Heinz Jagodzinski

Heinz Ernst Jagodzinski (20 April 1916 in Aschersleben – 22 November 2012 in Munich) was a German physicist, mineralogist and crystallographer known for his research in disordered materials and diffuse X-ray scattering.

[2][3] Jagodzinski studied natural sciences at the University of Greifswald and later at the University of Göttingen, where he received his doctorate in physics in 1941 under Reinhold Mannkopff (Über die Druckabhängigkeit der Anregungstemperatur in der Lichtbogensäule).

Between 1946 and 1952, he was research assistant and received his habilitation at the University of Marburg, working under Fritz Laves.

From 1963, Jagodzinski became a full professor of mineralogy and crystallography at the University of Munich, where he retired in 1986.

In 1996 he became an honorary member of the German Crystallographic Society and received the Carl Hermann Medal in 2000.