Robert Döpel
Robert Döpel | |
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Robert Döpel (1895—1982), c.. 1935. | |
| Born | Georg Robert Döpel December 3, 1895 |
| Died | December 2, 1982 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Munich University of Jena University of Leipzig |
| Known for | Soviet program of nuclear weapons Uranium Club |
| Spouse | Klara Mannss (m. 1935–45) |
| Awards | Patriotic Order of Merit |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | Technical University Ilmenau NII-9 in Moscow University of Leipzig University of Würzburg University of Göttingen |
| Thesis | Elektromagnetische Analyse von Kanalstrahlen. (1925) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Wien |
Georg Robert Döpel (3 December 1895 – 2 December 1982), best known as Robert Döpel, was a German nuclear physicist and a professor of physics at the Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany.
An early participant of the German program, the Uranprojkt, in 1939, Döpel was taken in the Soviet custody and was held in Russia after the World War II. There, Döpel was one of many German nuclear physicists working in the Soviet program of nuclear weapons in 1945. As opposed to his fellow German scientists, Döpel was held in Russia for a longer time and was not allowed to return to his homeland until 1957, only to teach physics at the Technical University in Ilmenau, Germany.: xix
His later career focused in climate physics, concerning the topics of global warming before passing in Ilmenau in 1982, aged 86.