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Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Hans Christian Hofsäss

Date of birth: 23 August 1956
Place of birth: Biberach/Riss, Germany
Nationality: German
Civil status: Married, two children

Academic degrees


  • 1983
    Diploma in Physics, grade: very good
    Title: Channeling of conversion electrons in molybdenum and gold emitted from radioactive 111-In atoms


  • 1987
    Dr. rer. nat. in physics, grade summa cum laude
    Title: Channeling of electrons and positrons for the localization of radioactive probe atoms in metals and semiconductors

  • 1994
    Habilitation in Experimental Physics
    Venia Legendi in Experimental physics



      • Education


      • 1963 - 1966 Elementary school Biberach/Riss
      • 1966 - 1975 High school (Gymnasium) Biberach/Riss
      • 1975 - 1976 Military service



      Awards and Fellowships


      • 1989 University Konstanz, Dornier-Forschungspreis 1988
      • 1988-1989 DFG post doc fellowship



      Scientific Career


      • 1976 - 1983 Study of Phsics, University Konstanz, Germany
      • since 1985 Member and later head of experimental group at the on-line Isotope separator ISOLDE of CERN, Geneva
      • 1983 - 1988 Research Assistant, University Konstanz
      • 1986 - 1987 Radioactivity measurments after the reactor accident in Chernobyl
      • 1988 - 1989 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
        Research Assistant Professor at the Depart­ment of Physics and Astronomy
        Post doc fellowship awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
      • 1989-1998 Research Assistant, University Konstanz
      • 1994 Habilitation in Experimental physics.
      • 1995 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA,
        July and August: Guest Scientist at the Depart­ment of Physics and Astronomy
      • 1998 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
        Professor (C3) for Experimental physics at the Second Institute of Physics
        (Institute for Atomic and Nuclear Physics)

      • 2002-2007 Managing director of the Second Institute of Physics

      • 2001-2005 Dean of Studies, Faculty of Physics, University of Göttingen
      • 2009-2013 Dean of the Faculty of Physics
      • 2017-2019 Substitute member of the Senate of the University of Göttingen


    • 2019 -2021 Member of the Senate of the University of Göttingen

      • Memberships


      • Member of the German Physical Society
      • Member of the advisory board of the German Physical Society
      • Member of the executive board of the Universitätsbund Göttingen e.V.
      • Chairman of KFSI, Komitee Forschung mit nuklearen Sonden und Ionenstrahlen (since 2002)
      • Member of the KEKM, Komitee Erforschung kondensierter Materie (2002-2008)