Adolf Goetzberger

Adolf Goetzberger (born November 29, 1928 in Munich) is a German physicist.

Life

Goetzberger studied physic in Munich, Germany. He finished his university studies with a work over Über die Kristallisation aufgedampfter Antimonschichten. He worked together with William Shockley in Palo Alto, California and for company Bell Labs. In 1981, Goetzberger founded Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg im Breisgau.^[1]

Awards

J J Ebers Award
European Inventor Award
Doctor honoris by University of Freiburg, 1971
honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University, Sweden,^[2] 1995
Karl Boer medaille, 1997
Becquerel prize, 1997
William R. Cherry Award, 1997
Einstein Award, 2006
European Solar Award, 2009
Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg

External links

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE: Solarpionier und Gründer des Fraunhofer ISE feiert 83. Geburtstag

References

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