Gottfried Möllenstedt
Gottfried Möllenstedt | |
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| Born | 14 September 1912 Versmold, Germany |
| Died | 11 September 1997 (aged 84) Tübingen, Germany |
| Alma mater | Gdańsk University of Technology |
| Known for | Electron holography |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Tübingen |
| Thesis | Messungen an den Interferenzerscheinungen im konvergenten Elektronenbündel (1940) |
| Doctoral advisor | Walther Kossel |
| Doctoral students | Claus Jönsson |
Gottfried Möllenstedt (14 September 1912 – 11 September 1997) was a German physicist and professor at the University of Tübingen, where he founded the Institute of Applied Physics in 1957, and served as rector from 1966 to 1968. Together with his doctoral student Heinrich Düker (1923–1985), in 1955 he invented the electron biprism, which is widely used in electron holography.