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Edgar Weckert
X-ray structure physics
Edgar Weckert studied materials science at the University of Erlangen and habilitated in the field of crystallography. In May 2000, he became a leading senior scientist at DESY. He took charge of the PETRA III project in 2004. He has been a member of the DESY Board of Directors from January 2008 to December 2023.
Academic career
| 2009 - 2023 | Director for Photon Science at DESY |
| since 2009 | Member of the Board of Directors of the Helmholtz Institute Jena |
| 2008 | Acting Director for Photon Science at DESY |
| Since 2005 | Professor (according to §17 of Hamburgisches Hochschulgesetz) at Universität Hamburg |
| 2001 - 2005 | Lecturer Universität Hamburg |
| since 2000 | Leading senior scientist at DESY |
| 1997 - 2000 | Lecturer at Universität Karlsruhe (TH) |
| 1997 | Habilitation at the physics faculty of Universität Karlsruhe (TH) |
| 1988 | Ph.D. in crystallography at Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 1979 - 1984 | Studies in Materials Science at Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
Memberships
- Member of the PAL International Advisory Committee (Chair), (PAL, Pohang)
- Member of the 4GSR/KBSI International Advisory Committee, (KBSI, Daejeon)
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Center of Synchtrotron Radiation (DELTA) at the TU Dortmund University
- Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the Courant Research Center “Nano-Spectroscopy and X-ray Imaging” at University of Göttingen
Awards
Max-von-Laue-Preis of Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kristallographie (1996)
