Wolfgang Paul

Wolfgang Paul (1913–1993) was a German physicist and university teacher. He was educated at the Technische Universität Berlin and the Technical University of Munich. His doctoral advisor was Hans Kopfermann, and his doctoral student was Peter Toschek. Paul worked at the University of Bonn, the University of Göttingen, and the Technische Universität Berlin. His work locations included Bonn and Göttingen.

Paul received the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics. He is noted for his work on the quadrupole ion trap. He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Göttingen Eighteen. Paul died in Bonn. He spoke German.