Adolf Goetzberger

German physicist (1928–2023)

Adolf Goetzberger (29 November 1928 – 24 February 2023) was a German physicist.

Life and career

Goetzberger studied physics 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.^[1]

Goetzberger died on 24 February 2023, at the age of 94.^[2]

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,^[3] 1995
Karl Boer medal, 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

References

^ Office, European Patent. "The Sun God". www.epo.org.
^ "Deutscher Solarpionier Adolf Goetzberger gestorben". APA. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ Naylor, David. "Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden". www.uu.se.