Harald Baumann (chemist)

Harald Baumann (* 1951 ) is a German chemist in the field of photopolymerization.

Life

Baumann studied chemistry at the Technical University of Merseburg and received his doctorate in 1979 under Heinz GO Becker . After a stay at the Lomonossow State University in Moscow , he completed his habilitation in 1986 in the field of photochemical electron transfer and its use for photopolymerization at the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg . From 1984 to 1992 Baumann worked at the ORWO Wolfen film factory, initially as head of the research department for silver-free recording materials, and later as chairman of the entire research department. In 1992 he moved to Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH in Osterode am Harz , where he was head of the research department for negative-working printing plates until he retired in 2016.

Awards

• 1986: Friedrich Wöhler Prize

Publications

Harald Baumann is the author of more than sixty scientific publications and the holder of nearly ninety patents . While early scientific papers often deal with electron transfer processes and photopolymerization, later papers often deal with chemical aspects of offset printing . Baumann is one of the authors of the article on imaging technologies in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Technical Chemistry .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ H. Baumann, H.-J. Timpe: Benzophenone-Photoinduced Oxidations of Benzylaryl Ethers and Aromatic Solvents. In: Journal for Practical Chemistry. 322, 1980, pp. 865-871, doi : 10.1002 / prac.19803220602 .
2. ↑ Harald Baumann, Hans-Joachim Timpe, Horst Böttcher: Initiator systems for cationic photopolymerizations. In: Journal of Chemistry. 23, 1983, pp. 394-402, doi : 10.1002 / zfch.19830231103 .
3. ↑ Harald Baumann: Lithographic printing plates for laser exposure. In: Chemistry in Our Time. 49, 2015, pp. 14-29, doi : 10.1002 / ciuz.201400642 .
4. ↑ H. Baumann et al., Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2015 doi : 10.1002 / 14356007.o13_o09.pub2