Background
Pohl, Robert Otto was born on December 17, 1929 in Gottingen, Germany. Son of Robert Wichard and Auguste Eleonore (Madelung) Pohl. came to the United States, 1958.
Pohl, Robert Otto was born on December 17, 1929 in Gottingen, Germany. Son of Robert Wichard and Auguste Eleonore (Madelung) Pohl. came to the United States, 1958.
Vordiplom, U. Freiburg, Federal Republican Germany, 1951; diploma, U. Erlangen, Federal Republican Germany, 1955; Doctor rerum naturalium, U. Erlangen, Federal Republican Germany, 1957.
Assistant, U. Erlangen, 1957-1958; research associate, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York., 1958-1960; assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York., 1960-1963; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York., 1963-1968; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York., since 1968. Visiting professor Technology Hochschule Stuttgart, 1966-1967, Technology U. Munchen, 1973-1974, Konstanz U., Regensburg U., 1987-1988, all Federal Republic Germany;visiting scientist Nuc. Research Center, Juelich, Federal Republican Germany, 1980-1981, Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin, 1995.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Physics (O.E. Buckley award 1985), International Thermal Conductivity Confs.
Married Karin UrsulaKoehler, May 6, 1961. Children: Helen M., Robert S., Otto C.