Dietrich Stauffer

Dietrich Stauffer
Born(1943-02-06)6 February 1943
Bonn, Germany
Died6 August 2019(2019-08-06) (aged 76)
Known forPercolation theory
AwardsGay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize (1992)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Cologne

Dietrich Stauffer (6 February 1943 – 6 August 2019) was a German professor of theoretical physics at the University of Cologne. He is known in particular for his work on percolation theory, cellular automata and computational physics.