German Müller
German Müller (born February 9, 1930 in Schramberg ; † December 21, 2007 in Heidelberg ) was a German geologist and geochemist . In Germany he is considered a pioneer of inorganic environmental geochemistry .
biography
After studying geology and mineralogy in Bonn , German Müller received his doctorate in Cologne in 1952 with a topic on carbonates in coal seams . He then worked for various companies in the field of oil exploration . In 1959 he went to university, first in Tübingen , after his habilitation in 1961 in Heidelberg . With the Institute for Sediment Research (later the Institute for Environmental Geochemistry ) founded in Heidelberg in 1972 , German Müller created a research facility in which the human influence on the earth's spheres was examined for the first time . He researched u. a. in the field of heavy metal pollution of waters and soils and published its results in approx. 300 scientific articles. His merit lies in converting the area of classical geology of fossil sediments, which has traditionally been considered by a Heidelberg institute and which has been exhausted in research, into the largely different area of current heavy metal deposits in water.
German Müller u. a. awarded the Hans Stille Medal in 1990 and the Gustav Steinmann Medal in 1999 .
Web links
- Literature by and about German Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Geological Association - Obituary for G. Müller
- Institute for Environmental Geochemistry - Obituary for Professor Dr. Dr. hc mult. German Müller
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, German |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist and environmental geochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schramberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 2007 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |