Jürgen Mlynek
| Jürgen Mlynek | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 15, 1951 Gronau, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Alma mater |
University of Hannover École Polytechnique |
| Doctoral students | Rudolf Grimm T. Pfau C. Kurtsiefer P. Schmidt D. Schneble A. Schniep J-C. Meiners H. Müller |
| Notable awards | Max Born Prize (1996) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1992) |
Jürgen Mlynek (born in Gronau (Leine) on 15 March 1951) is a German physicist and was president of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres[1] from 2005 to 2015.
Biography
Jürgen Mlynek studied physics from 1970 to 1976 at the Technical University of Hannover and at the École Polytechnique in Paris. In 1979, he obtained his doctor´s degree and habilitated in 1984.
Between 1976 and 1981 Jürgen Mlynek was a scientific assistant in Hannover and in 1982 he worked for one year as a post-doctoral fellow with the IBM Research Laboratory in San José, California. After three years as academic assistant in Hannover he became a Heisenberg fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) in 1985 and served as assistant professor at the ETH Zurich from 1986 to 1990. In 1990 Jürgen Mlynek became a full professor for experimental physics at the University of Konstanz and since 2000 he is professor for experimental physics at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
From 1996 to 2001 he was vice president of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Between 2000 and 2005 Jürgen Mlynek was president of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. During his term of presidency, he had to implement a series of reforms due to drastic reductions.
In 2005, shortly after his reelection as president of the Humboldt Universität, Jürgen Mlynek switched to the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany’s largest science organization, and became president. In June 2009 he was reelected for a second and last period of presidency (2010-2015). Since September 2015 he is back as professor in the physics department of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Jürgen Mlynek worked in the field of experimental quantum optics, atomic physics and surface physics. He has published more than 200 papers (SCI:7875 / h-index:47).
He is married since 1972 and has two adult sons.
Honors and Awards
Jürgen Mlynek is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) and the Academia Europaea.
- 1985 Heisenberg Fellow, German Research Foundation
- 1987 Physik-Preis, German Physical Society
- 1992 Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Preis, German Research Foundation
- 1996 Max-Born Preis, Institute of Physics and German Physical Society
- 2003 Urania Medal Berlin
- 2008 Order of Merit of Berlin
- 2009 Lower Saxony Order of Merit
- 2010 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2012 Honory doctorate from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Ulm
- 2014 Ring of Honor of Garbsen
Publications (selection)
- W. Lange and J. Mlynek: Quantum beats in transmission by time-resolved polarization spectroscopy. Phys. Rev. Lett 40, 1373-1375 (1978)
- J. Mlynek, N.C. Wong, R.G. De Voe, E.S. Kintzer and R.G. Brewer: Raman heterodyne detection of nuclear magnetic resonances. Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 993-996 (1983)
- O. Carnal and J. Mlynek: Young's double slit experiment with atoms: a simple atom interferometer. Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2689-2692 (1991)
- O. Carnal, M. Sigel, T. Sleator, H. Takuma and J. Mlynek: Imaging and focusing of atoms by a Fresnel zone plate. Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 3231-3234 (1991)
- C.S. Adams, M. Sigel and J. Mlynek: Atom Optics. Phys. Rep. 240, 143-210 (1994)
- T. Pfau, S. Spälter, Ch. Kurtsiefer, C. Ekstrom and J. Mlynek: Loss of spatial coherence by a single spontaneous emission. Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1223 (1994)
- S. Seel, R. Storz, G. Ruoso, J. Mlynek and S. Schiller: Cryogenic optical resonators: a new tool for laser frequency stabilization at the 1 Hz level. Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4741 (1997)
- Ch. Kurtsiefer, T. Pfau and J. Mlynek: Measurement of the Wigner function of an ensemble of helium atoms. Nature 386, 150 (1997)
- J. Michaelis, C. Hettich, J. Mlynek and V. Sandoghdar: Optical microscopy using a single-molecule light source. Nature 405, 325 (2000)
- A.I. Lvovsky, H. Hansen, T. Aichele, O. Benson, J. Mlynek and S. Schiller: Quantum State Reconstruction of the Single-Photon Fock State. Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 402 (2001)