Selected academic honors for University members
Nobel prizes
J. Hans D. Jensen
25 June 1907 to bis 11 February 1973.
UHH-Alumnus
Studied physics at Universität Hamburg ("Hamburgische Universität") from 1926 to 1932
Doctoral studies under Wilhelm Lenz; doctoral degree 1932
Habilitation at Universität Hamburg ("Hansische Universität") in 1936
Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 together with Maria Goeppert-Mayer for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
25 August 1900 to 22 November 1981
1925 an der Universität Hamburg promoviert
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1953 for the discovery of the citric acid cycle
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli
25 April 1900 to 15 December 1958
Professor for quantum physics at Universität Hamburg from 1923 to 1928
Nobel Prize in Physics 1945 for the discovery of the "Exclusion Principle," also called the "Pauli Principle"
Otto Stern
17 February 1888 to 17 August 1969
1923 to 1933 full professor and director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry at Universität Hamburg
Nobel Prize in Physics 1943 for his contribution to the development of the meolecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton
Alexander von Humboldt professorships
Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken—Alexander von Humboldt Professor 2017
Professor of Law, Universität Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Frank Fehrenbach—Alexander von Humboldt Professor 2012
Professor of Art History, Universität Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Brian Foster—Alexander von Humboldt Professor 2010
Professor of Experimental Physics, Universität Hamburg / DESY
Recipients of the Leibniz Prize
Prof. Dr. Henry Chapman – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz laureate 2015
Coherent X-Ray Imaging division at the Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Universität Hamburg/DESY
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Röder – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz laureate 2013
Biological psychology and neuropsychology, Universität Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Christian Büchel – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz laureate 2011
Cognitive neurosciences, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) / Universität Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hengartner – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz laureate 2002
Volkskunde, Universität Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Jentsch – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz laureate 1995
Medicine, Neurosciences, Universität Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Martin Warnke – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz laureate 1991
Art history, Universität Hamburg
Recipients of the "Pour le Mérite" for science and culture
2003
Lord Ralf Dahrendorf
1 May 1929 to 17 June 2009
Sociologist
1977
Bruno Snell
18 June 1896 to 31 October 1986
Classical philologist
1967
Erwin Panofsky
30 March 1892 to 14 March 1968
Art historian
Members of the Academy of Scienes and Humanities in Hamburg
2017
Prof. Dr. Frank Fehrenbach
Subject area: art history
2015
Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Gallo
Subject area: Experimental physics
2015
Prof. Dr. Christian Gerloff
Subject area: Neurology
2014
Prof. Dr. Michael Fröba
Subject area: Chemie
2014
Prof. Dr. Jianwei Zhang
Subject area: Informatics
2011
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Adam
Subject area: medicine
2011
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Clemens
Subject area: history
2011
Prof. Dr. Harunaga Isaacson
Subject area: linguistics and Literature
2009
Prof. Dr. Stefan Oeter
Subject area: law
2009
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmitt
Subject area: physics
2008
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleischer
Subject area: medicine
2008
Prof. Dr. Ansgar W. Lohse
Subject area: medicine
2008
Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Pfeiffer
Subject area: geosciences
2008
Prof. Dr. Angelika Redder
Subject area: linguistics and literature
2008
Prof. Dr. Michael Brzoska
Subject area: political science
2008
Prof. Dr. Andreas Engel
Subject area: medicine
2008
Prof. Dr. Martin Kalinowski
Subject area: physics
2008
Prof. Dr. Reiner Lauterbach
Subject area: mathematics
2008
Prof. Dr. Martin Claußen
Subject area: climate research
2008
Prof. Dr. Klaus Fraedrich
Subject area: climate research
2008
Prof. Dr. Michael Friedrich
Subject area: linguistics and literature
2008
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Marian Paschke
Subject area: law
2008
Prof. Dr. Chris Meier
Subject area: chemistry
2007
Prof. Dr. Rolf Grüttner
Subject area: medicine
2007
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Röder
Subject area: psychology
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Guy P. Brasseur
Subject area: climate research
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. Burkhart Bromm
Subject area: medicine
2006
Prof. Dr. Christian Büchel
Subject area: medicine
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Deininger
Subject area: history
2006
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gähde
Subject area: philosophy
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hartmut Graßl
Subject area: physics
2006
Prof. Dr. Horst Gronemeyer
Subject area: linguistics and literature
2006
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heck
Subject area: chemistry
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus J. Hopt
Subject: chemistry
2006
Prof. Dr. Dieter K. Hossfeld
Subject area: medicine
2006
Prof. Dr. Cord Jakobeit
Subject area: political science
2006
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Jungbluth
Subject area: medicine
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Athanasios Kambylis
Subject area: linguistics and literature
2006
Prof. Dr. Walter Kaminsky
Subject area: chemistry
2006
Prof. Dr. Erhard Kantzenbach
Subject area: economics
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Koch
Subject area: theology
2006
Prof. Dr. Michael Köhler
Subject area: law
2006
Prof. Dr. Otto Kraus
Subject area: biosciences
2006
Prof. Dr. Margot Kruse
Subject area: linguistics and literature
2006
Prof. Dr. Jan Louis
Subject area: physics
2006
Prof. Dr. Walther Ludwig
Subject area: linguistics and literature
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reimar Lüst
Subject area: physics
2006
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Mack
Subject area: physics
2006
Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Marx
Subject area: musicology
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker
Subject area: law
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Els Oksaar
Subject area: linguistics and literature
2006
Prof. Dr. Kurt Pawlik
Subject area: psychology
2006
Prof. Dr. Horst Pietschmann
Subject area: history
2006
Prof. Dr. Karin Reich
Subject area: history of mathematics and natural sciences
2006
Prof. Dr. Heimo Reinitzer
Subject area: linguistics and literature
2006
Prof. Dr. Horst Saalfeld
Subject area: geosciences
2006
Prof. Dr. Axel Schildt
Subject area: history
2006
Prof. Dr. Lambert Schmithausen
Subject area: linguistics and literature
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hasso Scholz
Subject area: medicine
2006
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Seifert
Subject area: medicine
2006
Prof. Dr. Hans Hermann Seiler
Subject area: law
2006
Prof. Dr. Peter E. Toschek
Subject area: physics
2006
Prof. Dr. Monika Wagner
Subject area: art history
2006
Prof. Dr. Erwin Weiss
Subject area: chemistry
2006
Prof. Dr. Horst Weller
Subject area: chemistry
2006
Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger
Subject area: physics
2006
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Albrecht Zeuner
Subject area: law
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Members of the Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences
2013
Prof. Dr. Klaus Püschel
Section: Pathologie und Rechtsmedizin
2012
Prof. Dr. Melitta Schachner
Section: Neurowissenschaften
2010
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Merkel
Section: Wissenschaftstheorie
2008
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Röder
Section: Psychologie und Kognitionswissenschaften
2008
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Eschenhagen
Section: Physiologie und Pharmakologie/Toxikologie
2008
Prof. Dr. Klaus J. Hopt
Section: Kulturwissenschaften
2007
Prof. Dr. Jochem Marotzke
Section: Geowissenschaften
2003
Prof. Dr. Martin Claussen
Section: Geowissenschaften
2003
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gähde
Section: Wissenschaftstheorie
2001
Prof. Dr. Frank Rösler
Section: Psychologie und Kognitionswissenschaften
2000
Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger
Section: Physics
1999
Prof. Dr. Hasso Scholz
Section: Physiologie und Pharmakologie/Toxikologie
1998
Prof. Dr. Jochen Schulte am Esch
Section: Chirurgie, Orthopädie und Anästhesiologie
1995
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleischer
Section: Mikrobiologie und Immunologie
1995
Prof. Dr. Peter von Wichert
Section: Innere Medizin und Dermatologie
1987
Prof. Dr. Heiner Greten
Section: Innere Medizin und Dermatologie
1987
Prof. Dr. Werner Janssen
Section: Pathologie und Rechtsmedizin
1985
Prof. Dr. Michail S. Davidoff
Section: Anatomie und Anthropologie
1981
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Seifert
Section: Pathologie und Rechtsmedizin
1973
Prof. Dr. Reimar Lüst
Section: Physik
1972
Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Scriba
Section: Wissenschafts- und Medizingeschichte
1959
Prof. Dr. Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
Section: Physik
Members of the Academia Europaea
2014
Prof. Dr. Margit Kern
Section: Musicology and History of Art and Architecture
Prof. Dr. Anja Tippner
Section: Literary and Theatrical Studies
2013
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Goetz
Section: History and Archaeology
2012
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Bausi
Section: Classics and Oriental Studies
2011
Prof. Dr. Claudia Schnurmann
Section: History and Archaeology
2010
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Sarnowsky
Section: History and Archaeology
1999
Prof. Dr. Martin Claußen
Section: Meteorology
1993
Prof. Dr. Sjur Refsdal
Section: Astronomy
1989
Prof. Dr. Ludwig Walther
Section: Classics and Oriental Studies