Institution: Universidad de Concepción
Research Areas:
Stellar Populations in the Local Universe. Distance Scale,Extrsolar Planets, Brown Dwarfs.
- Email: wgieren@astro-udec.cl
- Phone: (56 - 41) 2 203103
Wolfgang Gieren
- Full Professor and Director of the Astronomy Department of Universidad de Concepción. (Since 1996)
- Research Assistant at Sternwarte and from Hoher List Observatory Bonn University (1975-1977)
- Assistant Professor and Director of the Department of Physics at “Universidad de los Andes”, Bogotá, Colombia (1979-1981)
- Associate Professor of Astronomy at “Universidad Nacional de Colombia”, Bogotá (1982-1988).
- Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Germany, at Bonn University (1988-1990)
- Visiting Professor at the Physics Faculty of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago (1990-1996, sponsored by the German Service of Academic Interchange DAAD)
- Full Professor and Director of the Astronomy Department of Universidad de Concepción. (Since 1996)
- Research Assistant at Sternwarte and from Hoher List Observatory Bonn University (1975-1977)
- Assistant Professor and Director of the Department of Physics at “Universidad de los Andes”, Bogotá, Colombia (1979-1981)
- Associate Professor of Astronomy at “Universidad Nacional de Colombia”, Bogotá (1982-1988).
- Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Germany, at Bonn University (1988-1990)
- Visiting Professor at the Physics Faculty of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago (1990-1996, sponsored by the German Service of Academic Interchange DAAD)
Studies
- M.Sc. in Physics, Bonn University (1972)
- Ph.D. in Astronomy, Bonn University (1975)
- Awards
- Publications
- Memberships
- Professor Gieren received the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Grant and regards to the German Academic Exchange Service he participated as a Visiting Professor at “Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile” Astronomy Department (1990-1996).
- W. Gieren received the Annual Award for Science in 2009 from the Municipality of Concepción.
