Rainer Mauersberger

Who is Rainer Mauersberger?

Rainer Mauersberger is a German astronomer. His main field of interest is observational molecular spectroscopy of the interstellar matter in galactic and extragalactic star forming regions; millimeter and sub-millimeter astronomy. He currently works as a Commissioning Scientist in the ALMA project. He received his PhD from the University of Bonn using the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope to measure ammonia throughout the galaxy. The galactic and extragalactic cold interstellar medium remained his main field of investigation while he was working at the Sub-mm Telescope Observatory in Arizona and Pico Veleta Observatory in Granada, where he served as the station manager for nine years.

His Scientific awards and honors include the following:

1992: Bennigsen Foerder research prize of the Land Northrhine Westphalia

1987: Otto Hahn Medal and prize fellowship of the Max Planck Society