Curriculum Vitae

Short Curriculum Vitae of J. Peter Toennies

 

 

Born: May 3, 1930 in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., of German immigrant parents.

Married: 1966 to Monika Zelesnick; two children: Susanne (born 1969) and Annette (born 1972).

 

  • Education:
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  • 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.
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  • Professional Record:
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  • 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, University of Göteborg.
  • 1969 – 1998 Appointment to Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Society and Director at the Max-Planck-Institute für Strömungsforschung.
  • 1971 – Associate Professor, University Göttingen; Adjunct-Professor, University of Bonn.
  • 1998 – 2002 Acting Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung.
  • 1998 – present Emeritus Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Society
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  • Prizes and Special Recognition:
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  • 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 German Research Society and the
    Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
  • 1993 Member of the German 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 Gold Medal in Physics
  • 2007 Honorary Doctorate in Science, Amherst College, Mass USA
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    Biographies of Prof. Toennies can be found in:

    "Jan Peter Toennies on his 65th Birthday",
    Z. Herman, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem 99, 781-782 (1995)

    "Serendipitous meanderings and adventures with molecular beams",
    J.P. Toennies, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 55, 1-33 (2004)

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    last revision: E. Hulpke, October 2007