Biography:Hans R. Griem

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Hans Rudolf Griem
Born(1928-10-07)October 7, 1928
Kiel, Germany
DiedOctober 2, 2019(2019-10-02) (aged 90)
Fairfax, Virginia[1]
NationalityGerman-American
EducationUniversity of Kiel (Ph.D.)
Awards
  • James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (1991)
Scientific career
FieldsPlasma physics
Thesis (1954)

Hans Rudolf Griem (October 7, 1928 – October 2, 2019)[2] was a German-American physicist who specialized in experimental plasma physics and spectroscopy.[3][4][5][6]

Early life and career

Griem received his doctorate from the University of Kiel in 1954 and in the same year accepted a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Maryland to work on the physics of the upper atmosphere. He then returned to the University of Kiel for a two-year appointment dealing with high temperature physics. In 1957, he began working at the University of Maryland, first as an assistant professor in plasma physics before becoming an associate professor in 1961 and then full professor in 1963. He retired as professor emeritus in 1994.[7]

From 1976 to 1994, Griem was a consultant at Los Alamos National Laboratory.[2]

Honors and awards

In 1967, Griem was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society.[8] In 1991, he received the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for "his numerous contributions to experimental plasma physics and spectroscopy, particularly in the area of improved diagnostic methods for high temperature plasmas, and for his books on plasma spectroscopy and spectral line broadening in plasmas that have become standard references in the field".[9]

Griem also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Humboldt Award and the William F. Meggers Award of the Optical Society.[7]

Books

References

  1. "Hans Griem Obituary, Fairfax, VA" (in en-US). https://www.novacremate.com/obituary/Hans-Rudolf-Griem/Fairfax-VA/1859368. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Griem, Hans R.". https://history.aip.org/phn/11512014.html. 
  3. Griem, Hans R. (1968). "Semiempirical Formulas for the Electron-Impact Widths and Shifts of Isolated Ion Lines in Plasmas". Physical Review 165 (1): 258–266. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.165.258. Bibcode1968PhRv..165..258G. 
  4. Griem, Hans R. (1963). "Validity of Local Thermal Equilibrium in Plasma Spectroscopy". Physical Review 131 (3): 1170–1176. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.131.1170. Bibcode1963PhRv..131.1170G. 
  5. Griem, Hans R.; Kolb, Alan C.; Shen, K. Y. (1959). "Stark Broadening of Hydrogen Lines in a Plasma". Physical Review 116 (1): 4–16. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.116.4. Bibcode1959PhRv..116....4G. 
  6. Griem, Hans R. (1962). "High-Density Corrections in Plasma Spectroscopy". Physical Review 128 (3): 997–1003. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.128.997. Bibcode1962PhRv..128..997G. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Hans R. Griem, 1928-2019 - UMD Physics". https://umdphysics.umd.edu/about-us/news/department-news/1512-hans-r-griem-1928-2019.html. 
  8. "APS Fellow Archive" (in en). https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1967&unit_id=APS&institution=Silver+Spring%2C+Maryland. 
  9. "1991 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics Recipient" (in en). https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Griem&first_nm=Hans&year=1991.