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Wolfgang P. Schleich

German physicistborn 1957

Wikidata names Marlan Scully as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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stated by Wikidata
Marlan Scully

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataMarlan Scully
2 steps up
stated by WikidataWillis Lamb
3 steps up
stated by WikidataJ. Robert Oppenheimer
4 steps up
stated by WikidataMax Born

Education and career4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

until 1976
Klenze-Gymnasium Munich
studied
until 1984
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
studied
undated
University of North Texas
worked
undated
Ulm University
worked

At a glance

known as: physicist, university teacher
awards: Gustav Hertz Prize, 1991, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, 1995, Max Planck Research Award, 2002, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Herbert Walther Prize, 2021
member of: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, from 2005, Academia Europaea, from 2008, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Wikipedia: in 4 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere8

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaWolfgang P. Schleich
stated by WikidataWikidataQ98732
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0002-9693-8882
stated by WikidataVIAF51865801
stated by WikidataGND123022126
stated by WikidataIdRef084137614
stated by WikidataISNI0000000116420315

papers

stated by WikidataScopus13905863200

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q98732,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Wolfgang P. Schleich: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q98732},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Wolfgang P. Schleich: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q98732