Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessels
Rector of the University of Münster
Curriculum vitae
Personal data:
- born in Bremen, Germany in 1962
University study, examinations
- 1981 – 1986, Master of Physics, University of Heidelberg
Doctoral study
- 1990, Dr. rer. nat., University of Heidelberg and the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt
Habilitation
- 2000, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Heidelberg
Professional experience:
- 1991 – 1993, Post-doc, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt
- 1994 – 1996, Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, USA; Feodor Lynen Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
- 1996 – 2001, Assistant Professor (C1), University of Heidelberg
- 2001 – 2002, Senior Scientist, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt
- since 2003, Professor (C4), University of Münster
- 2011 – 2016, Deputy Spokesperson of the ALICE collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN
Academic administrative experience:
- since 2003, Director of the Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Münster
- 2005 – 2006, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Physics
- 2006 – 2010, Dean of the Faculty of Physics
- since October 2016, Rector of the University of Münster
- since September 2022, Chairman of the State Rectors' Conference NRW