Background
Voelk, Heinrich J was born on December 12, 1936 in Donauwoerth, Bavaria, Germany.
Voelk, Heinrich J was born on December 12, 1936 in Donauwoerth, Bavaria, Germany.
Doctor rer. national in Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University Muenchen, 1965.
Research associate Institute Fuer Plasma Physik (IPP), Garching, Germany, 1964—1965, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965—1966, assistant professor, 1966—1967. Senior research associate Max Planck Institute Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, 1967—1974. Science member and director Max Planck Institute Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany, 1975—2004.
Honorary professor University Heidelberg, Germany, 1976—2004. Research fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute University Chicago, 1973—1974, distinguished visiting professor, department physics and enrico fermi institute, 1982. Science member emeritus Max Planck Institute Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany, since 2005.