Prof. em. Dr. Bernd-Olaf Küppers

  • Curriculum vitae

    Born in Bayreuth (Germany) on June 10, 1944

    Degrees

    Dipl.-Phys., University of Göttingen (Theoretical Astrophysics)
    Dr. rer. nat., Technical University of Brunswick (Biophysical Chemistry)
    Dr. phil. habil., University of Heidelberg (Natural Philosophy)

    Academic biography

    Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, 1971–1993
    Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Heidelberg, 1993
    Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Jena, 1994–2009
    Director of the Institute of Philosophy, University of Jena, 1996–1998
    Member of the Senate of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2002–2005
    Dean of the Class of Humanities, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2003–2005
    Director of the Institute of Philosophy, University of Jena, 2005–2007
    Director of the Frege Centre for Structural Sciences, University of Jena, 2008–2012

    Awards and honours

    Woitschach Research Prize, 1991
    Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Japanese Government, 1993
    Member (external), Human Studies Centre, University of Munich (Germany),1999
    Honorary Doctor, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka (Japan), 1999
    Member, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, 1999
    Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, 2000–2005
    Member (corresp.), Académie européenne des sciences, des arts et des lettres, Paris, 2002
    Honorary Member, Centre of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences, Buenos Aires, 2003
    Member, Academia Europaea, London, 2004

  • Publications