Peter Grünberg

Peter Grünberg
Peter Grünberg
	Grünberg in 2009
Born	Peter Andreas Grünberg; 18 May 1939; Plzeň, Bohemia and Moravia
Died	7 April 2018 (aged 78); Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Alma mater	Technische Universität Darmstadt
Known for	Discovery of giant magnetoresistance
Awards	International Prize for New Materials (1994); German Future Prize (1998); Stern-Gerlach Medal (2006); European Inventor Award (2006); Wolf Prize in Physics (2006); Japan Prize (2007); Nobel Prize in Physics (2007); Friendship Award (China) (2016);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Carleton University; Forschungszentrum Jülich; University of Cologne; Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST); Tohoku University; Argonne National Laboratories;
Doctoral advisor	Stefan Hüfner

Peter Andreas Grünberg (German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈɡʁyːnbɛʁk] ^ⓘ; 18 May 1939 – 7 April 2018) was a German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Albert Fert of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disk drives.

Peter Grünberg
Grünberg in 2009
Born	Peter Andreas Grünberg (1939-05-18)18 May 1939 Plzeň, Bohemia and Moravia
Died	7 April 2018(2018-04-07) (aged 78) Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Alma mater	Technische Universität Darmstadt
Known for	Discovery of giant magnetoresistance
Awards	International Prize for New Materials (1994) German Future Prize (1998) Stern-Gerlach Medal (2006) European Inventor Award (2006) Wolf Prize in Physics (2006) Japan Prize (2007) Nobel Prize in Physics (2007) Friendship Award (China) (2016)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Carleton University Forschungszentrum Jülich University of Cologne Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) Tohoku University Argonne National Laboratories
Doctoral advisor	Stefan Hüfner