Background
Dransfeld, Klaus F.C. was born on August 12, 1926 in Berlin. Son of Hubert and Maria (Amecke-Mönnighof) Dransfeld.
Dransfeld, Klaus F.C. was born on August 12, 1926 in Berlin. Son of Hubert and Maria (Amecke-Mönnighof) Dransfeld.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Cologne, Germany, 1952. Doctor (honorary), University Augsburg.
Research assistant University Cologne, 1953-1954. Postdoctoral fellow Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, England, 1955-1956. Scientific staff member Bell Telephone Laboratory, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1957-1960.
Associate professor tenured University California, Berkeley, 1960-1965. Professor physics Technology University, Munich, Germany, 1965-1973. Director High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Grenoble, France, 1973-1977, Max Planck Institute of Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany, 1977-1981.
Professor physics University Konstanz, Germany, since 1982. Visiting professor Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, 1959. Honorary professor University Konstanz, 1975-1982, Tongji University and Nanjing University, China, since 1977.
With German Armed Forces, prisoner of war, Poland, 1944-1945. Member German Academy Sciences, Heidelberg Academy Sciences, Leopoldina, Academy Halle.
Married Nelly Calderón, January 30, 1965. Children: Peter, Clemens.