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Name

Prof. WD Heiss
Nationality

German
Phone

+27 21 808 3383
Fax

+27 21 808 3385
Email

dieter@physics.sun.ac.za
Qualifications

 
Address

Merensky Building, Room 1041
Postal Address Department of Physics
University of Stellenbosch
Private Bag X1
Matieland, 7602
South Africa
Professor at the Department of Physics, US
Professor Emeritus (University of the Witwatersrand)
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Recipient of the De Beers Gold Medal 2002
Hosted the workshop "The Physics of Exceptional Points" at Stellenbosch in November 2010, see http://www.nithep.ac.za/2g6.htm

Research interests:
Quantum chaos, quantum phase transitions, physical significance of exceptional points
Selected publications
Click here for list of publications - publis.pdf
Non-academic interests
Classical music (listening and practising), Hiking