Background
Geiss, Johannes was born on September 4, 1926 in Stolp, now Poland. Son of Hans and Irene (Wilke) Geiss.
Geiss, Johannes was born on September 4, 1926 in Stolp, now Poland. Son of Hans and Irene (Wilke) Geiss.
Master of Sciences, University Gottingen, 1950, Doctor of Philosophy, 1953.
Research associate University of Chicago, East. Fermi Institute, 1955-1956. Associate professor of University Miami, Marine Laboratory, 1958-1959. Visiting scientist National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute Space Studies, New York City, 1965, visiting scientist, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, 1968-1969.
Visiting professor U. Toulouse, France, 1975.
Professor physics, director Institute Physics U. Bern, Switzerland, since 1966, rector, 1982-1983, chairman launching program advisory commission European Space Agency, Paris, 1970-1972. Principal investigator Solar Wind Composition Experiment Apollo Program National Aeronautics and Space Administration, several other manned, unmanned National Aeronautics and Space Administration space missions Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow American Geophysical Union, Meteoritical Society. Member United States National Academy Sciences (foreign associate), American Association for the Advancement of Science (foreign honorary. Member), Max-Planck-Institute for Aeronomie (foreign.
Married Carmen Bach, May 5, 1955. 1 child, Jana.