Alexander Kaul (biophysicist)
Alexander Kaul (born February 13, 1934 in Salzwedel ) is a German biophysicist . From 1989 to 1999 he was President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection .
Life
Alexander Kaul grew up in Bensheim an der Bergstrasse and studied physics and mathematics in Darmstadt and Frankfurt. In 1965 he received his doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics in Frankfurt. In 1970 he became professor for theoretical radiation physics and biophysics at the Steglitz Clinic and the Physics Department of the TU Berlin. In 1981 he succeeded Friedrich-Ernst Stieve as director at the Institute for Radiation Hygiene of the Federal Health Office in Neuherberg . From this emerged the Federal Office for Radiation Protection, which he headed from its founding in 1989 to 1999; he was succeeded by Wolfram König . He has worked in various international scientific organizations for radiation protection and medical physics and has received various international scientific awards. He is the author of around 370 specialist publications.
Alexander Kaul has one son.
Assessment of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident
In 1986 Kaul advised the Federal Government in his function as director of the Institute for Radiation Hygiene on the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster for the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2011 he stated in an interview that the GAU at the time had not caused any health consequences . The radiation biologist Edmund Lengfelder criticized Kaul's recommendations at the time as inadequate and also contradicted his statement that there were no secondary diseases. According to his research, the increased number of thyroid cancer patients , for example , is solely due to the reactor accident.
Awards
- 1983: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1988: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 2003: Hanns Langendorff Medal
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- Tribute to Professor Alexander Kaul. In: Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. Volume 37, Number 4, 1998, pp. 219-220. (Preview, full text subject to a charge).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Kaul in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ " The Cloud - Chernobyl and the Consequences ", a film by Karin Jurschick, MDR TV , Arte , 2011.
- ^ Hanns Langendorff Medal for life's work. In: langendorff-stiftung.de. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaul, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzwedel |