Klaus Blaum
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Klaus Blaum is a German physicist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
in Heidelberg
, Germany.
, Richland, WA, USA he graduated in 2000 as Doctor rerum naturalium in Physics. From 2000 to 2002 he was Postdoctoral Research Associate of GSI Darmstadt
(working group of H. Jürgen Kluge
) and until 2004 Research Associate (CERN Fellow) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN
, Geneva, Switzerland and Project Leader for "Mass spectrometry of exotic nuclides with ISOLTRAP
" at ISOLDE. In October 2004 Klaus Blaum became Project Leader of the "Helmholtz Research Group for Young Investigators" on "Experiments with Stored and Cooled Ions" at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. In 2006 he habilitated in experimental physics at the University Mainz about High precision mass spectrometry with Penning traps and storage rings.
From 2004 to 2008 Klaus Blaum taught at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. His achievement was honored with the Teaching Award of Rheinland-Pfalz 2006.
In October 2007 he was appointed as director and scientific member at the Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany. Since April 2008 he is honorary professor (W3) at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany. In November 2008 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society
(APS).
His scientific work focuses on precision experiments with stored and cooled ions as well as the investigation of fundamental processes of molecular ions. Another main research field is the development of novel storage, cooling and detection techniques for future experiments.
Klaus Blaum received numerous prizes for his scientific work, among others the Gustav-Hertz
-Prize 2004 of the German Physical Society (DPG) and the Mattauch-Herzog-Prize 2005 of the German Society for Mass Spectrometry (DGMS). On March 4 he received the GENCO Membership Award 2010 of the GSI
Exotic Nuclei Community. Klaus Blaum has been selected to receive one of the prestigious ERC
Advanced Grants 2011 for his projects on Precision Measurements of Fundamental Constants (MEFUCO).
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
The Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik is aresearch institute in Heidelberg, Germany.The institute is one of the 80 institutes of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft , an independent, non-profit research organization. The Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics has been founded in 1958 under the...
in Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Germany.
Life and Scientific Work
Klaus Blaum studied physics at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany. After his physics diploma in 1997 and several research visits at the Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of the United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Science. The main campus of the laboratory is in Richland, Washington....
, Richland, WA, USA he graduated in 2000 as Doctor rerum naturalium in Physics. From 2000 to 2002 he was Postdoctoral Research Associate of GSI Darmstadt
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research GmbH in the Wixhausen suburb of Darmstadt, Germany is a federally and state co-funded heavy ion research center. The current director of GSI is Horst Stöcker who succeeded Walter F...
(working group of H. Jürgen Kluge
H. Jürgen Kluge
Heinz-Jürgen Kluge, known as Jürgen Kluge , is a physicist probably best known for the development of ion-storage devices and methods for accurate measurements of nuclear masses.-University of Mainz:...
) and until 2004 Research Associate (CERN Fellow) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border...
, Geneva, Switzerland and Project Leader for "Mass spectrometry of exotic nuclides with ISOLTRAP
ISOLTRAP
ISOLTRAP is a tandem Penning trap mass spectrometer at the On-Line Isotope Mass Separator at CERN, very similar to SMILETRAP. The facility plays a leading role in the field of high precision mass spectrometry of radioactive ions...
" at ISOLDE. In October 2004 Klaus Blaum became Project Leader of the "Helmholtz Research Group for Young Investigators" on "Experiments with Stored and Cooled Ions" at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. In 2006 he habilitated in experimental physics at the University Mainz about High precision mass spectrometry with Penning traps and storage rings.
From 2004 to 2008 Klaus Blaum taught at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. His achievement was honored with the Teaching Award of Rheinland-Pfalz 2006.
In October 2007 he was appointed as director and scientific member at the Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany. Since April 2008 he is honorary professor (W3) at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany. In November 2008 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
(APS).
His scientific work focuses on precision experiments with stored and cooled ions as well as the investigation of fundamental processes of molecular ions. Another main research field is the development of novel storage, cooling and detection techniques for future experiments.
Klaus Blaum received numerous prizes for his scientific work, among others the Gustav-Hertz
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German experimental physicist and Nobel Prize winner, and a nephew of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.-Biography:...
-Prize 2004 of the German Physical Society (DPG) and the Mattauch-Herzog-Prize 2005 of the German Society for Mass Spectrometry (DGMS). On March 4 he received the GENCO Membership Award 2010 of the GSI
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research GmbH in the Wixhausen suburb of Darmstadt, Germany is a federally and state co-funded heavy ion research center. The current director of GSI is Horst Stöcker who succeeded Walter F...
Exotic Nuclei Community. Klaus Blaum has been selected to receive one of the prestigious ERC
European Research Council
The European Research Council is the independent body that funds investigator-driven frontier research in the European Union . It is part of the Seventh Research Framework Programme ....
Advanced Grants 2011 for his projects on Precision Measurements of Fundamental Constants (MEFUCO).
Publications (Selection)
- Direct mass measurements above uranium bridge the gap to the island of stability
Nature 463, 785-788 (2010)
M. Block, et al. - Discovery of Rn-229 and the Structure of the Heaviest Rn and Ra Isotopes from Penning-Trap Mass Measurements
Physical Review Letters 102, 112501 (2009)
Neidherr D., et al. - Separated Oscillatory Fields in High-Precision Penning Trap Mass Spectrometry.
Physical Review Letters 98, 162501 (2007).
George S., et al. - High-accuracy mass spectrometry with stored ions.
Physics Reports 425, 1-78 (2006).
Blaum K. - Kernmassen und der Ursprung der Elemente.
Physik Journal 5(2), 35-41 (2006).
Blaum K., H. Schatz - Masses of Ar-32 and Ar-33 for fundamental tests
Physical Review Letters 91, 260801 (2003)
Blaum K., et al.
External links
- Personal Homepage at Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg