| Intro | German physicist |
| Is |
Scientist Physicist |
| From | Germany |
| Type | Science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 29 November 1928, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany |
| Age: | 91 years |
Adolf Goetzberger (born November 29, 1928 in Munich) is a German physicist.
Life
Goetzberger studied physic in Munich, Germany. He finished his university studies with a work over Über die Kristallisation aufgedampfter Antimonschichten. He worked together with William Shockley in Palo Alto, California and for company Bell Labs. In 1981, Goetzberger founded Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Awards
- J J Ebers Award
- European Inventor Award
- Doctor honoris by University of Freiburg, 1971
- honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University, Sweden, 1995
- Karl Boer medaille, 1997
- Becquerel prize, 1997
- William R. Cherry Award, 1997
- Einstein Award, 2006
- European Solar Award, 2009
- Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg