Mathematik, Physik (TH Karlsruhe 1956-1963)
Diplom (Karlsruhe 1963) 
Promotion (Durham/USA 1967)

Graduate Student; Postdoctoral Fellow Duke University (Durham/USA 1964-1968) 
Post-Doc National Research Council of Canada (Ottawa/Kanada 1968-1970) 
Visiting Scientist National Research Council of Canada (Ottawa/Kanada 1971-1972) 
Research Professor Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics University of British Columbia (Vancouver/Kanada 1970-1971)
Wiss. Mitarbeiter Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (Bonn 1972-1979)
o. Professor für Experimentalphysik (Köln 1979-2001)

Beratendes Mitglied ESA 
Leiter Projekts FIRST (Far Infra Space Telescope) NATO

Honorary Medal University of Helsinki (1985)
Max-Planck-Forschungspreis (1993)
Philip Morris Prize (1994)
Honorary Medal Ioannes Marcus Marci Spectroscopic Society (Prag/Tschechien 1996) 
Historical Medal Charles University (Prag/Tschechien 2000)
Group Achievement Award NASA (2005)

UAK Professorenkartei
Stepán Urban u.a., Biography of Professor Gisbert Winnewisser, in: Journal of Molecular Science, Bd. 795, 2006, S. 1-3.