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CURRICULUM VITAE:

Hans Rudolf KIRCHMAYR

Born:

16th February 1935 in Vienna / Austria

Title:

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.

Position:

Full Professor since 1971, Head of the Institute for Experimental Physics 1971 - 2002, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of the Technical-Natural Sciences 1993- 1999

Current Employer:

Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8 – 10, A-1040 Vienna / Austria

Tel. No. ++43-1-58801-13110

Fax No. ++43-1- 58801-13199

hkirchma@pop.tuwien.ac.at

Academic Degrees and Professional Positions:

Diplom-Engineer (Technical Chemistry), Technical University of Vienna, 1959 Doctor of Technical Sciences, Technical University of Vienna, 1961

Assistent Professor at the Institute of the Applied Physics, Technical University of Vienna, 1962 – 1969 Docent for "Metal Physics" at the Technical University of Vienna, 1969 Extra ordinary Professor for "Solid State Phyics" at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany 1969 – 1971 Full Professor since 1971 until now.

Head of the Institute of Experimental Physics 1971 - 2002, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences 1993 - 1999

Fluent in German and English

Relevant Experience:

Experimental work with Intermetallic Compounds of Rare-Earth Metals since 1962

Experience with the full range of experimental methods of Solid State Physics. Author and co-author of more than 250 scientific papers in the field of Solid State Physics, more than 200 scientific lectures.

Peer reviewer in many international research programs. Responsible for more than 20 cooperative research programs.

International cooperation with many projects concerning permanent magnets, soft magnetic materials, technical superconductors, high temperature superconductors, hydrogen-storage materials, soft x-ray emission spectroscopy etc.