interrupted by service in the Navy from 1944-1945.
Reifeprüfung August 1947.
Studies:
Chemistry at University Heidelberg and Freiburg 1947-1953.
Academic grades:
Diplom-Chemiker
31.3.1952, University of Heidelberg.
Diplom thesis in Physical Chemistry.
Dr. rer. nat.
10.1.1954, University Freiburg.
Experimental Doctoral thesis done at Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg under Professor Dr. Richard Kuhn (Nobel price winner 1938)
Title of thesis: Investigation of hemovanadine, the vanadium containing blood colouring compound of tunicates.
Venia legendi
for Organic Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe, January 1958.
Positions:
1.1.54 - 31.3.55: Research Assistent at the Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg
1.4.55 -31.12.57: Head of the Department of Chemistry and Physiology, Government Research Institute Geilweilerhof.
1.1.58 - 30.9.62: Dozent, Institut of Organic Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe.
1.10.62 -now: Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Tübingen.
1.2.67 -1.5.70: Robert A.Welch Professor of Chemistry, University of Houston, Texas.
Acadmic Administrative Positions:
1970/71 and 1973/74 Dean of the Chemistry Faculty, University of Tübingen.
1976 -1979 Vice President University of Tübingen.
1988-1990 President of the Senat of the University of Tübingen.
National and International Scientific Societies:
Vice President of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) since 1.1.93.
Member of the Board of the Analytical Chemistry Division and of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker.
Head of the Government Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals.
Monography "Gas-Chromatographie", 1957, 1962 Springer-Verlag, Berlin, also translated in English and Russian.
10 Handbook articles. 420 Original Scientific publications in different national and international scientific journals.
Honours:
Award of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie 1961.
Tswett Medal for "outstanding contributions to the development of Chromatography", Academy of Sciences of the UdSSR, 1978.
A.J.P. Martin Award, U.K. 1978. B.P. Energy Research Prize
Max-Bergmann-Medaille for Peptide Research 1981.
Philip Morris Research Prize "Men and Environment" 1985.
Tswett Chromatography Award, U.S.A. 1986. International Rhineland-Prize
for Environmental Protection 1990.
Richard-Kuhn Medal German Chemical Society (1990).
Great Merit Cross of the Merit Order of the Federal Republic Germany (1989).
Pregl Medal, Austria (1993).
Fresenius prize (1994).
Scientific Interests:
Structure investigations of naturally occuring metal complexes: Hemovanadine, amavadine; Colouring compounds of flowers, non heme iron proteins (Ferredoxin, xanthine oxidase, hemerythrin, cytochrome P
450
), tunichromes.
Structure elucidation of antibiotics, like phosphinotricin.
Synthesis of peptides and nucleotides, development of liquid phase peptide synthesis.
Stereochemistry of Sugars.
Synthesis of model compounds for enzymes (hemoglobin, cytochrome P
450
, enantiomer selective receptors).
Synthesis of polymeric chelating compounds for selective removal and enrichment of metals.
Synthesis and applications of polymeric homogeneous catalysts.
Development of Liquid-Phase Catalysis.
Basic developments of gas chromatography and liquid chromatography.
Process for production of oil from biomass (e.g. sludge).
NMR studies of chemically modified silica, NMR Imaging of polymers and flow profiles.
Structure of humic acids.
New polymers for fast peptide and nucleotide synthesis.
Family:
Married with Inge Bayer (maiden name Dedekind),
5 children: Bettina, Carola, Andrea, Klaus and Tom.
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