Background
Bürgi, Hans-Beat was born on January 20, 1942 in Münsterlingen, Switzerland. Son of Johann Paul and Gertrud (Akermann) Bürgi.
Bürgi, Hans-Beat was born on January 20, 1942 in Münsterlingen, Switzerland. Son of Johann Paul and Gertrud (Akermann) Bürgi.
Diploma in Chemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland, 1965. Doctor Natural Science, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland, 1969. Doctor Habilitation, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland, 1975.
Assistant Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1967-1969, Oberasst., 1971-1979. Research associate University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1969-1971. Professor crystallography University Bern, Switzerland, since 1979.
Visiting professor Princeton University, 1981, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1991, Caltech, Pasadena, 1994-1995, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1996, University California, San Diego, 2000. Visiting fellow Australian National University, Canberra, 1986.
Member American Crystallography Association, Switzerland Gesellschaft Kristallographie, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker.
Married Verena Schmid, April 6, 1984.