Prof. em. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Hermann Haken: Lebenslauf
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Hermann Hakenborn July 12, 1927 in Leipzig, Germany,
study of mathematics and physics at the Universities Halle (1946-48) and Erlangen (1948-50)
Phd in mathematics, University of Erlangen 1951 (group theory),
| 1956 | Lecturer (Dozent) of Theoretical Physics at Erlangen |
| Spring 1959 | Guest scientist at the University of Liverpool |
| 1959 - 1960 | Visiting Associate Professor Cornell University |
| Summer 1960 | Visiting Scientist Bell Telephone Labs |
| 1960 - 1995 | Professor of theoretical Physics, University of Stuttgart |
| 1961 | Visiting Professor, Research Institute for Fundamental Physics Yukawa Hall, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1961 - 1962 | Consultant to Bell Telephone Labs |
| 1967 - | Honorary Professor, University of Hohenheim |
| 1964 - 1969 | Consultant to Laboratoire Télécommunications (ITT), Paris |
| 1969 - 1975 | Joint Appointment with University of Strasbourg as Professeur Associé Lectures at various institutions in the USA and Italy |
| 1970 - 1976 | Member of the Scientific board of the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Physics |
| 1973 - 1976 | Director of the Quantum Optics Division of the German Physical Society Consultant with the German Sciences Foundation |
| 1972 - 1978 | Member of the IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) Commission of Statistical Physics |
| 1995 - | Prof. emeritus/ University of Stuttgart |
RESEARCH FIELDS:
Laser physics and nonlinear optics, solid state physics, statistical physics, group theory, bifurcation theory, synergetics.
Author of 23 textbooks and monographs on atomic and molecular physics, quantum field theory, solid state physics, principles of brainfunction, information theory, computing, synergetics.
Editor of Springer Series in Synergetics, vols. 1 - 84
AWARDS:
| 1976 | Max Born Prize and Medal by the British Institute of Physics and the German Physical Society |
| 1981 | Albert A. Michelson Medal of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia |
| 1982 | Corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Science Dr.h.c. of the University of Essen |
| 1983 | Member of the German Academy of Natural Sciences Leopoldina |
| 1984 | Member of the Order "Pour le mérite" |
| 1985 | European Physical Society Travelling Lecturership Award Honorary member of the Polish Synergetics Society |
| 1986 | Great Order of the Federal Republic of Germany with star Honorary Professor of the Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering Honorary Professor of the Northwestern University,China Honorary Member of the Shanghai Association of Systems Engineering |
| 1987 | Dr.h.c. of the Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia in Madrid |
| 1988 | Corresponding member of the Braunschweigische Wissenschaftiche Gesellschaft |
| 1989 | Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences Member of the International Academy of Creativity, Moscow |
| 1990 | Max Planck Medal, German Physical Society Karl Küpfmüller Honorary Ring of the Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt |
| 1991 | Member of Academia Europaea, London Member of Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea, Salzburg |
| 1992 | Dr.h.c. Florida Atlantic University Golden Medal of Honor of the town of Sindelfingen Honda Prize, Japan |
| 1993 | Arthur-Burkhardt-Prize |
| 1994 | Dr.h.c. University of Regensburg Lorenz-Oken-Medal of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Medical Doctors |
| 1996 | Honorary Chairman of the German Society for Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics |
| 1997 | Dr.h.c. Technical University of Munich Honorary President of the Haken Synergetics Institute, Yunnan University, China Medal 2000: Outstanding People of the 20th Century, Bibliographical Institute, Cambridge, England |
| 2002 | Honorary Senator of the University of Maribor, Slovenia |
| 2005 | Preis für herausragende Verdienste um die Weiterentwicklung von Medizin und Psychologie, Donau-Univeristät Krems |