Adelheid Kofler

Adelheid and Ludwig Kofler, around 1940

Adelheid Kofler, b. Schaschek ( June 24, 1889 in Haugsdorf - July 27, 1985 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian inventor, mineralogist and ophthalmologist.

Life

Adelheid Kofler passed the Matura and supplementary exams in Vienna and studied at the University of Vienna . In 1912 she became a teacher for natural science subjects. She received her doctorate in mineralogy (Dr. phil.) In 1913 and in medicine (Dr. med.) In 1921.

She was married to the inventor, doctor and pharmacologist Ludwig Kofler . Together with her husband, she did research in the field of thermal analysis and developed the Kofler thermal microscope and the Kofler heating bench .

Honors

1954 Fritz Pregl Prize
Honorary member of the University of Innsbruck
Honorary member of the Austrian Society for Microchemistry and Analytical Chemistry
Winner of the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science, 1st class

Fonts (selection)

Numerous publications among others with her husband Ludwig Kofler, Maria Brandstätter in the meeting reports of the Austrian Academy of Sciences:

Quasi-eutectic syncrystallization in organic substance mixtures: three-substance systems . Report of the SB IIb 157 / I, 1948.
The crystallization processes in supercooled mixed melts of organic substances . In: microscopy. Central sheet for microscopic research and methodology . tape 3 , issue 7/8, 1948, p. 193–202 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed August 3, 2020]).
Thermal analysis under the microscope . In: microscopy. Central sheet for microscopic research and methodology . tape 1 , issue 5/6, 1947, p. 137–158 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
About polymorphism . In: microscopy. Central sheet for microscopic research and methodology . tape 5 , issue 5/6, 1950, p. 153–163 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).

Web links

M. Hamilton: Kofler, Adelheid . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).

Individual evidence

↑ Kofler, Adelheid, b. Schaschek . In: Ilse Korotin , Nastasja Stupnicki (Hrsg.): Biographies of important Austrian scientists . Böhlau, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-205-20588-3 , pp. 491-492 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kofler, Adelheid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schaschek, Adelheid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian mineralogist and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Haugsdorf
DATE OF DEATH	July 27, 1985
Place of death	innsbruck

[1] Kofler, Adelheid, b. Schaschek . In: Ilse Korotin , Nastasja Stupnicki (Hrsg.): Biographies of important Austrian scientists . Böhlau, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-205-20588-3 , pp. 491-492 .