Born in 1961, Prof. Dörner studied Physics und Philosophy in Frankfurt and Aachen. In 1988 he finished his studies with a diploma degree and received a doctorate at the Goethe-Universtiy in 1991. Prof. Dörner habilitated in 1998 in Frankfurt and received a Heisenberg scholarship of the DFG. Since 2002 he has been a Professor at the Insitut of Nuclear Physics at the Goethe-University. In 2013 Prof. Dörner was awarded as “Scientist of the Year” because of his highly recognised research and publications und his exemplary commitment. 2014 Reinhard Dörner received the Robert-Wichard-Pohl-Preis of the German Physics Association.

Main Research Topics: Atomic and Molecular Physics. Few-Body dynamics. Ion Atom collisions (keV-GeV) (GSI, IKF), Electron-Atom and Antiproton-Atom collisions (CERN), Atomic and molecular physics with synchrotron radiation (Hasylab Hamburg, Bessy, Berlin , ESRF Grenoble, ALS-Berkeley), atomic and molecular physics in strong laser fields. Kinematically complete experiments using COLTRIMS and reaction microscopes.