Former professors
incl. emeriti, senior professorships, senior researchers, etc.
| Chair | Name | Denomination | Length of service |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP 1 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Kamke, Detlef | Experimental Physics (Nuclear Physics) | 1963 1987 |
| EP 1 (LS) | Prof. Dr Koch, Helmut | Nuclear and particle physics | 1990 - 2006 |
| EP 1 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Wiedner | Experimental Hadron Physics | 2006 - 2025 |
| EP 1 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Freiesleben, Hartwig | Nuclear physics | 1979 - 1993 |
| EP 1 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Meyer, Werner | Physics of hadrons and nuclei | 1995 - 2014 |
| EP 2 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Schlüter, Hans | Plasma dynamics | 1968 - 1995 |
| EP 2 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Winter, Jörg | Application-oriented plasma physics | 1997 - 2014 |
| EP 2 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Wiesemann, Klaus | Gas electronics | 1974 - 2002 |
| EP 2 (AG) | Junior Professor Dr. Benedikt, Jan | Coupled plasma solid-state systems | 2010 - 2017 |
| EP 3 (LS) | Prof. Dr. von Buttlar, Haro | Nuclear physics | 1966 1991 |
| EP 3 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Rolfs, Claus | Physics with ion beams | 1990 - 2007 |
| EP 3 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Gonsior, Bernhard | Physics with ion beams | 1971 - 1991 |
| EP 4 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Methfessel, Siegfried | Solid State Physics | 1969 - 1987 |
| EP 4 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Zabel, Hartmut | Solid State Physics | 1989 - 2013 |
| EP 4 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Roldán Cuenya, Beatriz | Solid State Physics | 2013 - 2017 |
| EP 4 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Neddermeyer, Henning | Solid State Spectroscopy | 1978 - 1994 |
| EP 4 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Köhler, Ulrich | Surface Physics | 1997 - 2021 |
| EP 5 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Kunze, Hans-Joachim | Plasma and atomic physics | 1972 - 2000 |
| EP 5 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Kronast, Benedikt | Plasma Physics | 1974 - 1994 |
| EP 5 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Soltwisch, Henning | Laser and plasma physics | 1995 - 2015 |
| EP 6 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Rosenberg, Mihai | Solid State Physics | 1975 - 2004 |
| EP 6 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Pelzl, Josef | Solid State Spectroscopy | 1974 - 2006 |
| EP 6 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Wieck, Andreas | Applied solid state physics | 1993 - 2025 |
| TP 1 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ecker, Günter | Theoretical physics | 1963 - 1989 |
| TP 1 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Wunner, Günter | Theoretical Plasma and Atomic Physics | 1990 - 1997 |
| TP 1 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Elsässer, Klaus | Theoretical physics | 1974 - 2002 |
| TP 1 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Ruhl, Hartmut | Theory of complex plasmas | 2004 - 2008 |
| TP 2 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Kümmel, Hermann | Many-body physics | 1970 - 1988 |
| TP 2 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Goeke, Klaus | Physics of hadrons and nuclei | 1988 - 2009 |
| TP 2 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Gari, Manfred F. H. | AG Theoretical Physics II | 1969 - 2003 |
| TP 2 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Gloeckle, Walter | AG Theoretical Physics II | 1972 - 2004 |
| TP 2 (AG) | Prof. Dr. Polyakov, Maxim | AG Theoretical Hadron Physics | 2005 - 2021 |
| TP 3 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Wagner, Dieter | Theoretical solid state physics | 1970 - 1996 |
| TP 3 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Efetov, Konstantin | Theoretical solid state physics | 1997 - 2019 |
| TP 3 (AG) | Prof. Dr. König, Jürgen | AG Theoretical Solid State Physics | 2003 - 2008 |
| TP 4 (LS) | Prof. Dr. Schindler, Karl | Space and astrophysics | 1973 - 1997 |
| TP 4 (LS) | Prof. Dr Schlickeiser, Reinhard | Space and astrophysics | 1998 - 2022 |
| Astronomy/Astrophysics (LS) | Prof. Dr. Schmidt-Kaler, Theodor | Astronomy | 1966 - 1995 |
| Astronomy/Astrophysics (LS) | Prof. Dr. Giese, Richard Heinrich | Extraterrestrial physics | 1966 - 1988 |
| Astronomy/Astrophysics (LS) | Prof. Dr. Rohlfs, Kristen | Astrophysics | 1974 - 1995 |
| Astronomy/Astrophysics (LS) | Prof. Dr. Chini, Rolf | Astrophysics | 1996 - 2020 |
| Astronomy/Astrophysics (LS) | Prof. Dr Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar | Astronomy | 1994 - 2024 |
| Subject didactics (LS) | Prof. Dr. Bormann, Manfred | Didactics of physics | 1975 - 1999 |
| Subject didactics (LS) | Prof. Dr. Priemer, Burkhard | Didactics of physics | 2006 - 2012 |