Hans Gaffron
Hans Gaffron (born May 17, 1902 in Lima , Peru , † August 18, 1979 in Falmouth , Massachusetts ) was a German-born biochemist . He was the son of the German doctor Eduard Gaffron and his wife Hedwig von Gevekot.
He studied in Berlin ; his doctoral supervisor was Wilhelm Traube . Gaffron was one of the most outstanding experts in photosynthesis and the biochemical processes of plant metabolism . One of his potentially most important achievements was the discovery of the hydrogen-producing properties of the green alga in a nitrogen- isolated environment. This discovery ( hydrogen bioreactor ) could be used today to produce hydrogen as an energy carrier and is therefore being studied by research institutions worldwide.
Works
- Research in photosynthesis. New York, Interscience Publ., 1957. OCLC 252395040
- Photosynthesis. Boston, Heath, 1965. OCLC 3038933
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- "Hydrogen metabolism of green algae: discovery and early research a tribute to Hans Gaffron" ; Govindjee, JT Beatty, H. Gest, JF Allen. Discoveries in Photosynthesis Springer, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4020-3323-0 , pp. 119–129.
- Hans Gaffron. In: Reinhard Rürup : Fates and Careers. Memorial book for the researchers expelled from the Kaiser Wilhelm Society by the National Socialists. Wallstein Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89244-797-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rürup, p. 199.
- ^ Louis Fieser, Mary Fieser: Organische Chemie , Verlag Chemie Weinheim, 2nd edition, 1972, p. 1199, ISBN 3-527-25075-1 .
- ↑ Govindjee, S. 119th
- ↑ a b Photobiological hydrogen production ( Memento from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
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| SURNAME | Gaffron, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lima , Peru |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th August 1979 |
| Place of death | Falmouth , Massachusetts, USA |