Clemens von Sonntag

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Clemens von Sonntag (born May 4, 1936 in Stuttgart , † April 5, 2013 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) was a German chemist .

Life

Clemens von Sonntag studied chemistry in Heidelberg , Vienna and Karlsruhe and then did his doctorate in 1964 at the Karlsruhe nuclear research center . After a postdoctoral period with Frederick Sydney Dainton at the University of Leeds, England, he became group leader at the Institute for Radiation Chemistry at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center. In 1970 he completed his habilitation at the University of Karlsruhe and was appointed adjunct professor in 1977.

He was married to the painter Ilsabe von Sonntag. They have three sons together.

From 1970 Clemens von Sonntag was group leader at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Coal Research, Radiation Chemistry Department, later renamed the MPI for Radiation Chemistry, Mülheim an der Ruhr, now the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion . The Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification , he accompanied a founding member since 1992. Since his retirement in 2001 he was responsible for undergraduate and graduate students at the universities of Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen.

Scientific work

Already in Karlsruhe, Dietrich Schulte-Frohlinde began the first work on the radiation chemistry of DNA, which should become a research focus in Mülheim. In 1975, essential aspects of the radical-induced DNA chain break were elucidated. Towards the end of the 20th century it turned out that the biological effects of ionizing radiation are dominated by biological processes. Building on the knowledge of the radiation chemistry of water, work on drinking water and later wastewater treatment with UV , hydrogen peroxide and ozone followed . As of 2005 he has written 394 publications. In the estate there was a list of his publications with 424 entries.

Awards

  • JJ Weiss Medal of the British Association for Radiation Research together with Dietrich Schulte-Frohlinde (1984)
  • Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medal of the Polish Society for Radiation Research (2000)

literature

  • Heinz-Peter Schuchmann, Amitava Adhikary, Peter O'Neill and Jean Cadet: Professor Clemens von Sonntag (1936–2013). In: International Journal of Radiation Biology. Volume 89, Number 7, July 2013. doi: 10.3109 / 09553002.2013.808776 . PMID 23809013 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MPI for Bioinorganic Chemistry: Prof. von Sonntag turns 65 ( Memento from May 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) from May 29, 2001.
  2. ↑ envirowater.de: Conference Program 2-4 March 2009 - Stellenbosch / South Africa
  3. ↑ C. von Sonntag: The Chemical Basis of Radiation Biology , London: Taylor and Francis, 1987.
  4. ↑ M. Dizdaroglu, C. von Sonntag, and D. Schulte-Frohlinde: Strand breaks and sugar release by gamma-irradiation of DNA in aqueous solution. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 97, 2277-2278 (1975), doi: 10.1021 / ja00841a051 .
  5. ^ C. von Sonntag: Free-Radical-Induced DNA Damage and Its Repair. A Chemical Perspective , Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2006.
  6. ↑ C. von Sonntag, U. von Gunten: Chemistry of Ozone in Water and Wastewater Treatment: From Basic Principles to Applications , London: IWA Publishing, 2012
  7. ↑ Complete List of Publications ( Memento of May 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 115 kB), April 6, 2005.
  8. ^ Association for Radiation Research: The Weiss medal
  9. ↑ MPI for Bioinorganic Chemistry: Prof. v.Sonntag honored with Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medal ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) from September 1, 2000.
personal data
SURNAME Sunday, Clemens von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 2013
Place of death Mülheim an der Ruhr