Michael C. F. Wiescher (born 1949 in Wuppertal) is a German-American experimental nuclear physicist and astrophysicist,[1] known for his laboratory research in nuclear physics connected with various astrophysical phenomena such as stellar evolution and explosion environments.

His doctoral dissertation entitled Measurement of the Reactions in the CNO Cycles was supervised by Claus Rolfs.

[4] He is the author of local historical writings about his birthplace Wuppertal,[8] a biography of Arthur E. Haas,[9] and the textbook Radioaktivität Ursprung und Auswirkungen eines Naturphänomens.

Band I'' (in German),[10][11] as well as the co-author, with Khachatur Manukyan, of the textbook Scientific Analysis of Cultural Heritage Objects.

[2] At the 2021 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, he presented research, done with Khachatur Manukyan, using X-rays, electron microscopy, and accelerators to investigate coins and paper money from three different historical periods.