Jan Peter Toennies Explained

Jan Peter Toennies (born 3 May 1930) is a German-American scientist.

Early life and education

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 3 May 1930 to German immigrant parents.^[1] He is the grandson of sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies.

He graduated from Lower Merion High School, outside of Philadelphia, in 1948. He went on to Amherst College, where he finished with a BA in 1952, and to Brown University, where he received a PhD in chemistry in 1957. During graduate school he was a Fulbright student in Göttingen 1953–1954.^[1]

Monographs

• E. F. Greene and J. Peter Toennies: Chemische Reaktionen in Stoßwellen, Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag, Darmstadt, 1959
• E. F. Greene and J. Peter Toennies: Chemical Reactions in Shock Waves, Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. London, 1964
• G. Benedek and J. Peter Toennies: Atomic Scale Dynamics at Surfaces: Theory and Experimental Studies with Helium Atom Scattering, Springer, Heidelberg, 2018

Further reading

• Jan Peter Toennies On his 65th Birthday. Z. Herman. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 99. 5. 781–782. 1995. 10.1002/bbpc.19950990516.
• Serendipitous meanderings and adventures with molecular beams. J.P. Toennies. Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem.. 55. 1–33. 2004. 10.1146/annurev.physchem.55.081203.151413. 15117245. 2004ARPC...55....1T.
• Special-Issue: J. Peter Toennies Festschrift . G. Benedek . M. Lewerenz . G. Niedner-Schateburg . A. Vilesov. The Journal of Physical Chemistry . 115. 25. 6739–7399. 2011. 1089-5639.
• Festschrift for Peter Toennies - New horizons in the dynamics of molecules: from gases to surfaces . G. Benedek . J. R. Manson . S. Miret-Artes. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.. 23. 13. 7507–8076. 2021. 2021PCCP...23.7523B . 1463-9076 . Benedek . Giorgio . Manson . Joseph R. . Miret-Artés . Salvador . 10.1039/D1CP90026A . 33599671 . 231952741 . free . 10261/262970 . free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Short Curriculum Vitae of J. Peter Toennies. 22 December 2023.