Background
Balsiger, Hans Rudolf was born on September 12, 1937 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Rudolf and Marie (Feucht) Balsiger.
Balsiger, Hans Rudolf was born on September 12, 1937 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Rudolf and Marie (Feucht) Balsiger.
Master of Science in Physics, University Bern, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, University Bern, 1967.
Postdoctoral fellow department space science, Rice U., Houston, 1968-1970;
lecturer, U. Bern, 1970-1979;
assistant professor, U. Bern, 1979-1984;
associate professor, U. Bern, 1984-1990;
professor physics, U. Bern, since 1990;
director Physikalisches Institute, U. Bern, since 1993. Chairman solar system working group European Space Agency, Paris, 1986-1987, chairman space science advising committee, 1987-1990, lunar study steering group, 1990-1991, chairman science program committee, since 1996. Chairman Kommission für Weltraumforschung, Swiss Academy Sciences, Bern, 1987-1998.
Member Eidg. Kommission für Weltraumfragen, since 1989, Akademische Kommission, U. Bern, since 1991. Forschungsrat Swiss National Science Foundation, since 1993.
With Swiss Army, 1960-1992. Member International Academy Astronautics (Basic Science award, 2004, Academy of Sciences Artium Europaea, Academy Europaea.
Married Trudi Steiner, August 14, 1964. Children: Christoph, Barbara.