Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Harald Lesch
Lehrbeauftragter Professor für Naturphilosophie und physikalische Grenzfragen
Harald Lesch is professor for Theoretical Astrophysics at the LMU and Professor for Philosophy of science at the Munich University of Philosophy. He is also very active in German public TV, as moderator of several science and science communication shows, but also on radio, as writer of popular books about physics, philosophy, natural science, climate change and renewable energies. On top he is the host of the popular youtube channel “Terra X – Lesch and Co”. His career connects various academic disciplines and communication topics centered on complex systems as scientific content (in particular astrophysics, climate science and philosophy of science) and inter- and transdisciplinary public engagement with science.
CV
Habilitation at the Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Bonn University
PhD in Physics (Thesis: “Nonlinear Plasma Processes in active galactic nuclei”), Bonn University
Study of Physics Giessen and Bonn University
Member of the board of trustees of the Deutsches Museum
Member of the advisory board for climate change of the Bavarian government
Professor for Philosophy of Science, Munich University of Philosophy
Professor for Theoretical Astrophysics, LMU Munich
Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy in Bonn
Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada
Research Fellow at Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, Heidelberg
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse (Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class)
German Television Award for „Best Infotainment“ (Regular Science Show – Leschs Kosmos, ZDF)
Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs- Award
German Television Award for „Best Infotainment“ (Luther-Trilogy – Terra X, ZDF)
Bavarian Television Award
Cicero-Rhetoric Award
University Professor of the Year (DHV)
Communicator Award of the German science Foundation (DFG)
Medal of the German Physics Society for best scientific publication
Selected Publications
Wie Bildung gelingt, Forstner, U. and Lesch, H., wbg Verlag
Was hat das Universum mit mir zu tun?: Nachrichten vom Rande der erkennbaren Welt, Lesch, H., C. Bertelsmann Verlag
Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann?, Lesch, H. and Kamphausen, K., Penguin
Kosmologisch: Der Anfang von Allem – Die Entstehung des Himmels – Vom Stein zum Leben, Lesch, H., Komplett Media
Die Menschheit schafft sich ab, Lesch, H. and Kamphausen, K., Komplett Media
Die kürzeste Geschichte allen Lebens, Lesch, H. and Zaun, H., Piper Verlag
Big Bang 2. Akt, Auf den Spuren des Lebens im All, Lesch, H. and Müller, J. Bertelsmann