Günther Rüdiger

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">G&uuml;nther R&uuml;diger was born in Dresden in 1944 and received is education in astrophysics at </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Friedrich-Schiller University Jena through 1963-1968. From 1968-2009 he worked in Potsdam (until 1983 Astrophysikalisches Observatorium Potsdam), He has been Member of Evaluating Committee of DARA (Extraterrestric research) from 1991-1996. From 1992-2009 he was head of the section MHD and Turbulence in Leibniz-Institut f&uuml;r Astrophysik Potsdam. <br>1995 he became Professor for Astrophysics at the University of Potsdam. In 1998 he was was Visiting Professor Dept. </span><span lang="DE">Applied Math. at University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2008 he received the Wissenschaftspreis Stifterverband der deutschen Wissenschaft (with F. Stefani, Dresden-Rossendorf).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Prof R&uuml;diger is author of 3 monographs: R&uuml;diger: Differential rotation and stellar convection (Gordon&amp; Breach, 1989), R&uuml;diger/Hollerbach: The magnetic Universe (Wiley, 2004) R&uuml;diger/Hollerbach/Kitchatinov: Magnetic processes in astrophysics (Wiley, 2013). He published 266 refereed publicatitions. For 15 years he was the Managing Editor of Astronomical News / Astronomische Nachrichten (Wiley).</span></p>