Contact Information

Argelander Institut für Astronomie
Auf dem Hügel 71
D-53121 Bonn
GERMANY
E-Mail: wkundt@astro.uni-bonn.de
Phone: +49-228-73-3666

Biodata

Born in Hamburg in 1931. Diploma in theoretical physics in Hamburg in 1956, ph.d. in 1959, habilitation in 1965; Student of Pascual Jordan in theory of General Relativity. Marriage with Ulrike Schümann in 1966; daughter Liane (1969), and son Rasko (1970). Professorships in Hamburg (since 1971) and Bonn (since 1977). Extended visits of Syracuse (N.Y., 1959), London (1963), Pittsburgh (Pa, 1966), Edmonton (1971), CERN (1972), Bielefeld (1973), Cambridge (GB, 1977), Kyoto (1978), India (83, 85, 87, 97, 00, 02), Boston (1986), Maribor (since 1991, almost yearly), Linz (1999), Taiwan (2002), Canakkale (2006, 2007, 2016), Rio (2008, 2010, 2012), Adana (2009, 2011), Gondar (2015). Moved into astrophysics via cosmology (since 1972), with interests extending successively into planetary physics, geophysics, and biophysics. Principal investigator of Helios Experiment 11 (1969-1979). Director of Erice School on 'Neutron Stars, Active Galactic Nuclei, and Jets' (since 1985). Over 295 publications, among them 9 books; recently: 'Understanding Physics', ed. A.K. Richter (1998), 'Astrophysics, A New Approach', Springer (2005), and 'Physikalische Mythen auf dem Prüfstand', Springer (2014), with Ole Marggraf.

Hobbies: Sports and nature.

Former ph.d.s and post-docs: Hans Juranek, Hajo Leschke, Hans-Juergen Seifert, Eckhard Krotscheck, Max Camenzind, Marko Robnik, Axel Jessner, Ashok Singal, Reinhold Schaaf, Hsiang-Kuang Chang, Carsten van de Bruck, Gernot Thuma, Hans Baumann, Christoph Hillemanns, Udo Wernick, Ole Marggraf.

Last Update: December 2017