Michael Wiescher#
| Membership Number: | 4454 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://physics.nd.edu/people/faculty/michael-wiescher |
Present and Previous Positions
- Director of the Institute for Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame
- 1998 Freimann Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame
- 1993 Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame
- 1993 Visiting Professor, Université de Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
- 1992 Visiting Scientist, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1990 Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
- 1988 Visiting Scientist, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1986 Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
- 1985 Research Associate, CalTech, USA
- 1983 Research Associate, Universität Mainz, Germany
- 1980 Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Nuclear astrophysics
- Nucleosynthesis in stellar and explosive burning
- Low-energy experimental physics
- Reaction physics with stable and radioactive beams
- Analysis of cultural heritage artifacts
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Heraeus Visiting Professor Award, University of Frankfurt
- 2010 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2007 Alexander v. Humboldt Award
- 2004 Presidential Award, University of Notre Dame
- 2003 Hans Bethe Prize of the Divisions of Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics of the American Physical Society
- 1998 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
