Erich Regener

Erich Regener (1881–1955) was a German physicist. He completed post-graduate studies in Berlin under Arnold Sommerfeld and was Professor of Physics at Stuttgart Technische Hochschule from 1919 until 1937.

Regener was the head of experimental physics while Paul Peter Ewald was the head of theoretical physics. In 1938, founded the "Research Laboratory for the Physics of the Stratosphere" in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, which later became a part of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. Regener was also cofounder of the Max Planck Institute of Solar System Research with Walter Dieminger, and was instrumental in attracting physicists back to post-war Germany.

The Regener-Tonne was the name of the first scientific payload for a Rocket designed to reach high altitude.

He was the father of Victor H Regener and Erika Regener, who became a friend of Erwin Schrödinger's wife. Erika Regener later married one of Erich Regener's students, Henri Daniel Rathgeber.