Jörn Koblitz (born 1961) is publisher o
MetBase
- ''the Meteorite Information Database and Bibliography of Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences'' and curator of the ''MetBas

of Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences'', located in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. He is also a co-founder and managing director o
microFAB Bremen GmbH
a silicon wafer foundry active in the field of

MEMS MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) is the technology of microscopic devices incorporating both electronic and moving parts. MEMS are made up of components between 1 and 100 micrometres in size (i.e., 0.001 to 0.1 mm), and MEMS devices ...

. As a member of the

Meteoritical Society The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of th ...

since 1983, he served on the Society'
Nomenclature Committee
from 1997 to 2003. Joern received the first

Meteoritical Society's Service Award This award honors members of the Meteoritical Society who have advanced the goals of the Society to promote research and education in meteoritics and planetary science in ways other than by conducting scientific research. Examples of activities t ...

in 2006. /ref>

References

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