Gernot Zippe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gernot Zippe

mechanical engineer who is widely credited with leading the team which developed the Zippe-type centrifuge

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1917

Place of Birth: Varnsdorf, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 07-May-2008

Profession: engineer, physicist, nuclear physicist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gernot Zippe (November 1917 – 7 May 2008) was an Austrian-German mechanical engineer who is widely credited with leading the team which developed the Zippe-type centrifuge, a centrifuge machine for the enrichment and collection of Uranium-235.