Ulrich Mosel (born Febr. 8, 1943 in Hannover, Germany) is a German theoretical physicist, professor emeritus at Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany Ulrich Mosel studied Mathematics and Physics at the J.W. Goethe University at Frankfurt a.M., Germany, from 1962 - 1968. He finished his studies with a degree of 'Diplom Physiker' in 1967. After that he worked with Walter Greiner and received his PhD in Physics in 1968 with a thesis entitled "Investigation of collective potential energy surfaces of nuclei: superheavy nuclei". At that time he worked on a theoretical description of the structure of heavy and superheavy nuclei.