J. Hans D. Jensen

Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈjɛnzn̩] ; 25 June 1907 – 11 February 1973) was a German nuclear 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.

J. Hans D. Jensen
Jensen in 1963
Born
Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen

(1907-06-25)25 June 1907
Died11 February 1973(1973-02-11) (aged 65)
Heidelberg, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1963)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Doctoral advisorWilhelm Lenz
Doctoral studentsHans-Arwed Weidenmüller

Jensen shared half of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with Maria Goeppert-Mayer for their proposal of the nuclear shell model.

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