Jürgen Warnatz

Jürgen Warnatz
Born(1944-05-31)31 May 1944
Chemnitz, Germany
Died22 December 2007(2007-12-22) (aged 63)
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
AwardsSilver Combustion Medal
Philip Morris Research Award
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Gerhard Damköhler Medal
A.K. Oppenheim Award
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Combustion research
InstitutionsUniversity of Heidelberg:
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing
Doctoral advisorHeinz Georg Wagner

Jürgen Warnatz (31 May 1944 in Chemnitz 22 December 2007 in Neckarsteinach) was a German physicist. Between 1999 and 2004 he served as managing director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) at Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany. From 2003 until his death he chaired the German Section of the Combustion Institute.