Jean-Pierre Blaser#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1035 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Jean-Pierre Blaser passed away August 29, 2019.
Positions Held
- Dr. sc. nat. (physics) ETH Zurich 1952
- 1952 - 1955 Research associate at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, USA. Research area: Particle physics at the 440 Mev synchrocyclotron
- 1955 - 1960 Director Observatory and assoc. prof. Astrophysics University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
- 1960 Full professor of physics at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Founder of Swiss Inst. of Nucl. Research (SIN), later director of Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen Switzerland.
- Emeritus 1990
- 1993 - 1995 member Space Science Adv. Comm. of ESA, chairman Fundamental Physic Advisory Group
Fields of Scholarship
- Solid state physics
- Nuclear reactions and accelerator technology
- Particle physics at the 440 Mev synchrocyclotron
- Position astronomy and new time standards based on atomic clocks
Honours and Awards
- Dr. honoris causa University of Lausanne
- Dr. honoris causa University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
- Dr. honoris causa University of Geneva
- Dr. honoris causa University of Neuchâtel
- Dr. honoris causa University of Zurich
- Honorary member of Physical Society Zurich
- Honorary member of the Swiss Physical Society
- Member at large Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Associate of the Royal Society of South Africa
- Member of Academia Europaea
- Cancer Award of the Swiss Cancer League
- Prize of European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
