11 Facts About Heinz Oberhummer

Heinz Oberhummer was born in Bischofshofen and grew up in Obertauern, Austria.

Heinz Oberhummer studied physics at the University of Graz and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Heinz Oberhummer lived in the village of Oberwolbling in the Dunkelsteinerwald, Lower Austria.

Heinz Oberhummer was professor emeritus of Theoretical Physics at the Atominstitut of the Vienna University of Technology.

Heinz Oberhummer was involved in questions concerning the fine-tuning of the Universe.

Heinz Oberhummer was the initiator of Nuclei in the Cosmos, the most important international conference series in the field of nuclear astrophysics taking place for the tenth time in the year 2008 at Michigan State University in the United States.

Heinz Oberhummer was especially engaged in the popularisation of scientific contents, including the new media.

Heinz Oberhummer developed Web-based learning and information systems and co-ordinated educational projects funded by the European Commission, such as Cinema and Science.

Heinz Oberhummer was engaged in the creation and presentation of popular science with the Science Busters in the Rabenhof Theater in Vienna along with Werner Gruber and Martin Puntigam and as a weekly radio column and podcast in the Austrian youth radio station FM4.

Heinz Oberhummer was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation and the Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften, the German-speaking branch of the worldwide skeptical movement.

Heinz Oberhummer was president of the secularist initiative "Religion ist Privatsache".