Hans Wilhelm Schlegel

Name: Hans Wilhelm Schlegel

Date and Place of Birth: August 3, 1951 in Überlingen

Marital Status: Married, 4 children

Nationality: German

Profession: Physicist

Education and Experience:

1958-1962 - Primary School in Refrath.
1962-1965 - Albertus Magnus Secondary School (emphasizing modern languages) Bensberg.
1965-1970 - Hansa Secondary School (emphasizing mathematics and science) in Cologne.
1968-1969 - Amercian Field Service (AFS) exchange student at the Lewis Central High School, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
1970 - Graduation at Hansa Secondary School, Cologne.
1970-1972 - Serving with the Federal Armed Forces as a paratrooper, leaving as second lieutenant.
1980 - After several reserve trainings, appointed reserve lieutenant.
1972-1979 - Student of physics at Aachen University, diploma in physics.
1979-1985 - Scientist at I. Physikalisches Institut of Aachen University.
1986-1988 - Specialist in non destructive testing methodology in the research and development department of the company "Institut Dr. Förster GmbH & Co. KG" at Reutlingen.
1988-1990 - Basic Astronaut Training at the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR).
March 1990 - Beginning of D-2 specific training.
January 1992 - Assignment as prime payload specialist for the D-2 Mission.
April 26th - May 6th, 1993 - Participation in the D-2 Mission as payload specialist.
Since August 1995 - Cosmonaut Training for the German-Russian MIR '97 Mission at Yuri A. Gagarin Training Centre (Moscow).

Key Areas of Research:

Experimental Solid State Physics, Optics, Infrared Spectroscopy.

Publications:

Publications and scientific reports in the field of semiconductor physics.

Others:

Holder of Private Pilot Licence, including instrument rating and aerobatics. Holder of the German Science Diver Licence.