Helmut Rauch#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 796 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
Helmut Rauch passed away September 2, 2019.
Positions Held
- 2007 Emeritus status
- 1991 - 1994 President of the Austrian Science Foundation
- 1972 - 2005 Director of the Atominstitute of the Austrian Universities, Vienna
- 1980 - 1996 Director of the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Vienna University of Technology
- 1972 Appointment as a Full Professor in Experimental and Neutron Physics at the Vienna University of Technology
- 1970 Habilitation at the Vienna University of Technology
- 1962 - 1972 University assistant to Prof.Dr.G. Ortner at the Atominstitute of the Austrian Universites, Vienna, Austria
Fields of Scholarship
- Quantum optics
- Reactor physics
- Neutron physics
- Neutron interferometry
- Neutron optics
Honours and Awards
- 2015 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 2015 Walter Hälg Prize of the European Neutron Scattering Association
- 2012 Cardinal Innitzer Prize
- 2010 Honorary Doctorate from the Unkrainian National Academy of Sciences
- 2006 Ludwig Wittgenstein Award of the Austrian Research Association
- 2000 Ernst Mach Honorary Medal of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- 1993 Science Prize of the City of Vienna
- 1992 Honorary Professor University of Science & Technology, Hefei, China
- 1986 Kardinal Innitzer Award
- 1985 Wilhelm Exner Medal of the Austrian Trade Association
- 1977 Erwin Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
