Rudolf Mössbauer

Rudolf Mössbauer was a German physicist and university teacher specializing in nuclear physics. Born in Munich in 1929 and dying in Grünwald in 2011, he held the position of professor and worked at institutions including the Technical University of Munich, Technische Universität Berlin, California Institute of Technology, and Institut Laue–Langevin. He was educated at the Technische Universität Berlin and the Technical University of Munich, earning a Diplom and a doctorate under the supervision of Heinz Maier-Leibnitz.

Mössbauer received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Elliott Cresson Medal, the Bavarian Order of Merit, and the Lomonosov Gold Medal. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Physics collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. A member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, he spoke German and worked primarily in Munich.