Background
Fischer, Reinhard X. was born on September 19, 1954 in München, Bavaria, Germany.
Fischer, Reinhard X. was born on September 19, 1954 in München, Bavaria, Germany.
DiplMin, University Mainz, Germany, 1980. Doctor rerum naturalium, University Mainz, Germany, 1983. DrRerNatHabil, Universität Würzburg, Germany, 1990.
Research associate, U. Mainz, 1980-1983; research associate, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1983-1986; research associate, U. Würzburg, 1986-1990; lecturer, U. Würzburg, 1990-1991; lecturer, U. Mainz, 1991-1995; professor mineralogy, U. Bremen, Germany, since 1995. Visiting scientist E.I. du Pont deNemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1995-1996.
Member German Mineralogical Society (board directors 1996-1998, Victor-Moritz-Goldschmidt prize 1995), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallographie, American Crystallographic Association, Mineralogical Society of America.
Married Kiek Van der Laan, August 28, 1986. Children: Lennart Alexander, Laurens Sebastian.