Wolfgang Bauer (physicist)

Wolfgang W. Bauer
Born (1959-04-05) April 5, 1959 (age 65)
NationalityGermany
United States
Alma materUniversity of Giessen
Known forPhase transitions in nuclear matter
Heavy ion reaction theory
AwardsGerman National Merit Scholarship (Studienstiftung)
NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow Award
Humboldt Prize
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
Michigan State University
Doctoral advisorUlrich Mosel
Other academic advisorsGeorge F. Bertsch, Steven E. Koonin

Wolfgang W. Bauer (born April 5, 1959) is a university distinguished professor in the department of physics and astronomy at Michigan State University. He is also an author, with co-author Gary Westfall, of the introductory calculus-based physics textbook "University Physics", published by McGraw-Hill in 2023 (3rd edition).