Eberhard Bodenschatz is a German

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

. He was born on April 22, 1959, in

Rehau Rehau () is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. Rehau is situated in the Fichtel Mountains, 12 km southeast of Hof, and 12 km west of Aš. History The first documented name of Rehau was "Resawe" in the year 1234. Econ ...

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

. He received his doctorate in theoretical physics from the

University of Bayreuth The University of Bayreuth (German: Universität Bayreuth) is a public research university located in Bayreuth, Germany. It is one of the youngest German universities. It is broadly organized into seven undergraduate and graduate faculties, with ...

in 1989. In 1991, during his postdoctoral research at the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

, he received a faculty position in experimental physics at

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

. From 1992 until 2005, during his tenure at Cornell he was a visiting professor at the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego in communications material, formerly and colloquially UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California, United States. Es ...

(1999-2000). In 2003 he became a Scientific Member of the

Max Planck Society The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the M ...

and an Adjunct Director (2003-2005)/ Director (since 2005) at the

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, Germany, is a research institute for investigations of complex non-equilibrium systems, particularly in physics and biology. Its founding history goes back to Ludwig Pran ...

. He continues to have close ties to

, where he is Adjunct Professor of Physics and of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (since 2005). He was elected a

Fellow of the American Physical Society The American Physical Society honors members with the designation ''Fellow'' for having made significant accomplishments to the field of physics. The following lists are divided chronologically by the year of designation. * List of fellows of the ...

in 2003.

References

External links

Prof. Eberhard Bodenschatz's Fluid Dynamics, Pattern Formation and Nanobiocomplexity

Video

Video on Eberhard Bodenschatz's research (Latest Thinking)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodenschatz, Eberhard 1959 births Living people 21st-century German physicists People from Rehau University of Bayreuth alumni University of California, Santa Barbara alumni Cornell University faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society 20th-century German physicists Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities Max Planck Institute directors