Signing a Contract with the German Physicist Professor Theodor Hansch

Professor Hansch at the University A Nobel Laureate for the Year 2005

and One of the Experts in King Abdullah’s Program for nano Technology

 Professor Theodor Hansch, the German Physicist and Nobel Prize Winner for the year 2005 for his work on the development of measurements for precision laser spectroscopy to determine light waves emanating from hydrogen atoms and particles, will be one of the most prominent speakers in the workshop, organized by King Saud University, on Nano university research titled “the Road towards Realizing the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ Vision.”

King Saud University had already begun to implement its plan for inviting Nobel Laureates to give public lectures and hold scientific conferences.  By so doing the University aims at realizing strategic national goals, such as:

1. Highlighting the leading role of the Kingdom of Humanity in supporting science and scientists for their work in the service of humanity.

2. Promoting research and development in the Kingdom by attracting internationally renowned scientists

3. Spreading the culture of science, creativity and innovation across the various social strata through the organization of public lectures and media coverage of Nobel Prize Winners

4. Activating the University’s national role towards securing for the Kingdom a world-class position in the field of creativity and innovation and transforming its economy into one based on knowledge

5. Seeking distinguished international expertise to bolster the University’s research and consultative potentials in order to enhance developmental national programs and help the university accomplish international leadership

6.  Stimulating the spirit of creativity and excellence within faculty members, researchers and students towards bringing up a knowledge-based society

7. Creating for the students the opportunity to meet with Nobel Laureates, as role models, in order to nurture within them the spirit of scientific excellence and leadership and benefit from their special expertise and experiences

Professor Hansch is considered one of the key figures in the field of Physics.  He got his PhD at the University of Heidelberg in 1969.  The following year he moved to the United States to teach at Stanford University.  Then he returned to Germany in 1986 to work as Director for the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics.  He also joined the Ludwig-Maxmilian University where he became a faculty member.  Hal received a PhD degree from the Carnegie  Institute for Technology in Pittsburg, U.S.A. in 1961.  After that he worked at the Federal Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics as well as in a research center at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is part of the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Later on he worked as University Professor.

Hansch’s and Hal’s research, which deserved the Nobel Prize in Physics, was focused on the measurement of light waves. However, despite the fact that light waves technology had already been pioneered, it still remains too complex and

sophisticated to apply except in a very few laboratories

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