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Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr.

Name: Klaus von Klitzing Born: 28 June 1943

Major Scientific Interests: State Research, Experimental Solid , Low Dimensional Electron Systems, Hall Effect

Nobel Prize in Physics 1985

Academic and Professional Career since 1985 Director at the Institute for Solid State Research and Honorary Professor at University, Germany

1980 - 1984 Professor at the Technical University , Germany

1978 Habilitation

1972 Ph.D. in Physics

1969 - 1980 University of Würzburg, Germany

1962 - 1969 Diploma in Physics Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

Functions in Scientific Societies and Committees (Selection)

2011 Scientific Advisory Board Graphene Flagship

2008 Scientific Committee Bayer Climate Award

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1 2007 EURAMET Research Council

2006 Board of Trustees “Institute of Advanced Studies” of TUM

2005 Jury Member START-Wittgenstein Program Austria

2005 Scientific Committee International Solvay Institutes

2000 NTT - Basic Research Laboratory Advisory Board

1992 Bord of Trustees of the German Museum Munich, Germany

1989 Bord of Trustees of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig

Honours and Awarded Memberships (Selection)

2019 Member of Orden Pour le Mérite

2012 TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor

2011 Honorary Degree of the National University of Mongolia

2011 Honorary Degree of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

2010 Honorary Member of the Deutsche Hochschulverband

2009 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

2008 Honorary Degree of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Semiconductors

2007 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

2007 Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

2006 Honorary Degree of the INP Grenoble

2006 Honorary Degree of the Shanghai University

2006 Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)

2003 Foreign Member of the Royal Society of

2002 Honorary Degree of the Bilkent University, Ankara

2000 Honorary Member of the

2000 Honorary Degree of the Slovenskej akademia vied, Bratislava

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2 1998 Honorary Degree of the University of Nottingham

1994 Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

1990 Foreign Associate National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

1990 Honorary Degree of the University of Antwerp

1988 Honorary Degree of the University of Maryland

1988 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art

1986 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1985 Bavarian Academy of Sciences

1985 in Physics

1982 Hewlett Packard Prize

1981 Schottky Prize

Major Scientific Interests

Solid State Research, Experimental Solid Physics, Low Dimensional Electron Systems,

Through his experimental Klaus von Klitzing opened up the research area of the quantized Hall effect which led to the award of the in 1985. Nowadays this quantum phenomenon is worldwide accepted in high precision measurements of electrical resistances based on a fixed value of the convertional von-Klitzing-constant RK-90 = 25812,807 Ohm. The Quantized Hall Effect obtained special topicality when discussions started to implement fundamental constants as basis for the International System of Units. The more recent activities of Klaus von Klitzing generally concentrate on quantum phenomena in nano electronic devices.

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