Gerd K. Hartmann
Gerd K. Hartmann, (Dr.
Prof.), Curriculum Vitae
Gerd Karlheinz Hartmann, born in 1937 in Eschwege, Germany, studied physics
from 1957 to 1964 at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, where he received
his PhD. in 1967.
Since 1965 he is married with Marianne Hartmann, (Panke). His hobbies: music,
philosophy, intercultural co-operation, tennis and skiing – both terminated in
1985 because of knee problems. He has the ham call DK5AV.
Since 1965 he has worked as a scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie,
D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau. For over ten years he concentrated his activities on
studying the upper atmosphere using satellite (radio) beacon signals.
Since 1967 he has been dealing also with general and specialized information and
documentation problems, from the viewpoint of large volumes of time dependent
and space dependent data, especially of the type collected in his research
projects. At present he works as a consultant on several national and
international committees and holds lectures and seminars throughout Europe, and
especially in the USA., in Argentina, and Chile, countries he has often visited
in the course of his scientific projects.
From 1975 to 1978 he was the provisional director of a division of the institute,
the Institute for Long-term Control of Geophysical Environmental Conditions (ILKGU).
Since 1979 his main area of specialization has been studying the lower
atmosphere by means of microwave radiometry. He is the Principal Investigator of
the Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) experiment
which as a joint enterprise of Germany, Switzerland, and the USA has been flown
as core payload of the NASA ATLAS (Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and
Science) Space Shuttle Missions (ATLAS-1 (1992), ATLAS-2 (1993), ATLAS-3 (1994);
(http://www.linmpi.mpg.de/english/projekte/mas).
Since 1980 he is "consultant"
for information problems of the Institute of Intercultural Cooperation/Intercultural
Research" (ICC/IIR: Heidelberg/Zürich/Pernegg). In the 80ties he travelled on
behalf of that institute to India and Asia, especially for discussing his
concept of the (intercultural) information system OCIR/VIGRODOS. He participated
in and contributed to international conferences on problems of intercultural
understanding and cooperation.
1986 he became guest
professor and guest lecturer for filter and information theory at the University
of Mendoza, Argentina. This task was extended in 1988, now also including
problems of conserving utilization of the environment (sustainable development).
In this context he is the international coordinator of the environmental program
PRIDEMA started by the University of Mendoza (UM) in 1988.
1991 he became full professor
at the engineering faculty of UM for "remote sensing for a conserving
utilization of the environment" (sustainable development) and also "external
scientific director of the institute for environmental studies (IEMA) of UM. In
December 1991 he received the Dr. Luis Federico Leloir Award for international
cooperation with Argentina in the domain of environmental research from the
Argentinean minister for Science and Techno-logy, Prof. Dr. R.F. Matera.
Since 1995 he has worked on
the "value added validation" of remote sensing data from the Earth’s atmosphere
resulting in the”DUST-2 CD ROM” and in the “MAS/GRAS follow-on proposal”. He was
the manager of an international experiment proposal for the investigation of the
MARS atmosphere - in context with the MARS EXPRESS Mission of the European Space
Agency (ESA) -, till it was cancelled because of funding problems in summer
1999.
Since 2001 he continues - as pensioner - the
DUST-2 activities, and the activities that have been started in Mendoza.
Since 2001 he works also as honorable consultant for science and technology forthe German-Islamic Institute for Scienctific and Cultural co-operation e.V., in Celle tätig. (+49 5141 20 83 05 phone; Fax:......20-83-07, e-mail: Info@dii-edu.de )
Addresses (Status 2001)
1.
Dr. G. K. Hartmann, Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie (MPAe);
Max-Planck-Str. 2, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; Tel.: +49-5556-979-336,
Fax: +49-5556-979-240 Email:
ghartmann@linmpi.mpg.de ,
gkhartmann@web.de
2.
Prof. Dr. G. K. Hartmann,
Universidad de Mendoza (UM), IEMA, Perito Moreno 2397, 5501 Godoy Cruz, Mendoza,
Argentina, Tel: +54 -261 -4392939 / 4200740, Fax: +54-261-4392939;
enrique.puliafito@um.edu.ar