Guenther Bauer

Head, Institutes for Semiconductor Physics at the University of Linz, Austria.

AAAS awards and honors:

• AAAS Award for Science and Diplomacy, 2001.

  Guenther Bauer has organized numerous scientific collaborations with scientists worldwide. His achievements in the physics of semiconductors demonstrate how much today's progress in science owes to the internationalization of research. Dr. Bauer actively initiated and participated in multinational and bilateral scientific projects supported by the Austrian government and organizations, European Union agencies, and the National Science Foundation, among others. In addition, he has promoted equal opportunity for women in physics and organized the International Women in Physics Program in Linz, Austria.