Outstanding PersonalitiesNobel Laureates Affiliated with Heidelberg University
Assistant Professors and Visiting Scholars
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ketterle | Physics · 2001 | 1989-1990 Post-Doc with Wolfrum | 1976-1978 studied Physics in Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Hans G. Dehmelt | Physics · 1989 | 1974 und 1978 Visiting Research Fellow with zu Putlitz | Dr. h.c. 27 October 1986 |
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Lippmann | Physics · 1908 | Starting in 1873, worked for several years with Kühne and Kirchhoff | 1872-1873 studied Optics and Electricity in Heidelberg |
Ph.D. Graduates
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Prof. Dr. Theodor W. Hänsch | Physics · 2005 | 1969 Dr. rer. nat. |
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Prof. Dr. Otto Heinrich Warburg | Medicine · 1931 | 1911 Dr. med. |
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Prof. Dr. Adolf von Baeyer | Chemistry · 1905 | 1858 Ph.D. in Berlin/Heidelberg |
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Dr. Charles Albert Gobat | Nobel Peace Prize · 1902 | 1867 Dr. iur. | enrolled in Heidelberg in 1863 |
Students and Graduates
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Prof. Dr. Max Born | Physics · 1954 | studied Natural sciences 1902 | |
Prof. Dr. Hans Spemann | Medizin · 1935 | studied Medicine 1891-1893 | |
Prof. Dr. James Franck | Physics · 1925 | studied in Heidelberg 1901-1902, 1902-1903 Natural Sciences, WS 1902/1903 Law | Dr. h.c. on 26 August 1957 |
Carl Spitteler | Literature · 1919 | studied Theology 1867-1868 | |
Prof. Dr. Fritz Haber | Chemistry · 1918 | studied Chemistry 1887-1888 | |
Theodore William Richards | Chemistry · 1914 | studied Chemistry 1888 under Bunsen | |
Prof. Dr. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes | Physics · 1913 | 1871-1873 under Bunsen and Kirchhoff | |
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Wien | Physics · 1911 | studied i.a. in Heidelberg 1882-1886 | attended school in Heidelberg 1880-1882 |
Dr. Auguste Beernaert | Nobel Peace Prize · 1909 | studied law i.a. in Heidelberg 1851-1853 | |
Prof. Dr. Albert Abraham Michelson | Physics · 1907 | studied Philosophy 1881 | |
Prof. Dr. Sir William Ramsay | Chemistry · 1904 | studied Chemistry 1870-1871 under Bunsen | Dr. h.c. on 08 August 1903 |
Honorary Doctors
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Prof. Dr. Friedrich Bergius | Chemistry · 1931 | Dr. h.c. on 11 October 1927 | In contact with Heidelberg University as an entrepreneur starting in 1921, lived in Heidelberg 1922-1942 |
Prof. Dr. Robert Koch | Medicine · 1905 | Dr. h.c. on 05 August 1886 | |
Prof. Dr. Svante Arrhenius | Chemistry · 1903 | Dr. h.c. on 08 August 1903 | |
Prof. Dr. Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff | Chemistry · 1901 | Dr. h.c. on 01 August 1908 |
Scientists at Research Institutes in Heidelberg
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Prof. Dr. Jacques Dubochet | Chemistry · 2017 | 1978–1987 Head of Research Group at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Sir Peter Mansfield | Medicine · 2003 | 1972-1973 Senior-Visitor at the Max Plank Institute (MPI) for Medical Research in Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Masatoshi Koshiba | Physics · 2002 | Humboldt Research Award winner, research visit at MPI for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | Medicine · 1995 | 1978-1980 Head of Research Group at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Eric F. Wieschaus | Medicine · 1995 | 1978-1981 Head of Research Group at EMBL in Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. George Wald | Medicine · 1967 | 1932-1933 Research Associate under Meyerhof and Warburg at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (KWI) for Medical Research in Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. André Michel Lwoff | Medicine · 1965 | 1932-1933 Research Associate under Meyerhof at the KWI for Medical Research in Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer | Physics · 1961 | 1955-1957 Research Associate at the MPI for Medical Research in Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Severo Ochoa | Medicine · 1959 |
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Prof. Dr. Fritz Albert Lipmann | Medicine · 1953 | 1927-1930 Post-Doc under Meyerhof at the KWI for Medical Research in Heidelberg, later MPI |
Associate and Corresponding Members of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Paul | Physics · 1989 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Jack Steinberger | Physics · 1988 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Maria Goeppert-Mayer | Physics · 1963 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Sir John C. Kendrew | Chemistry · 1962 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Willard Frank Libby | Chemistry · 1960 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Emilio Segrè | Physics · 1959 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Hermann Staudinger | Chemistry · 1953 | Associate Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Pauli | Physics · 1945 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. George de Hevesy | Chemistry · 1943 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Corneille Heymanns | Medizin · 1938 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Peter Debye | Chemistry · 1936 | Corresponding Member of the HASH | |
Prof. Dr. Carl Bosch | Chemistry · 1931 | Member of the HASH | lived in Heidelberg 1917-1940 |
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Otto Wieland | Chemistry · 1927 | Associate Member of the HASH |
Scientists with a biographical connection to Heidelberg
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Prof. Dr. Ernst Ruska | Physics · 1986 | 1906 born in Heidelberg, attended school in Heidelberg |