Dieter Karl Nachtigall

Background

NACHTIGALL, Dieter was born on February 4, 1927 in Berge. Son of Walter Nachtigall and Emma (nee Eisermann) Nachtigall.

Education

Diploma in physics, Humboldt University, Berlin, 1956. Doctor rerum naturalium (Doctor in Sciences), Technology University Aachen, Federal Republic Germany, 1964.

Career

Research physicist Technology University Dresden, German Democratic Republic, 1956-1959, Kernforschungsanlage, Jülich, Federal Republic Germany, 1959-1965. Research associate European Organization of Nuclear Research, Geneva, 1965-1966. Group leader Center Bureau Nuclear Measurements, Euratom, Belgium, 1966-1971.

Professor physics and physics education University Dortmund, Germany, 1971—1992, professor emeritus, since 1992. Honorary professor Xian (China) Highway Institute, 1988, Chengdu Sichuan Normal University, 1993, Chongqing Southwest China Normal University, 1994, Guangxi Normal University, 1995. Advisory professor East China Normal University, Shanghai, 1989.

Leader of three Citizen Ambassador Delegations in Physical Education to China and Vietnam.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author, editor series of textbooks for physics teachers, series of monographs.

Membership

With German air force, 1945. Member International Commission Physics Education (medal 1998), German Physical Society (commissioner physics teachers education in developing countries since 1986), American Association Physics Teachers, Gesellschaft Didaktik Chemie und Physik, Girep.

Connections

Son of Walter and Emma (Eisermann) N. Widowed, 1987; children: Thomas, Christof, Susanne.

Father:

Walter Nachtigall

Mother:

Emma (Eisermann) Nachtigall

child:

Thomas Nachtigall

child:

Christof Nachtigall

child:

Susanne Nachtigall