Curriculum Vitae of Hajo LESCHKE

1945, February 11 Born in Wentorf bei Hamburg, Germany: 53° 29′ 35“ North, 10° 15′ 12“ East

Education and professional experience

1951 – 1955 Primary school („Grundschule“) in Hamburg(-Ottensen)
1955 – 1964 Secondary school („Gymnasium“) in Hamburg(-Ottensen)
1964 – 1970 Studies in physics and mathematics at Universität Hamburg, supported by a scholarship of the „Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes“ (German Academic Scholarship Foundation) and, after the Diploma in Physics, by a „Kurt-Hartwig-SIEMERS-Stipendium/-Wissenschaftspreis“ of the „Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung“
1970 – 1971 Research and teaching assistant in the group of Ludwig TEWORDT (1926 – 2016) at Universität Hamburg, Germany
1971 – 1979 Research and teaching assistant in the group of Uwe BRANDT (1944 – 1997) at (Technische) Universität Dortmund, Germany
1976 Guest scientist in the group of Herbert WAGNER (born 1935) at the „Institut für Festkörperforschung“ of KFA-Jülich, Germany
1980 – 1981 Research fellow in the group of Richard BAUSCH (born 1935) at (Heinrich Heine) Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
1981 – 1982 Substituting a professorship of theoretical physics at Universität (Duisburg-)Essen, Germany
1982 – 1983 Temporary professor of theoretical physics at (Heinrich Heine) Universität Düsseldorf
1983 to Present Professor of theoretical physics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
1987 Guest professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, USA. Host: David P. LANDAU (born 1941)
1994 Declining a professorship of theoretical/mathematical physics at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
2010, March 31 Official retirement („Entpflichtung“)
2012, Oct. – Dec. Guest professor at Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
Hosts: Werner KIRSCH (born 1956) and Wolfgang SPITZER (born 1966)

Academic degrees

1964, January 27 Abitur; from „Gymnasium (für Jungen in) Altona“, Hamburg; form-master/class-teacher: Gerd BANGEN (1920 – 1991)
1970, July 7 Diploma in physics; from Universität Hamburg; thesis supervised by Wolfgang KUNDT (born 1931)
1975, September 22 Doctorate in physics („Dr. rer. nat.“); from (Technische) Universität Dortmund; thesis supervised by Uwe BRANDT (1944 – 1997)
1981, February 13 Habilitation in physics; that is, the official qualification for independent research and lecturing on physics; from (Technische) Universität Dortmund

Academic lineage