Franz Renz (chemist)

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Franz Renz (* 1968 in Wilhelmsburg (Lower Austria) ) is a chemist .

Life

Franz Renz studied mechanical engineering and industrial engineering at the higher technical federal teaching and research institute St. Pölten as well as technical chemistry at the Technical University of Vienna from 1982 to 1994 . After receiving his doctorate in Vienna in 1997, he worked as a postdoc at Ochanomizu University in Tokyo until 1998 . He then worked as a postdoc at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz until 2000 , where he completed his habilitation in 2005 . Since 2000, Renz has been part of the Mars Exploration Rover as NASA's space mission .

Franz Renz has held a professorship for inorganic chemistry at Leibniz Universität Hannover since 2008 . His research areas are materials chemistry , complex chemistry and molecular magnetism . He also deals with the synthesis and physical investigation of nanoscopic objects with a focus on Mössbauer spectroscopy .

Franz Renz is married. He practices the martial arts Aikidō and Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu with the degree of black belt .

Awards

  • 1986: 3rd place at the European championship for computer programming
  • 1995: Prize of the Lower Austrian provincial government for the diploma thesis
  • 1995: Prize of the Society of Austrian Chemists for the diploma thesis
  • 1997: Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship
  • 1997: Award of the Society of Austrian Chemists for the dissertation
  • 2000: CERC3 -Chairmen of the European Research Councils Chemistry Committees fellowship
  • 2005: NASA Group Achievement Award Mars Exploration Rover

Publications (selection)

  • with C. Schröder, G. Klingelhöfer, RV Morris, B. Bernhardt, D. Rodionov, PA de Souza: Mössbauer spectroscopy on Mars and its potential contribution in the search for extraterrestrial life , 2004
  • with G. Klingelhöfer, RV Morris, B. Bernhardt, C. Schröder, D. Rodionov, PA de Souza Jr., A. Yen, T. Wdowiak, S. Squyres, and the Athena Science Team (2004): Mössbauer spectroscopy of soils and rocks at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum , 2004
  • with G. Klingelhöfer, DS Rodionov, RV Morris, C. Schröder, PA de Souza, DW Ming, AS Yen, B. Bernhardt, I. Fleischer, T. Wdowiak, SW Squyres: MIMOS II on MER - One Year of Mössbauer Spectroscopy on the Surface of Mars: From Jarosite at Meridiani Planum to Goethite at Gusev Crater , 2005

Web links

Commons : Franz Renz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ University professor from Hanover reported on Astronomy Day 2019 in the Rodenberg Museum about his work and findings from 15 years of Mars exploration at OctoberNews on April 3, 2019
  2. ^ Franz Renz checks rocks from Mars at NÖN.at on September 10, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Renz, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilhelmsburg (Lower Austria)