Background
Mauersberger, Rainer was born on March 3, 1957 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Son of Herbert and Theresia Mauersberger.
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Rainer Mauersberger
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Doctor of Philosophy, University Bonn, Germany, 1986. Habil in Astrophysics, University Bonn, Germany, 1994.
Career
His main field of interest is observational molecular spectroscopy of the interstellar matter in galactic and extragalactic star forming regions. Millimeter and sub-millimeter astronomy. He is the scientific coordinator of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Astronomy and Astrophysics, a collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn and the Universities of Bonn and Cologne.
He teaches as a Privatdozent (lecturer) at Bonn University.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Bonn using the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope to measure ammonia throughout the galaxy. The galactic and extragalactic cold interstellar medium remained his main field of investigation while he was working at the Sub-mm Telescope Observatory in Arizona and Pico Veleta Observatory in Granada (Spain), where he served as the station manager for nine years.
His Scientific awards and honors include the following:
1992: Bennigsen Foerder research prize of the Land Northrhine Westphalia
1987: Otto Hahn Medal and prize fellowship of the Max Planck Society.
Achievements
Membership
Member International Astronomical Union, Astronomische Gesellschaft.
Connections
Married Ute Karen Böck. Children: Laura, Lukas, Leonardo.
