Klaus Hans Berkner

Background

Berkner, Klaus Hans was born on March 2, 1938 in Dessau, Anhalt, Germany. Son of Hans Otto and Sigrid Erika (Kuke) Berkner. came to the United States, 1948.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1964.

Career

National Science Foundation graduate fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-1961; National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship, Culham, England, 1965-1966; physicist, Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, 1964-1979; senior physicist, Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, since 1979; deputy division director accelerator and fusion research, Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, 1982-1984; acting division director, Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, 1984-1985; division director, Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, 1985-1991; associate laboratory director for operations, Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, 1991-1994; deputy director operations, since 1994. Member Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 1991-1996, co-chair, 1993-1996. Member Fusion Energy Advisory Committee, 1991-1993.

Achievements

• Klaus Hans Berkner has been listed as a noteworthy Laboratory administrator, physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society M C.

Connections

Father:

Hans Otto Berkner

Mother:

Sigrid Erika (Kuke) Berkner