prize of the Academy of Sciences, Göttingen
*1983 "Fellow" of theAmerican Physical Society
*1988 Alumni Citation, Brown University
*1990 Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen
*1991 Gold Heyrovsky Medal of the Czech Academy of Sciences
*1992 Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize for solid state physics
*1992 Max-Planck-Prize of the Germany Research Society and theAlexander von Humboldt Foundation
*1993 Member of the Germany Academy of Natural Scientists "Leopoldina" in Halle, Germany
*1996 Recipient of the first MOLEC Conference Award
*1999 Honorary Fellow of the International Molecular Beams Symposium
*2000 Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
*2002 Stern-Gerlach Gold Medal of the German Physical Society
*2005Kolos Medal of University of Warsaw
*2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (with Giacinto Scoles)
*2007 Honorary Doctorate in Science, Amherst College, MA, USAee also
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*cite journal|title=Jan Peter Toennies On his 65th Birthday|author=Z. Herman
journal=Ber. Bunsengesellschaft Phys. Chem.|volume=99|pages=781–782|year=1995*cite journal|title=Serendipitous meanderings and adventures with molecular beams|author=J.P. Toennies|journal= Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem.|volume=55|pages= 1–33|year= 2004|doi=10.1146/annurev.physchem.55.081203.151413
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