Gertrud Keck

Gertrud Keck (born January 18, 1927 - † May 2, 2019 ) was an Austrian medical physicist and professor at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna .

life and work

Keck studied physics and mathematics at the University of Vienna from 1945 to 1950, graduating with a teaching degree, and received his doctorate on July 15, 1950 with the subject: For the experimental verification of hit theory. She became a research assistant and university assistant at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. In 1960 she completed her habilitation with the topic: "Imaging by ultrasound with special consideration of body tissues" and received the license to teach medical physics. In 1962 she was appointed associate professor, in 1969 full professor for medical physics at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna and the first full professor in the history of this university. In 1972 she became head of the Institute "Computer Center of the Veterinary University". With her practice-related work, she shaped the collaboration with the Austrian veterinary fraternity, not only at the time of the Chernobyl disaster , when she supported the veterinary profession significantly by training veterinarians in dealing with radiation-polluting foods from animals and accompanying them, for which she did in 1993 Decoration of Honor of the Austrian Veterinary Chamber was awarded. She published more than 200 scientific publications with a focus on radiation protection and environmental radioactivity, on measuring and units of measurement, on optics and ultrasound , on EDP in veterinary medicine , on stable climate and biometeorology and on solar and artificial UV radiation. She held leading positions in numerous scientific societies, such as the presidency of the Society for Medical Physics. In 1995 she retired, began to paint and became vice-wife of the Austrian Medical Art Association.

Awards (selection)

1980: Veterinary award of the Viennese economy
1982: Radiation Protection Merit Mark in gold
1993: Award of the Düsseldorf Hygiene Prize (together with G. Schauberger and A. Cabaj)
1993: Awarded the Golden Medal of Honor from the Austrian Veterinary Chamber
1980: Veterinary award of the Viennese economy
Awarded the Great Silver Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
2000: Golden doctoral diploma from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Vienna

literature

Ilse Korotin (Ed.): BiografıA. Lexicon of Austrian Women. Volume 2: I-O. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2 , pp. 1611–1612.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ biografıA. Lexicon of Austrian Women. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
↑ Vetmeduni Vienna mourns Gertrud Keck. May 9, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Cheeky, Gertrud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian medical physicist and professor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	2nd May 2019

[1] biografıA. Lexicon of Austrian Women. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .

[2] Vetmeduni Vienna mourns Gertrud Keck. May 9, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019 .