Heinz Pose
Rudolf Heinz Pose (10 April 1905 – 13 November 1975) was a German nuclear physicist who worked in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.
Heinz Pose | |
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| Born | 10 April 1905 |
| Died | 13 November 1975 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Königsberg University of Munich University of Göttingen University of Halle-Wittenberg |
| Known for | German nuclear energy project Soviet atomic bomb project |
| Awards | War Merit Cross (1943) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear Physics |
| Institutions | Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Uranverein Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt Uranverein Waffenamt University of Leipzig Laboratory B in Sungul' Joint Institute for Nuclear Research |
| Doctoral advisor | Gustav Hertz |
He did pioneering work in nuclear physics which contributed to the understanding atom's energy levels. Pose was an early member of the Germany's Uranium Club but eventually participated in the Soviet program of nuclear weapons when he was appointed director of Laboratory B in Obninsk in Russia in 1945.
From 1957 until 1959, he worked in Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna before settling for a professorship in Germany in 1959, eventually heading the Technische Hochschule Dresden.
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