Heinz Ernst Jagodzinski (20 April 1916 in

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– 22 November 2012 in

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) was a German physicist, mineralogist and crystallographer known for his research in disordered materials and diffuse

X-ray scattering X-ray scattering techniques are a family of analytical techniques which reveal information about the crystal structure, chemical composition, and physical properties of materials and thin films. These techniques are based on observing the scatte ...

. He also introduced the Jagodzinski notation for the description of polytypism in silicon carbide.

Education and career

Jagodzinski studied natural sciences at the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; ), formerly known as Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Founded in 1456, it is one of th ...

and later at the

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, where he received his doctorate in physics in 1941 under Reinhold Mannkopff (''Über die Druckabhängigkeit der Anregungstemperatur in der Lichtbogensäule''). Between 1944 and 1945, he was research assistant at

University of Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public research university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. MLU offers German and i ...

. Between 1946 and 1952, he was research assistant and received his

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at the

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, working under

Fritz Laves Fritz Henning Emil Paul Berndt Laves (27 February 1906 – 12 August 1978) was a German crystallographer who served as the president of the German Mineralogical Society from 1956 to 1958. He is the namesake of Laves phases and the Laves tilings ...

. From 1952 to 1963, he headed the crystal science department at the Max Planck Institute for Silicate Research in

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, where he also became an adjunct professor at the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. Founded in 1402, it is one of the ol ...

from 1955. In 1959, he became a professor of mineralogy at the

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; ) is both a German public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and a research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 when the University of Karlsruhe (), founde ...

. From 1963, Jagodzinski became a full professor of mineralogy and crystallography at the

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, where he retired in 1986. From 1964 he was head of the Bavarian State Collection for Mineralogy.

Honors and awards

In 2001, he received the Cothenius Medal from the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina. He was a corresponding member of the

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, a member of the

Bavarian Academy of Sciences The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities () is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledge within their subject. The general goal of th ...

(1969) and the Leopoldina. Among other things, he received an honorary doctorate from the

. In 1984 he received the

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, 1st class. Since 1965 he was a 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 ...

. In 1996 he became an honorary member of the

German Crystallographic Society The German Crystallographic Society (''Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallographie'', or DGK in German) is a non-profit organization based in Berlin. As a voluntary association of scientists working in crystallography or interested in crystallogra ...

and received the

Carl Hermann Medal The Carl Hermann Medal is the highest award in the field of crystallography from the German Crystallographic Society. It is named after the German physicist and professor of crystallography Carl Hermann, who along with Paul Peter Ewald, created ...

in 2000.

Bibliography

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External links

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Website at the Austrian Academy of Sciences

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jagodzinski, Heinz 1916 births 2012 deaths Academic staff of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich German crystallographers Mineralogists University of Greifswald alumni University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Marburg Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Max Planck Society people 20th-century German physicists Academic staff of the University of Würzburg Recipients of the Cothenius Medal