Gunther Seitz

Gunther Seitz (* 8. March 1936 in Hamburg ) is a German pharmacist and chemist and Emeritus Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Marburg .

Life

After attending primary school in Ashausen , Harburg district , in 1947 he switched to the high school for boys in Hamburg-Harburg, where he passed the Abitur (humanistic branch) in 1955. He began his apprenticeship as a pharmacist with an internship (1955–1957) in the Alten-Rats-Apotheke in Winsen (Luhe) . Subsequently, from 1957 to 1960, Seitz studied pharmacy at the Philipps University of Marburg and, after successfully passing the state examination, received his license to practice pharmacy in 1961 . From 1960 he also studied chemistry at Philipps University, graduating in 1962 with a diploma in chemistry. In 1965 the doctorate to Dr. rer. nat. under Horst Böhme as doctoral supervisor . In 1968 he completed his habilitation, received the venia legendi for pharmaceutical chemistry and taught as a private lecturer. In 1972 he followed a call to the chair of chemistry at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover, where he was appointed full professor and director of the local chemical institute.

In 1977 he was offered a chair for pharmaceutical chemistry at the Philipps University of Marburg as the successor to his academic teacher Horst Böhme. There he was successfully active in teaching and research until his retirement in 2001; in the years 1979/80 and 1992/93 he was dean of the pharmacy department and from 1996 to 2015 head of the pharmacy department, Marburg, of the Hessian state examination and investigation office in health care.

Main research areas

In his research, he dealt with the synthesis of potential drugs in the field of non- benzoid aromatics such as pseudoazulenes and cross-conjugated heterosquifulvalenes as well as oxo-, thioxo- and pseudooxocarbons, as well as the principle of inter- and intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloadditions with "inverse" Electron requirement and with the synthetic variation of pharmacologically highly active natural substances such as colchicine , cytisine , epibatidine , anatoxine and nicotine .

Memberships

• 1986–1989: Chairman of the "Pharmaceutical Chemistry" section of the German Pharmaceutical Society.
• 1975-1982; Member of Commission F of the Federal Health Office
• 1987–1999: Member of the "Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Chamber of Pharmacists

Awards

• 1992 Top position in the "Prüf den Prof" campaign by 800 professors in Germany
• 1999 Lesmüller Medal of the Federal Association of German Pharmacists / Association of German Pharmacists' Chambers
• 1999 Carl-Mannich Medal of the German Pharmaceutical Society

literature

• Laudation in Deutsche Apothekerzeitung 2011, 151 (9), 1158–1159.

Web links

• Curriculum Vitae on the website of the Philipps University of Marburg
• List of publications