Arnold Hanslmeier
Whether it's space weather, solar cycles or dark matter - Arnold Hanslmeier always looks into unimaginably distant corners of the human imagination. As Professor of Astrophysics at the Graz Institute of Physics, he has been teaching the basics of astronomy for almost 30 years and successfully communicating them to the general public. An asteroid was also named after him in 2023.
About the person
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Professor Arnold Hanslmeier is an astrophysicist at the Institute of Physics at the University of Graz, where he has been giving the basic lectures in astronomy since the 1990s. From 1994 to 2000, he was head of the Institute of Astronomy, which was then merged into the Institute of Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology. His main areas of research are celestial mechanics, space weather and solar physics, in which the Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory, which is part of the University of Graz, specialises.
In addition to more than 400 scientific publications and several specialised books, he also enjoys disseminating the fascinating findings of modern astrophysics in an understandable way. He lectures at the University of Graz and is a visiting professor at the Universities of Vienna, Innsbruck, Toulouse, La Laguna, Tenerife and the Kiepenheuer Institute in Freiburg. Due to his special didactic ability to present complicated issues in a simple and vivid way, he is an internationally sought-after speaker.
Hanslmeier is a member of the Commission for Astronomy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
In addition to his academic work, he is also involved in adult education as a lecturer and board member of the Austrian Urania for Styria, of which he was president from 2011 to 2015.
In 2023, the asteroid 182674 Hanslmeier was named after him.
