Nikolaus Riehl
German industrial physicist (1901–1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nikolaus Riehl (24 May 1901 – 2 August 1990) was a German nuclear physicist. He was head of the scientific headquarters of Auergesellschaft. When the Russians entered Berlin near the end of World War II, he was invited to the Soviet Union, where he stayed for 10 years. For his work on the Soviet atomic bomb project, he was awarded a Stalin Prize, Lenin Prize, and Order of the Red Banner of Labor. When he was repatriated to Germany in 1955, he chose to go to West Germany, where he joined Heinz Maier-Leibnitz on his nuclear reactor staff at Technische Hochschule München (THM); Riehl made contributions to the nuclear facility Forschungsreaktor München (FRM). In 1961 he became an ordinarius professor of technical physics at THM and concentrated his research activities on solid state physics, especially the physics of ice and the optical spectroscopy of solids.
Nikolaus Riehl | |
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Born | 24 May 1901 |
Died | 2 August 1990(1990-08-02) (aged 89) |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University Humboldt University of Berlin |
Known for | German nuclear energy project Soviet atomic bomb project |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear physics |
Institutions | Auergesellschaft Laboratory B in Sungulʹ Technical University of Munich |
Doctoral advisor | Lise Meitner Otto Hahn |