Walter Albin Erhard GREINER

Background

Greiner, Walter Albin Erhard was born on October 29, 1935 in Neuenbau, Germany. Son of Albin and Elsa (Fischer) Greiner.

Education

Master of Science, University Darmstadt, Germany, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Freiburg, Germany, 1961. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1982.

Doctor of Science (honorary), University Beijing, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Tel Aviv, 1991. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1991.

Doctor of Science (honorary), University Bucharest, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, 1997. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Nantes, 2001.

Doctor of Science (honorary), Jilin University, 2001. Doctor of Science (honorary), La Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, 2001. Doctor of Science (honorary), University St. Petersburg, 2002.

Doctor of Science (honorary), Dubna-Moscow University, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), Bogoliabov Institute Kiev, 2003.

Career

Research assistant University Freiburg, 1961-1962. Assistant professor University Maryland, 1962-1964. Professor theoretical physics University Frankfurt, Federal Republic Germany, since 1965.

Director Institute Theoretical Physics, 1965—2000. Founding director Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, since 2002. Guest professor at numerous universities.

Adjunct professor Vanderbilt University-Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1975-2000. Honorary professor University Beijing, 1990. Permanent science consultant Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt.

Achievements

• Walter Albin Erhard Greiner has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Nuclear theory: Nuclear models, collective and single-particle phenomena, Vol. 1

    (This volume develops the concept of collective coordinate...)

  • Nuclear Theory, Vol. 2: Excitation Mechanisms of the Nucleus by Judah M. Eisenberg (1970-02-01)

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Nuclear Models: Collective and Single-Particle Phenomena (Nuclear Theory, Vol. 1)

    (Hardbound. This third enlarged and revised edition incorp...)

  • Nuclear Theory, Vol. 2: Excitation Mechanisms of the Nucleus

    (Hardbound. Twenty years have passed since work began on t...)

Membership

Member European Physics Society, American Physics Society, Science Society Johann Wolfgang Goethe U., Eötvös Lorand Society Hungary (honorary), Academy Science Romania (honorary), Lions.

Interests

• Music, mycology", fishing, walking.

Connections

Married Barbara Chun. Children: Martin, Carsten.

Father:

Albin Greiner

Mother:

Elsa (Fischer) Greiner

Spouse:

Barbara Chun

child:

Carsten Greiner

child:

Martin Greiner