The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963
Awarded on: 1963-11-05
"for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure"
Affiliations:
- University of Heidelberg – Heidelberg, Germany
J. Hans D. Jensen
Born: 1907-06-25 in Hamburg, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German theoretical physicist (1907–1973)
Biography
Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen was a German theoretical physicist. During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear energy project, known as the Uranium Club, where he contributed to the separation of uranium isotopes. After the war, Jensen was a professor at the University of Heidelberg. He was a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Institute for Advanced Study, University of California, Berkeley, Indiana University, and the California Institute of Technology.