31.01.2024
Dr. Steffen Rudtsch, Head of Division 7.4 "Temperature" for many years, passed away on January 20, 2024, after a short, serious illness at the age of 61.
Steffen Rudtsch studied physics at the universities of Leipzig and Cottbus, where he obtained his doctorate in 1994. He then worked in the field of thermophysics, from 1999 at the PTB.
In 2002, he moved to the "Thermometry" laboratory at PTB's Berlin Institute. From January 2008, he headed the "Applied Thermometry" group and from January 2018 the "Temperature" department. During his successful scientific career, with guest scientist stays in the USA and China, Dr. Steffen Rudtsch became a world-renowned expert and highly esteemed colleague in the field of thermometry. His research contributed to the further development of the International Temperature Scale ITS-90 and new measurement methods in thermometry with numerous publications and book contributions. In 1999, he was awarded the Netzsch Prize of the European Conference on Thermophysical Properties. He was highly involved in peer reviews and in numerous national and international committees such as DAkkS, DKD, DKE, DIN, IMEKO, COOMET, EURAMET and CCT. From June 2022, he was Chairman of the EURAMET Technical Committee for Thermometry.
In Steffen Rudtsch, we have not only lost an extremely competent and responsible colleague, but also a caring person, friendly, approachable, and supportive. We bid him farewell with great dismay and deep sadness. He will be greatly missed. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his family.
Contact:
M. Richter, 7, E-Mail: mathias.richter(at)ptb.de