Biography:Adolf Goetzberger

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Short description: German physicist

Adolf Goetzberger (born 29 November 1928 in Munich) is a German physicist.

Life

Goetzberger studied physic in Munich, Germany. He finished his university studies with a work over Über die Kristallisation aufgedampfter Antimonschichten. He worked together with William Shockley in Palo Alto, California and for company Bell Labs. In 1981, Goetzberger founded Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg im Breisgau.[1]

Awards

  • J J Ebers Award
  • European Inventor Award
  • Doctor honoris by University of Freiburg, 1971
  • honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University, Sweden,[2] 1995
  • Karl Boer medaille, 1997
  • Becquerel Prize, 1997
  • William R. Cherry Award, 1997
  • Einstein Award, 2006
  • European Solar Award, 2009
  • Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg

References

  1. ↑ Office, European Patent. "The Sun God". https://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2009/goetzberger.html. 
  2. ↑ Naylor, David. "Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden". https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/traditions/prizes/honorary-doctorates/. 

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