Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld#
| Membership Number: | 1599 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1981 - 1986 Deputy Director at Institut für Kernphysik, J.W. Goethe Universität, Germany
- 1972- Professor at Institut für Kernphysik der J.W. Goethe Universität, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Atomic collisions in solids
- Heavy ion elastic and inelastic scattering
- Cloud condensation nuclei
- Atomic collision mechanisms
- Introduction of Beam Foil Auger Electron spectrometry
- Sputtering
- Molecular ion beam studies (Coulomb Explosion)
- Global transport processes
- Iso-spin in heavy ion reaction
- Secondary ion-spectrometry
- Quantum beat studies
- Matrix effects in PIXE studies
- Channeling
- Sediments in Roman aqueducts
- Two nucleon transfer reactions
- Polymerisation
- Mesopotamian bronze alloy
- X-Ray and Auger-Electron spectrometry
- Particle track production mechanisms
- Collective excitation by ion impact
- High-temperature superconductors
- Analytical aspects of ion impact
- Secondary electron-spectrometry
- Charged particles penetration through solids
- Atomic beam apparatus (Rabie Type)
- Adsorption
- Tree ring elemental analysis
- Spectroscopy of s- and d-shell
- Elemental trace analysis
Honours and Awards
- 1994 Academia Europaea
- 1997 Doctor honoris causa, Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen Hungary
- 2000 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Minor planet Karl-Ontjes named in his honour
