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Highly Cited Researcher Kirchheim, Reiner
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ISI Author Publication Number:A1480-2002-L 
ISI Rating:Highly Cited 
ISI Assigned Category:Materials Science
ISI Indexed Name:KIRCHHEIM R
KIRCHHEIM
 
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Contact Information 
Institut für Materialphysik
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Hospitalstraße 3-7
D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
Telephone:+49-551/39-5001
Fax Number:+49-551/39-5012
E-mail:rkirch@umpa01.gwdg.de
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Personal Information 
Date of Birth:05/24/1943
City, State/Province, Country of Birth:Halle/Saale, Germany
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Education  
DateDegreeInstitutionSubject
1988HabilitationUniversity of Stuttgart, Faculty of ChemistryMetallurgy
1973Ph.D.University of Stuttgart, Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung

Appointments/Affiliations  
DatesTitleOrganizationCity, State/ProvinceCountry
1998Visiting ScientistNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Neutron Research CenterGaithersburg, MDUnited States
1993Visiting ProfessorOhio State UniversityColumbus, OHUnited States
1983Visiting ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, ILUnited States
1979Postdoctoral ResearcherRice UniversityHouston, TXUnited States
Full Professor (Gustav Tamman Chair)University of GöttingenGöttingenGermany
DirectorGeorg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Institut für MaterialphysikGöttingenGermany
ChairmanSFB 345 Collaborative Research CenterGermany
ChairmanSFB 602 Collaborative Research CenterGermany

Honors/Awards  
DateNameDescription
1990Carl Wagner Prize
1987Outstanding Paper AwardScripta Metallurgica
Elected MemberGöttingen Academy of Science

Memberships  
DatesOrganizationPosition
1991Gordon Conference on Metal Hydrogen Systems VI, Tilton, NHChairman
German Physical SocietyMember
German Physical SocietyFormer Chairman, Metal Physics Committee
German Society for Materials ResearchMember
Technion SocietyMember
Acta und Scripta MaterialiaMember, Editorial Board
InterfacesMember, Editorial Board
Zeitschrift für MetallkundeMember, Editorial Board
Materials Science FoundationsMember, Editorial Board
Göttingen Academy of ScienceMember

Research Interests  
Field of Expertise &
Research Interests:
- Hydrogen in metals
- Thermodynamics of alloys, metastable alloys, nucleation and growth
- Interstital solution and diffusion in glasses (metals, oxides, polymers and semiconductors)
- Solute-atom segregation at and diffusion in internal interfaces
- Passivity of metals
- Electromigration in metals
- Plasticity of glassy polymers and positron annihilation in polymers

Research Funding/Grants  
DatesGrant #Grant TitleOrganizationGrant AmountPrimary Investigator

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