Cornel Bodea

Cornel Bodea (born August 29, 1903 in Vienna , † December 8, 1985 in Cluj-Napoca ) was a Romanian chemist ( organic chemistry , biochemistry ).

Life

Bodea studied chemistry at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg and was awarded a Dr. Ing. PhD. From 1928 he was assistant and later professor for organic chemistry and biochemistry at the Agricultural University in Klausenburg (Cluj).

He dealt with phenothiazines and phenothiazones and their derivatives and with natural products such as carotenoids , in which he discovered a new class (epoxy carotenoids).

He was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences (1963). In 1972 he became a member of the Leopoldina .

Fonts

with others: Plant Biochemistry (Romanian), 4 volumes, 1964 to 1981

literature

Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989, ISBN 3-8171-1055-3 , p. 51

Web links

Brief Romanian biography

References and comments

↑ Member entry of Cornel Bodea at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 21, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Bodea, Cornel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian chemist (organic chemistry, biochemistry)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 29, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	December 8, 1985
Place of death	Cluj-Napoca

[1] Member entry of Cornel Bodea at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 21, 2016.