In Remembrance of Professor Ulrich Goesele, 1949 - 2009

   We are shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden death of Professor Ulrich Gösele, invited speaker of 8th International Electrochemistry Meeting and director of the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, Germany.

   Ulrich Gösele, who was 60 years old, was one of the two founding directors of the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics and had been involved in the development of the Institute since 1993.

   The main focus of Gösele’s work was in the areas of semi-conductor physics and technology, and solid-state nanostructures. Together with many other scientists in his department he researched, among other things, diffusion and defects in semi-conductors, self-organized nanoscale structures, nanowires and nanotubes, photonic crystals, and oxidic functional materials. The results of this research have been published in over 400 papers; he also wrote several comprehensive books. The list of his cooperation partners in industry reads like a Who’s Who of the electronics sector. Ulrich Gösele was a member of the German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina and involved in numerous international expert bodies.

   Our thoughts at this time are with his family, friends, and colleagues.

Photo 1 : Ulrich Gösele, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics

Photo 2 : Ulrich Gösele and his wife, 8th Electrochemistry Meeting

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