Gerhard Schäfer

Professor Dr. Gerhard Schäfer Institute of Theoretical Physics Friedrich-Schiller University (FSU) Jena Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany Fon +49-3641-947114 Fax +49-3641-947102 g.schaefer@tpi.uni-jena.de Education and Positions 1999- Professor (apl.), FSU Jena 1997-99 Acting Professor in Astrophysics and in Theoretical Physics, FSU Jena 1991-96 Researcher in Gravitational Theory, Max-Planck Society (MPG Munich) 1986-91 Heisenberg Scholarship Holder of the German Research Foundation (DFG Bonn): Observatoire de Paris (1986-88) and Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics (1988-91) 1983 Habilitation, U Konstanz 1976 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), U Konstanz 1972 Diplom in Physics, U Tübingen Committees and Offices 2003-13 Acting Director, Institute of Theoretical Physics, FSU Jena 2003-13 Deputy Speaker, Collaborative Research Center ``Gravitational Wave Astronomy"\\ (SFB/TR7, DFG Bonn) 2011-13 Dean of Student Affairs, Department of Physics and Astronomy, FSU Jena 2005-14 Chairman, Scientific Advisory Council, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef Research Interests Relativistic astrophysics, gravitational theory, approximate analytic solutions of the Einstein field equations

Biography Updated on 15 April 2013

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