Wolfgang Wild (physicist)

Wolfgang Wild (born 20 September 1930) is a German nuclear physicist, academic administrator and politician. He was President of the Technical University of Munich between 1980 and 1986 and Bavarian Minister of Science between 1986 and 1989.[1]

Wolfgang Wild
1st Bavarian Minister of Science
In office
1986–1989
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHans Zehetmair
2nd President of the Technical University of Munich
In office
1980–1986
Preceded byUlrich Grigull
Succeeded byHerbert Kupfer
Personal details
Born (1930-09-20) 20 September 1930
Bayreuth, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
Scientific career
ThesisTröpfchenmodell des Atomkerns und Zweikörperkräfte (1955)

Career

Wild studied physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. After receiving his doctorate in 1955, he first worked as an assistant to Heinz Maier-Leibnitz at the Technical University of Munich. In 1957 he moved to Heidelberg University, where he investigated atomic nuclei with J. Hans D. Jensen, who later won the Nobel Prize.

His habilitation in 1960 was followed the following year by an associate professorship at the Free University of Berlin. In November of the same year, he took over the Chair of Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics of the Technical University of Munich.[1]

Political career

After the 1986 Bavarian state election, Franz Josef Strauss appointed Wild the first Bavarian Minister of Science.

Awards

References
  1. "President Emeritus Wolfgang Wild". Technical University of Munich. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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