Günther Tölg
Günther Tölg (born December 5, 1929 in Mainz , actually Wilhelm Günther Tölg ) is a German chemist who has researched primarily in analytical chemistry and ultra-trace analysis. Tölg was director at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research and, among other things, director of the Institute for Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy at the University of Dortmund , today's Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences .
Life
From 1967 Tölg built up the analytical chemistry at the then newly founded "Institute for Pure Substance Research" in Stuttgart. In 1970 he was appointed Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society to a director post at the MPI for Metals Research, also in Stuttgart. In 1981 he also took over a professorship at the University of Dortmund, which was connected with the management of the "Institute for Spectroscopy and Applied Spectroscopy". At the MPI for Metals Research he was director until his retirement in 1994.
Scientific work
Tölg has published around 300 scientific papers and registered several patents. Special research focuses were the ultra-microanalysis of elements and the analytical characterization of pure metals, semiconductors and high-temperature ceramics. Tölg developed a method to better determine the element content in various matrices. He worked with materials scientists, physicians and environmental researchers. He was also particularly interested in researching the causes of systematic errors in analytics and how to minimize them. After the political change in 1989 he successfully promoted analytical chemistry in the new federal states - a working group from the former Academy of Sciences of the GDR was affiliated with his Dortmund institute. The chemical analyst Karlheinz Ballschmiter was his doctoral student.
Publications (selection)
- (with Rainer PH Garten): Great fear of small quantities - the importance of analytical chemistry in modern industrial society using the example of trace analysis of the elements. In: Angewandte Chemie. 97, 1985, pp. 439-448, doi : 10.1002 / anie.19850970604 .
- (with Irmgard Lorenz): Mercury - a problem element for humans? In: Chemistry in Our Time. 11, 1977, pp. 150-156, doi : 10.1002 / ciuz.19770110504 .
- Trace analysis of the elements - number lottery or exact science? , in: Die Naturwissenschaften 63, 99-110 (1976). (in print here as Günter Tölg )
Prizes and awards (selection)
- 1980 Fritz Pregl Medal
- 1982 Fresenius Prize from the Society of German Chemists
- 1993 honorary doctorate from the University of Hohenheim
- 1997 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
Web links
- Literature by and about Günther Tölg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Message about the Federal Cross of Merit on the ribbon
- Page with the directors of the MPI for Metals Research
Individual evidence
- ↑ To Professor Dr. Karlheinz Ballschmiter on his 60th birthday, doi : 10.1007 / s002160050561
- ^ Fritz Pregl Medal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tölg, Günther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tölg, Wilhelm Günther (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |