Dieter Meschede
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Dieter Meschede

German physicist and rower

Dieter Meschede (born 17 April 1954) is a German physicist and lightweight rower.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Dieter Meschede (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 17, 1954.1

About

Meschede was born in 1954 in Lathen in the Emsland district.

Meschede won a gold medal at the 1976 World Rowing Championships in Villach with the lightweight men's eight.

Meschede studied physics and in 1989, he was the inaugural recipient of the Rudolf Kaiser Prize, awarded to young promising scientists. In 2007, he was awarded the Robert Wichard Pohl Prize. He teaches quantum technology at the University of Bonn. He was the president of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and held this position from 2018 for a two-year period until 2020.

Since the 21st edition (published in 2002), Meschede has been the editor of the German physics textbook Gerthsen Physik.

From Wikipedia’s article on Dieter Meschede, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Career

Occupation: university teacher, writer, physicist, rower.5

Personal life

  • BornApr 17, 1954, Lathen6
  • CitizenshipGermany7

Awards

  • 2007Robert Wichard Pohl Prize8
  • 1989Rudolf-Kaiser-Preis8