{{Short description|German physicist (born 1964)}} '''Thomas Hamacher''' (born 12 April 1964 in Eschweiler) is a German physicist and professor in energy system research at the Technical University of Munich.
== Biography == Thomas Hamacher studied physics at Bonn University, at RWTH Aachen and at Columbia University, New York. He received his Doctorate in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Hamburg in 1994 for his work on baryonic beta decay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baryonische B-Zerfälle|trans-title=|periodical=High-Energy Physics Literature Database|publisher=|url=https://inspirehep.net/record/361752/files/f15-93-05.pdf|format=|accessdate=2016-04-08|last=Thomas Hamacher|date=1994-01-10|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref> He worked between 1996 and 2010 at the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics in Garching bei München and was head of the Energy and System Studies Group. Since 2010, he has been a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich. In 2013, he was appointed Full Professor for the Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems.
Thomas Hamacher takes part frequently in public debates about the German Energy transition in Germany,<ref>{{citation|surname1=Thomas Hamacher|title=Energie und Wirtschaft in Deutschland: Gedanken zur Energiewende |journal=Faszination Forschung: Tum Research Highlights; Technische Universität München's Science Magazine |publisher=Technische Universität München|pages=29–34|issn=1865-3022|date= 2012|language=German|url=https://portal.mytum.de/pressestelle/faszination-forschung/2012nr10/11.Energiewende.pdf/download|format= Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Man muss nur wollen wollen" – SPD stellt Konzept zur Stromwende in Bayern vor|trans-title=|periodical=Bayerische Staatszeitung|publisher=|url=http://www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de/staatszeitung/wirtschaft/detailansicht-wirtschaft/artikel/man-muss-nur-wollen-wollen.html|accessdate=2016-04-08|last=Heinz Wraneschitz|date=2012-07-27|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref> nuclear power<ref>{{cite web|title=BürgerForum live: Halbzeit Energiewende – schaffen wir die Zukunft ohne Atomstrom?|trans-title=|periodical=|publisher=|url=http://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/sendungen/buergerforum-live/buergerforum-live-sendungsseite100.html|accessdate=2016-04-08|last=Bayerischer Rundfunk|date=2016-03-23|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Drei Jahre nach Fukushima: Kommt jetzt die Renaissance der Atomkraft?|url=http://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/programmkalender/sendung745518.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=2016-04-08|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408133246/http://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/programmkalender/sendung745518.html|archivedate=April 8, 2016|last=Bayern 2 – Tagesgespräch|date=2014-03-11|language=German|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and fusion power<ref>{{cite web|title=Wissenschaftler werben für Kernfusionsexperiment|trans-title=|periodical=|publisher=Ostsee-Zeitung|url=http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/Vorpommern/Greifswald/Politik/Atom-Thema/Wissenschaftler-werben-fuer-Kernfusionsexperiment|format=|accessdate=2016-04-08|last=|date=2013-03-27|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref> as an expert. His main research focus lies on the modeling, analysis, and design of energy systems<ref>{{citation|surname1=T. Hamacher|surname2=P. Ahlhaus|surname3=C. Kandler|title=Bayerische Stromversorgung im Jahr 2022 – Kurzstudie im Auftrag der SPD Bayern |publisher=Lehrstuhl für Energiewirtschaft und Anwendungstechnik, Technische Universität München|date= 2012|language=German|url=http://bayernspd-landtag.de/workspace/media/static/120314studie_stromvollversorgu-547dbda5f1df8.pdf|format= Online}}</ref> in the context of disruptive technologies such as nuclear fusion, renewable energy, smart cities,<ref>{{cite web|title=Wir brauchen Unternehmen, die Energieeffizienz in die Städte bringen.|trans-title=|periodical=Interview mit Prof. Dr. Thomas Hamacher|publisher=Max-Planck-Gesellschaft|url=https://www.mpg.de/1334676/energiemix|format=|accessdate=2016-04-08|last=Alexander Stirn|date=2011-04-01|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref> or electromobility.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fachübergreifend forschen für die Energiewende|trans-title=|periodical=|publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/landkreismuenchen/garching-fachuebergreifend-fuer-die-energiewende-1.2854883|format=|accessdate=2016-04-08|last=Benjamin Köster|date=2016-02-08|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.professoren.tum.de/en/hamacher-thomas/ Profiles of Professors at the Technical University of Munich]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamacher, Thomas}} Category:21st-century German physicists Category:Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:University of Hamburg alumni