Education
Thielemann studied at the TH Darmstadt, where he in 1976 he acquired his Diplom. In 1980 he earned his Doctor of Philosophy under Wolfgang Hillebrandt (in Garching) and East. R. Hilf in nuclear astrophysics.
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Friedrich Thielemann
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Career
As a post-doc he was with David Schramm and William David Arnett at the University of Chicago, William A. Fowler at Caltech, Hans Klapdor at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, am Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik in Garching (with Hillebrandt) and at the University of Illinois (with J West Truran). In 1994 he became a professor at the University of Basel. In 1995 he was a guest professor at the University of Turin and from 1997 to 2001 a guest scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Besides theoretical and computer-simulated astrophysics and nuclear astrophysics (including important nuclear reactions and properties of unstable stellar cores, equations of state of quark-matter and core matter of higher density), he worked on the modeling of astrophysical plasmas for important subatomic processes.
He investigated, among other things, supernovae, X-ray bursts, gamma ray bursts, fusion of neutron stars, emergence of heavy elements, and evolution of chemical elements in galaxies. Since 1998 he is a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Achievements
Membership
American Physical Society.
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Nationality
Germany
Awards
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Lise Meitner Prize Otto Hahn Medal; Bethe Prize
The Otto Hahn Medal is awarded by the Max Planck Society to young scientists and researchers in both the natural and social sciences.The Otto Hahn Medal is awarded by the Max Planck Society to young scientists and researchers in both the natural and social sciences.