Eberhard Gerstel
Eberhard Gerstel (* 1927 ; † 2004 ) was a German precision mechanic and inventor and founder of Gerstel GmbH for laboratory technology in Mülheim an der Ruhr .
Gerstel was a master precision mechanic at the Max Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry in Mülheim. He started his company in his garage in 1967. Initially, he manufactured specific devices for laboratory technology and the chemical industry in close cooperation with scientists ( photoreactors , diffusion welding systems , monitoring devices with contact regulators, contact thermometers and control switches for the coolant interruption , for which he also received patents). In the 1970s, the focus shifted to devices for liquid and gas chromatography , for which they developed a new seal (Graphpack), and in the 1980s, a cold loading system KAS for gas chromatography (which slowly heated the injected cold sample and thus prevented parts of the sample were retained in the needle) and also software for the control. Today the company has offices in Japan, the USA, Singapore and Switzerland.
In the 2000s, their products also included an innovative stir bar for magnetic stirrers that filtered organic substances from the aqueous solution.
In 1998 he retired and the company management was taken over by his son Eberhard G. Gerstel. In 2016 the company had 110 employees in Germany.
The company headquarters is in Mülheim at a place named after Eberhard Gerstel.
Eberhard Gerstel Prize
The Eberhard Gerstel Prize is awarded by the Society of German Chemists for developments in analytical separation technology and is endowed with 2000 euros.
Prize winners were:
- 2010 Jens Künnemeyer
- 2012 Stefan Ohla (University of Leipzig), Steffen Wiese (University of Duisburg-Essen)
- 2014 Jakob Haun (University of Duisburg-Essen),
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerstel, Eberhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1927 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2004 |