Curriculum Vitae
Name: Rainer
Lenzen
Year of Birth: 1948
Nationality: German
Current address: Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Königstuhl 17
D-69117
Heidelberg
Germany
Languages
German Native
language
English Fluently
Spanish Fluently
Education
Since
1981 Scientific
employee at MPIA
1979 Staff at Calar Alto Observatory
1978 Post Doc at
Max-Planck-Institute für Astronomie
1978 PhD Thesis:
Instrumental study for x-ray satellite project ROSAT
1976
Diploma Thesis:
X-ray reflection under gracing incidence
1969
A-Levels (Abitur)
Mayor
studies:
Polarimetry in star forming regions M17, W3
UBVRI
and NIR of galactic star forming regions
NACO:
NIR-Adaptive Optics at 8m-telescope
UBVRI-Photometer for 1.23m-telescope CA
Observatory
IR-Photometer
for 1.25m/2.2m-telescope CA Observatory
IR-Polarimeter for 2.2m-telescope CA
Observatory
IR-Camera
Omega Cass for 3.5m-telescope CA Observatory
CONICA:
high resolution near infrared camera/spectrograph for the VLT
MIDI :thermal infrared interferometry
VLTI
LUCIFER:
high resolution near infrared camera/spectrograph LBT
GRAVITY: NIR interferometry
using all four VLT UTs
METIS: MIR instrument
for the E-ELT (Phase-A Study)