Axel Zeeck
Axel Zeeck (born March 31, 1939 in Rummelsburg i. Pom. ) Is a German chemist and entrepreneur .
Life
Zeeck studied chemistry from 1958 to 1964 at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . In 1966 he was in Hans Brockmann with the dissertation oxidation and elimination reactions at diazomethane adduct of bis-α-naphthoquinone to Dr. rer. nat. PhD. In 1974 he completed his habilitation. He then received the venia legendi and in 1980 became Professor of Organic Chemistry . From 1999 to 2006 he held the chair for biomolecular chemistry. He was also dean and vice-president (1983–1985) at the University of Göttingen as well as a councilor at the University of Osnabrück.
His research focus is natural product research. He was the spokesman for the Lower Saxony research association “Marine Biotechnology” and initiated marine natural product research at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research . He worked on around 200 key words for the Römpp Lexikon Naturstoffe .
Since his retirement in 2006 he has been the founder and managing director of BioViotica Naturstoffe GmbH .
Axel Zeeck is a cousin of Erich Zeeck , professor emeritus for physical chemistry at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg .
Awards
- 1979: Prize from the Carl Duisberg Foundation for the advanced training of German medical students
- 1994: Max Planck Research Award
Fonts (selection)
- with Karsten Schröder, Bernd Krone: Organic Chemistry (= Workbook Chemistry for Physicians and Biologists , Volume 2). Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-541-09191-6 .
- ed. with Karsten Schröder, Bernd Krone: Workbook chemistry for physicians and biologists . Volume 2: Organic Chemistry . 2nd edition, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-541-09192-4 .
- ed. et al .: Chemistry for Physicians . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-541-13911-0 . (9th edition, Urban & Fischer, 2017, ISBN 978-3437424458 )
- with Stephanie Grond, Ina Papastavrou: Chemistry exam training for physicians. With 324 questions and answers . Urban & Fischer, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-437-42446-5 . (2nd edition 2012)
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 2003, p. 3797 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Axel Zeeck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of BioViotica Naturstoffe GmbH
- Professor Axel Zeeck at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- University Councilor Axel Zeeck ( Memento from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at the University of Osnabrück
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeeck, Axel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rummelsburg i. Pom. |