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Knut Urban

German physicist

Knut W. Urban (born 25 June 1941) is a German physicist. He has been the Director of the Institute of Microstructure Research at Forschungszentrum Jülich from 1987 to 2010.²

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

Born Jun 25, 1941.¹

About

Knut Urban's research focuses on the field of electron microscopy (both regarding the further development of instruments and the control software), the examination of structural defects in oxides and the physical properties of complex metallic alloys. He also works on Josephson effects in high-temperature superconductors and the application of these effects in SQUID systems and magnetometers as well as on the application of Hilbert transform spectroscopy in examining the excitation of solids, liquids and gases on the gigahertz and terahertz scale.

Besides his activities at Forschungszentrum Jülich he was also professor for experimental physics at RWTH Aachen University before retirement.

He is the laureate of the Wolf Prize in Physics and the 2020 Kavli Prize in Nanonoscience for the development of aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy with Harald Rose and Maximilian Haider.

From Wikipedia’s article on Knut Urban, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Deutsche Physikalische GesellschaftChair 2004 to 2006¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Stuttgart³

Career

Occupation: university teacher, physicist.⁶

2004 to 2006Chair, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft⁵
Date not recordedWorked at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg⁴
Date not recordedWorked at RWTH Aachen University⁴

Personal life

BornJun 25, 1941, Stuttgart⁷
CitizenshipGermany⁸

Awards

2020Kavli Prize in Nanoscience⁹
2013BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award⁹
2011Wolf Prize in Physics^{9 11}
2006Karl Heinz Beckurts Award^{9 10}
2006Von Hippel Award⁹

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WikidataKnut Urban: Worked at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, on Wikidata
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WikidataKnut Urban: Chair, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, on Wikidata
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WikidataKnut Urban: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataDeutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsKnut Urban photo by The Kavliprize, CC BY-SA 2.0