Name: Guenther Reitz
Position: Chair Professor
Email:Guenther.Reitz@dlr.de
Address: Medical Building, Rm 402-2222, North District of Dushu
Lake Campus, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection,
Soochow University
Contact Phone: +86 512 65882451
Ⅰ、Educational and Professional Experience
Ph.D. Dr. phil. nat. in Biophysics, University of Frankfurt, 1990
M.Sc. Diploma in Physics, University of Frankfurt, 1972
2019- Chair Professor at the Soochow University, Suzhou, China
2017- 2019 Visiting Professor at the Soochow University, Suzhou, China
2017- 2020 Director of the CRREAT project at the Nuclear Physics Institute in Prague
2015 - Consultant of DLR ((after retirement)
2004 - 2015 Head of the Radiobiological Department of DLR
1988- 2009 Head of the Biophysics Group at DLR
1975- Scientist at The German Aerospace Center (DLR)
1972- 1975 Scientist at University of Frankfurt
Ⅱ、Research Focus
1、Dosimetry of the radiation field in space and in airflight altitudes and development of advanced measurement devices
2、 Radiobiological effects of heavy ions in spaceflight experiments and impact of microgravity on the radiation response
3、Radiation protection for astronauts and civil air crews.
Ⅲ、Project/Honor/Award
1、Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars Science Lab of NASA (Co_I)
2、BioSignatures and habitable Nichesi (BoSigN) (Co-I)
3、Scientific award of the German Society for Space and Aviation Medicine 1988
4.. Team achievement awards for several spaceflight experiments, recently for MSL-RAD
5. Member of the International Academy of Astronautics since 2005
Ⅳ、Academic Part-time Roles & Student Guidance Outcomes
Dr. Reitzwas Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator and Project Manager in numerous spaceflight experiments investigating the radiation environment and its biological effects using US and Russian spacecraft, the International Space Station (ISS) and the Mars Science Laboratory .(MSL). All projects were performed successfully in collaboration with universities and organizations in US, Russia, Japan and Europe. His major achievements comprise the first assignment of the radiobiological effect to the passage of a single ion of the cosmic radiation, the first depth dose measurement in a human phantom torso inside and outside the ISS and the first-time radiation measurements on the Martian surface. My department was running the Helmholtz Space Life Sciences Research School (SpaceLife) in which in cooperation with 18 national and foreign universities more than 25 doctoral students were hired and guided for their doctoral degree.
With the set-up of the Workshop of Radiation Monitoring on the ISS (WRMISS) in 1996, for which dr. Reitz still acting as chairman, an international network in the field of radiation dosimetry in space was formed. Networking was further extended while Dr. Reitz was chairman COSPAR Commission F “Life Sciences as Related to Space” from 2010 to 2018. Dr. Reitz. Was one of the founding members of the European Program for Investigations into Biological Effects of Space Radiation (IBER), which is complementary to the NASA space radiation health program run in Brookhaven and to other space radiobiology activities ongoing at accelerators in Russia and in Japan, and which supports safe human space exploration. Through his activities he had an important influence on the development of the radiation biology research in space in Europe and thereby contributing efficiently to the assessment of radiation protection in space and civil air flight.
Based on his background, expertise and skill he supports in designing the scientific program , ongoing activities and proposing new projects, with the aim to increase the competence of the institute and to enhancie the international cooperation, Another main task is to deliver courses for undergraduate and graduate students, optimizing lectures and lecture plan and facilitating discussions with students to deepen their knowledge and skill.
Ⅴ、Recent Five-Year Representative Research Outcomes
1.Walsh, L. und Schneider, U. und Fogtman, A. und Kausch, C. und McKenna-Lawlor, S. und Narici, L. und Ngo-Anh, J. und Reitz, G. und Sabatier, L. und Santin, G. und Sihver, L. und Straube, U. und Weber, U. und Durante, M. (2019) Research plans in Europe for radiation health hazard assessment in exploratory space missions. Life Sciences in Space Research 21. 73-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2019.04.002
2.de Vera, J. P. und Alawi, M. und Backhaus, T. und Baque, M. und Billi, D. und Böttger, U. und Berger, T. und Bohmeier, M und Cockell, C. und Demets, R. und de la Torre Noetzel, R. und Edwards, H.G.M. und Elsaesser, A. und Fagliarone, C. und Fiedler, A. und Foing, B. und Foucher, F. und Fritz, J. und Hanke, F. und Herzog, T.H. und Horneck, G. und Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm und Huwe, Björn und Joshi, J. und Kozyrovska, N. und Kruchten, M. und Lasch, P. und Lee, N. und Leuko, Stefan und Leya, T. und Lorek, Andreas und Martinez-Frias, J. und Meessen, J. und Moritz, S. und Moeller, R. und Olsson-Francis, K. und Onofri, S. und Ott, S. und Pacelli, C. und Podolich, O. und Rabbow, Elke und Reitz, G und Rettberg, Petra und Reva, O. und Rothschild, L. und Sancho, L. G. und Schulze-Makuch, D. und Selbmann, L. und Serrano, P. und Szewzyk, U. und Verseux, C. und Wadsworth, J. und Wagner, D. und Westall, F. und Wolter, D. und Zucconi, L. (2019) Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS. Astrobiology 19 (2): 145-157. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1897
3. Kovar, P. und Sommer, M. und Matthiä, D. und Reitz, G. (2020) Measurement of cosmic radiation in LEO by 1U CubeSat. Radiation Measurements 139: 106471. Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106471
4、Ambrožová, Iva und Beck, Peter und Benton, Eric R. und Billnert, Robert und Bottollier-Depois, Jean-Francois und Caresana, Marco und Dinar, Nesrine und Domański, Szymon und Gryziński, Michał A. und Kákona, Martin und Kolros, Antonín und Krist, Pavel und Kuć, Michał und Kyselová, Dagmar und Latocha, Marcin und Leuschner, Albrecht und Lillhök, Jan und Maciak, Maciej und Mareš, Vladimír und Murawski, Łukasz und Pozzi, Fabio und Reitz, Guenther und Schennetten, Kai und Silari, Marco und Šlegl, Jakub und Sommer, Marek und Štěpán, Václav und Trompier, Francois und Tscherne, Christoph und Uchihori, Yukio und Vargas, Arturo und Viererbl, Ladislav und Wielunski, Marek und Wising, Mie und Zorloni, Gabriele und Ploc, Ondřej (2020) REFLECT – Research flight of EURADOS and CRREAT: Intercomparison of various radiation dosimeters onboard aircraft. Radiation Measurements 137: 106433. DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106433
5、Kyselová, D; Mikes, J; Stepán, V; Ambrozová, I; Benton, ER; Sommer, M; Krbal, M; Pelikán, L; Ploc, O; Reitz, G. (2020) Measurements of radiation induced by a spark discharge under laboratory conditions, Radiation Measurements 137 DOI10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106420
6、Schuerger, A.C. und Moores, J.E. und Smith, D.J. und Reitz, G. (2020) Correction to: Astrobiology 2019; 19(6):730–756. Astrobiology 20 (12): 1510-1511. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1952.correx
7、Guo, J., Khaksarighiri, S., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R.F., Hassler, D.M., Ehresmann, B., Zeitlin, C., Löffler, S., Matthiä, D, Berger, T., Reitz, G. and Calef, F. (2021) Directionality of the Martian Surface Radiation and Derivation of the Upward Albedo Radiation; Geophysical Research Letters 48, e2021GL093912.https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093912
8、Ehresmann, B., Zeitlin, C., Hassler D.M, Guo J., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R.F., Berger T., Matthia, D., Reitz, G., (2023) The Martian surface radiation environment at solar minimum measured with MSL/RAD, Icarus 393, 11103, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115035
9、Yan Zhang; Wei Wang; Meng Zhang; Binquan Zhang; Shuai Gao; Meng Hao; Dazhuang Zhou; Lei Zhao; Guenther Reitz; Yeqing Sun (2024) Using single-sample networks and genetic algorithms to identify radiation-responsive genes in rice affected by heavy ions of the galactic cosmic radiation with different LET values, Front.Plant Sci. 15,https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.145758
10、Jan Leo Loewe, SalmanKhaksarighiri, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber , Donald m. Hassler, Bent Ehresnann, Jingnan Guo; Guenther Reitz, Thomas Berger, Daniel Matthiae, Cary Zeitlin, Swen Loeffler (2025) Nowcasting Solar Energetic Particle Events for Mars Missions. ESS Open Archive. February 06, DOI: 10.22541/essoar.173884563.36687725/v1