Christoph Rüchardt

Christoph Johannes Rüchardt (born August 10, 1929 in Munich ; † February 22, 2018 ) was a German chemist and university professor .

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After graduating from high school in Munich, Rüchardt studied chemistry at the University of Munich and at the University of Georgia in Athens . Then he was back in Munich, where he graduated in 1955. In 1956 he did his doctorate with Rolf Huisgen and then spent a year as a postdoc at Harvard University in Cambridge with Paul D. Bartlett and then for nine months at the California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, with John D. Roberts .

In 1963 he completed his habilitation in Munich. In 1968 he was offered a professorship at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster and in 1972 as the successor to Arthur Lüttringhaus at the University of Freiburg , where he held a chair in organic chemistry until his retirement in 1996.

From 1987 to 1991 Rüchardt was Rector of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . He has been a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences since 1982, a member of the Leopoldina since 1991 and a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 1999 .

Rüchardt's main areas of research were organic chemistry, reaction mechanisms, free radical chemistry, reactive intermediates, and stereochemistry.

Herbert Mayr : Christoph Rüchardt (August 10, 1929– February 22, 2018). In: Yearbook of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences for 2018. Heidelberg 2019, pp. 175–176 ( online ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Volker Schupp	Rector of the University of Freiburg 1987 - 1991	Manfred Löwisch

personal data
SURNAME	Rüchardt, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rüchardt, Christoph Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	February 22, 2018