Jan Peter Toennies
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Professor Jan Peter Toennies (3 May 1930–) is a German-American scientist and former director of the Max Planck Institute for Flow Research. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of German immigrant parents.
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[edit] Education
Lower Merion High School, Pa., 1948, Amherst College, Amherst, MA., B.A. 1952, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Ph.D. in chemistry 1957. Fulbright student in Göttingen 1953 – 1954.
[edit] Professional Record
- 1957 – 1962 DFG Stipendium with Prof. W. Paul, Physics Institute, University of Bonn, Germany.
- 1962 – 1965 Scientific assistant to Prof. W. Paul, Physics Institute, University of Bonn.
- 1965 – 1967 Privat-Dozent, Physics Institute, University of Bonn.
- 1967 – 1968 Dozent, Physics Institute, University of Bonn.
- 1965 – 1974 Visiting Professor, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Göteborg University.
- 1969 – 1998 Appointment to Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Society and Director at the Max-Planck-Institute für Strömungsforschung (now Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization).
- 1971 – Associate Professor, University of Göttingen; Adjunct-Professor, University of Bonn.
- 1998 – 2002 Acting Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung.
- 2002 – 2005 Emeritus Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Society
[edit] Prizes and Special Recognition
- 1964 Physics Prize of the Academy of Sciences, Göttingen.
- 1983 "Fellow" of the American Physical Society.
- 1988 Alumni Citation, Brown University.
- 1990 Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen.
- 1991 Gold Heyrovsky Medal of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
- 1992 Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize for solid state physics.
- 1992 Max-Planck-Prize of the Germany Research Society and the
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
- 1993 Member of the Germany Academy of Natural Scientists "Leopoldina" in Halle, Germany.
- 1996 Recipient of the first MOLEC Conference Award.
- 1999 Honorary Fellow of the International Molecular Beams Symposium.
- 2000 Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 2002 Stern-Gerlach Gold Medal of the German Physical Society.
- 2005 Kolos Medal of University of Warsaw
- 2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (with G. Scoles)
[edit] Reference
- J.P. Toennies (2004). "Serendipitous meanderings and adventures with molecular beams". Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem.: 1-33.
