Prof. Dr. W. Arnold

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W. Arnold obtained a diploma in physics (equivalent to a master degree) in 1970 and a PhD in Solid State Physics in 1974 both from the Technical University Munich, Germany. He then held various positions as a researcher in Solid State and Applied Physics in academia and industry in France, USA, Switzerland, and in Germany. From 1980 until retirement in 2008, he was employed at the Fraunhofer IZFP, Saarbrücken, Germany, as a department head developing and applying methods for non-destructive materials characterization. W.A. was appointed professor of materials technology in 1989 at the Saarland University, Saarbrücken. W.A. guided 160 undergraduate students in their diploma, master theses and study projects and 33 PhDs. Parallel he served in various scientific committees for research institutes and research organizations in Germany, France, and in Mexico. From 2001 to 2014 he served in various selection committees of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. W.A. is a fellow of the Institute of Physics in London and an honorary fellow of the Indian Society of Non-Destructive Testing in Delhi. W.A. was associate editor of various scientific journals, and still is for "Research in Non-Destructive Evaluation". Since 2009 he has been a guest professor at the "I. Physikalische Institut" of the Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany, and in addition works as a self-employed consultant.

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