Dr. Harald Hiesinger

Dr. Harald Hiesinger, Professor Institute of Planetology Westfälische Wilhelms- University
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Dr. Harald Hiesinger was born in Munich, Germany on May 26, 1964.In 1986, he received a bachelors degree and in 1990, a masters degree in geology from the Ludwigs-Maximilians University in Munich.While a full-time employee at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), he pursued a doctoral degree in geology with a specialty in planetology, which he received from the Free University of Berlin in 1999.For his doctoral work, Dr. Hiesinger investigated geochemical and stratigraphic characteristics of lunar mare basalts.Meanwhile, in 1997 he began a position as visiting scientist at Brown University, where he later became a senior research scientist.In 2004, Dr. Hiesinger became an assistant professor position in planetary sciences at Central Connecticut State University.Recently, Dr Hiesinger accepted a position as a full professor at the Institute of Planetology at the Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany.As a co-investigator, Dr Hiesinger is involved in two current international space missions, the American Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LROC camera) and the European Mars Express mission (HRSC camera).Dr. Hiesinger has published many scientific papers on the Moon, Mars and Ganymede and has written and/or contributed to two book chapters.Dr. Hiesinger is married to planetary geologist Dr. Carolyn van der Bogert and currently lives with his wife and an adopted greyhound, Spacedog Spiff, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Dr. Harald Hiesinger, Professor Institute of Planetology Westfälische Wilhelms- University
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Dr. Harald Hiesinger was born in Munich, Germany on May 26, 1964.In 1986, he received a bachelors degree and in 1990, a masters degree in geology from the Ludwigs-Maximilians University in Munich.While a full-time employee at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), he pursued a doctoral degree in geology with a specialty in planetology, which he received from the Free University of Berlin in 1999.For his doctoral work, Dr. Hiesinger investigated geochemical and stratigraphic characteristics of lunar mare basalts.Meanwhile, in 1997 he began a position as visiting scientist at Brown University, where he later became a senior research scientist.In 2004, Dr. Hiesinger became an assistant professor position in planetary sciences at Central Connecticut State University.Recently, Dr Hiesinger accepted a position as a full professor at the Institute of Planetology at the Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany.As a co-investigator, Dr Hiesinger is involved in two current international space missions, the American Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LROC camera) and the European Mars Express mission (HRSC camera).Dr. Hiesinger has published many scientific papers on the Moon, Mars and Ganymede and has written and/or contributed to two book chapters.Dr. Hiesinger is married to planetary geologist Dr. Carolyn van der Bogert and currently lives with his wife and an adopted greyhound, Spacedog Spiff, in New Haven, Connecticut.