Hans Schick (chemist)
Hans Schick (born March 1, 1937 in Neu-Buslar , Pomerania; † February 15, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German chemist and company founder.
Live and act
Hans Schick studied chemistry at the University of Jena . He completed his doctoral thesis on steroids there in Kurt Ponsold's group. In 1965 he moved to Alfred Rieche in Berlin, where he continued his research in the field of the synthesis of steroid hormones at the Institute for Organic Chemistry of the German Academy of Sciences (AdW). The synthesis of 2-alkylcyclopentane-1,3-dione and especially 2-methylcyclopentane-1,3-dione attracted wide attention: pharmaceutical companies ( VEB Jenapharm and Schering AG ) acquired licenses. In 1973 the doctorate B (today: habilitation ) to Dr. sc. nat. and in 1979 he was appointed professor by the Academy of Sciences of the GDR . Until the dissolution of the AdW in 1991, Hans Schick held a leading position at the Central Institute for Organic Chemistry (ZIOC), most recently as director. Until 1993, Schick headed the Medical Ingredients Research Group at the Center for Selective Organic Synthesis. At the Institute for Applied Chemistry, which emerged in 1994 from several chemistry institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, he headed the Department of Organic Synthesis until 1997 and dealt with the use of enzymes for selective chemical transformations. After the partial closure of this institute, a dry spell followed, which was overcome with the help of funding from the European Union. This ultimately led to the founding of the private research company Angewandte Synthesechemie Adlershof (ASCA GmbH) in 2000 , whose managing director and research director Schick remained until his death.
Web links
- Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin eV : Nekrolog on our member Prof. Dr. Hans Schick
Individual evidence
- ↑ asca-berlin.de: We mourn the loss of our managing director Prof. Dr. Hans Schick , accessed October 24, 2016.
- ↑ a b Sigfrid Schwarz, Gerd Schubert, Bruno Schönecker, Fritz Theil: Hans Schick (1937-2016) , Nachrichten aus der Chemie 64, 2016, p. 557, doi : 10.1002 / nadc.20164052688 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schick, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist, university professor for organic chemistry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neu-Buslar , Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th February 2016 |
| Place of death | Berlin |