Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arnold Hanslmeier

Personal data:

• Born 10 February in Feldbach, Austria
• Austrian citizen
• 3 children
• Foreign languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish

Education and scientific activities:  

• since 1981: Staff member of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Graz
• 1983: PhD Thesis, Promotion Sub auspiciis praesidentis (summa cum laude)
• 1984: Post doc stay at Bureau de Longitude, Paris
• 1994-2000: Director of Institute of Astronomy
• 1997: Associate Professor
• 2000-2005: Director deputy of the Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology
• 2005: Full time Professor for computational astrophysics
• 2005-: Director of the Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology, director deputy of Institute of Physics
• 2010-2012: Director of the whole Department of Physics of the University of Graz

International Memberships:

• 2002 elected for president of JOSO, 2005 re-elected, 2008 re-elected
• 2003 vice president of the Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Member of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, Astronomical Society of the Pacific and New York
• Academy of Sciences, Member of the Astronomical Union

 Research stays:

• 11 months at the Kiepenheuer Institut für Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, Germany
• 4 months at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife
• 3 months at Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia
• 3 months at University of Zagreb, Croatia
• several shorter stays in Potsdam, Ondrejov, Kiev, Sac Peak, University of Chicago

 Guest professorships:

• 14 months at the Observatoire Midi Pyrenees, Toulouse/Tarbes
• 2014 - .... Visiting Scientist am Kiepenheuer Institut für Sonnenphysik
• 1 month at University of Innsbruck
• 3 weeks at Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
• 2 Semester at University of Vienna

 Observations:

• At the Observatorio del teide (VTT, GCT), Roque de los muchachos (SVT, NOT), Hvar Observatory, Sacramento Peak Observatory, Observatoire de Haute Provence

 Publications

• 450 query results in NASA/ADS (4 January 2018)

 Books:

• Dimensionen des Weltalls (Salzburg, Anton Pustet Verlag, 2021)
• The Chaotic Solar Cycle  (Singapore, Springer, 2020)
• Einführung in Astronomie und Astrophysik (Heidelberg, Springer International Publishing, 2020)
• Unser Platz im Kosmos (Salzburg, Anton Pustet. 2019)
• Urknall und Glaube (Graz, Vehling. 2019)
• Advances in Planetary Science: Volume 3, Planetary Habitability and Stellar Activity (Singapore, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2018)
• Der Mond. Bis heute ein Rätsel (Graz, Vehling Verlag , 2018)
• Das helle und das dunkle Universum. Was uns die Strahlung über Himmelsobjekte verrät (Berlin, Springer 2017)
• Von den Planeten zum Rande des Universums (Graz, Vehling 2016)
• Den Nachthimmel erleben: Sonne, Mond und Sterne - Praktische Astronomie zum Anfassen (Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Spektrum 2015)
• Einführung in Astronomie und Astrophysik (Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer 2014)
• Faszination Astronomie: Ein topaktueller Einstieg für alle naturwissenschaftlich Interessierten (Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Spektrum 2013)
• Die Sonne - der Stern von dem wir leben (Graz, Vehling 2013)
• Kometen: Unheilsbringer? Stern von Bethlehem? (Graz, Vehling 2013)
• Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe (Oak Park, Bentham 2013)
• Water in the Universe (Dordrecht, Springer 2011)
• Kosmische Katastrophen (Graz, Vehling 2011)
• Habitability and Cosmic Catastrophes (Berlin, Springer 2008)
• The Sun and Space Weather (Dordrecht, Springer 2. Aufl. 2007)
• Einführung in Astronomie und Astrophysik (Heidelberg, Spektrum Verlag 2. Aufl. 2007)
• Ultraviolet Radiation in the solar System (Berlin, New York, Tokio: Springer 2006)
• The Sun and Space Weather (Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer 2002)
• Einführung in Astronomie und Astrophysik (Heidelberg, Spektrum Verlag 2002)
• Astronomie (Wien, Öbv & Hpt Verlag 2000)
• Gefahr von der Sonne (München, Wien, BLV 2000)

 Editor:

• Life on Earth and other Planetary bodies (Dordrecht: Springer 2012)
• Solar magnetic phenomena (Dordrecht: Springer 2004)
• The Dynamic Sun (Dordrecht: Kluwer 2002)
• Motions in the Solar Atmosphere (Dordrecht: Kluwer 1999)