Knut Urban
Knut Urban | |
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Knut Urban (2022) | |
| Born | 25 June 1941 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Stuttgart (PhD) |
| Known for | Aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy |
| Awards | Wolf Prize in Physics (2011) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2013) Kavli Prize (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electron microscopy |
| Institutions | Forschungszentrum Jülich |
Knut W. Urban (born 25 June 1941) is a German physicist. He has been the Director of the Institute of Microstructure Research at Forschungszentrum Jülich from 1987 to 2010.
Knut Urban's research focuses on the field of electron microscopy (both regarding the further development of instruments and the control software), the examination of structural defects in oxides and the physical properties of complex metallic alloys. He also works on Josephson effects in high-temperature superconductors and the application of these effects in SQUID systems and magnetometers as well as on the application of Hilbert transform spectroscopy in examining the excitation of solids, liquids and gases on the gigahertz and terahertz scale.
Besides his activities at Forschungszentrum Jülich he was also professor for experimental physics at RWTH Aachen University before retirement.
He is the laureate of the Wolf Prize in Physics and the 2020 Kavli Prize in Nanonoscience for the development of aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy with Harald Rose and Maximilian Haider.