Prof. Dr. Hans-Thomas Janka
| 1980-1986 | Study of General Physics at the Technical University Munich (TUM) |
| 1987 | Physics Diploma at the TUM |
| 1991 | PhD in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.) from the TUM |
| 1991-1994 | Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) in Garching |
| 1994-1995 | Otto Hahn Fellowship; Visiting Scholar at the University of Chicago and at the Enrico Fermi Institute (Truran, Turner) |
| since 1995 | Scientific Staff Researcher at the MPA |
| 2002 | Habilitation in Theoretical Physics at the TUM ("Privatdozent") |
| since 2009 | Research Group Leader at the MPA |
| 2016 | Appointment as Adjunct Professor at the TUM |
| 2000-2006 | Project Leader in the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre 375 on "Astro Particle Physics" |
| 2003-2014 | Project Leader in the DFG-funded Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 7 on "Gravitational Wave Astronomy" |
| 2006-2012 | Deputy Project Leader in the Cluster of Excellence EXC 153 for Fundamental Physics: "Origin and Structure of the Universe" |
| 2007-2011 | Project Leader in the DFG-funded Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 27 on"Neutrinos and Beyond" |
| since 2017 | Project Leader in the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre 1258 on "Neutrinos and Dark Matter" |
| since 2020 | Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2094 "ORIGINS: From the Origin of the Universe to the First Building Blocks of Life" |
| Research Fields | Supernova Theory, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Neutrino Astrophysics, Neutron Stars, Numerical Astrophysics (Hydrodynamics, Radiative Transfer) |
| Teaching (at the TU München) |
Astro-Particle Physics, Theoretical Astrophysics, Physics of Neutron Stars, Radiation and Neutrino Transport |
| Additional Responsibility (since 1998) | Public outreach responsibilities at MPA |
| since 2003 | Member of the Editorial Board of the "Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics" (JCAP) |
| since 2013 | Member of the Advisory Board of the popular astronomy magazine "Sterne und Weltraum" (SuW) |
Awards:
| 1980-1985 | Bavarian University Scholarship Award (Bayerische Begabtenförderung) |
| 1991 | Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society |
| 1993 | Heinz Billing Prize for Scientific Computing (with E. Müller und M. Ruffert) |
| 2002 | Golden Chalk for best special lecture course in physics at the TUM (with F. von Feilitzsch) |
| 2004 | ORNL Awards Night Finalist for Excellence in Science and Technology |
| 2011 | Hanno and Ruth Roelin Prize for Scientific Publishing (for the book "Supernovae und kosmische Gammablitze") |
| 2013 | Max Planck Award - Hidden Treasures? 2. Prize (with F. Hanke, B. Müller (MPA) and E. Erastova, A. Marek, M. Rampp (RZG)) |
| 2013 | Golden Chalk for best special lecture course in theoretical physics at the TUM ("Exploding Stars" in WS 2012/13) |
| 2013 | ERC Advanced Grant for research project "Modeling Stellar Collapse and Explosion: Evolving Progenitor Stars to Supernova Remnants" |
| 2022 | Karl Schwarzschild Medal of Astronomische Gesellschaft, honoring research on the core-collapse supernova mechanism, explosive nucleosynthesis, and supernova neutrino physics |