Past Member

Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen

Affiliation

Math/NS

From the Nobel Foundation:

He obtained his Ph.D in 1932 in Hamburg (physics, Dr.rer.nat.). He became scientific assistant at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Hamburg. In 1936 he obtained D. Sc. in Hamburg (Dr. habil.), and he became docent in 1937, and Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Technische Hochschule in Hannover in 1941. In 1949 he was appointed Professor at the University of Heidelberg; since 1969 he is emeritus praecox. In 1947 he was honored with a professorship h. c. at the University of Hamburg, and in 1964 with a doctorate h.c. at the Technische Universitat Hannover. In 1969 he was appointed honorary citizen of Fort Lauderdale (Florida).

"J. Hans D. Jensen: Biographical," Nobel Foundation (1963)

Nobel Laureate, Physics Prize, 1963

Dates at IAS

Member
Math/NS
Spring

Degrees

University of Hamburg
Dr. Phil. Nat.
1932

Honors

1963
Nobel Prize in Physics