Background
Knoepfel, Heinz Enzo was born on June 26, 1931 in Viganello, Switzerland. Son of Arthur Knoepfel and Elsa Bossart.
Knoepfel, Heinz Enzo was born on June 26, 1931 in Viganello, Switzerland. Son of Arthur Knoepfel and Elsa Bossart.
Diploma Maturità, Lycée Science, Lugano, Switzerland, 1951. Physics Diplome, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1959.
Assistant professor Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1956—1960. Thermonuclear research head Euratom-Enea Association, Frascati, 1960—1982, head science studies, 1983—1996. Visiting resident fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973.
Consultant Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1974—1978. President Swiss High School, Rome, 1983—1984. Director Fusion Reactor Technology School, Erice, Italy, 1990—2003.
1st Lieutenant Swiss Army, 1951-1960.
Member of Swiss Physical Society, American Physical Society.
Married Ruth Trost, August 26, 1961. Children: Ivo, Lea.