Helmut Tributsch

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Helmut Tributsch (* 1943 in San Leopoldo Laglesie in Friuli) is a German scientist . From 1982 to 2008 he was professor of physical chemistry at the Free University of Berlin .

Life

Helmut Tributsch passed his Matura in Villach in 1961 . From 1961 to 1967 he studied at the Technical University of Munich and was awarded a Dr. rer. nat. PhD . In 1969 he received the Robert Luther Prize of the German Society for Photography for his dissertation .

He then worked at several research institutions such as the University of California, Berkeley (1969–1971), the Universidad de Chile (1972–1973), the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (1974–1978), the Institute for Molecular Science in Okazaki, Japan (1978) and the Center national de la recherche scientifique (1980–1981), before he was appointed professor of physical chemistry at the Free University of Berlin in 1982. 1985/1986 he was visiting professor at Stanford University . Research stays in South Africa at the University of Cape Town and in Australia at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Perth followed in 2001 and 2006 .

Helmut Tributsch was head of the Solar Energy Department at the Hahn-Meitner-Institut (now Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy ) until September 2008 . In 2008 he retired . Until 2018 he taught the subject “ Biomimetics in Energy Systems” at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences . In 2011 he received the Heinz Gerischer Award of the European section of the Electrochemical Society.

Scientific activity

Helmut Tributsch's scientific research spectrum extends across the classic fields of chemistry, physics and biology and their modern combinations such as biochemistry, biophysics and bionics.

With reference to the “ingenious engineering achievements of nature” and the natural cycles, he is working on ideas for waste-free cycles in industrial production, with solar-powered systems and energy storage systems in the foreground of his research.

After the 1976 earthquake in Friuli, which also destroyed the house where he was born, Tributsch began researching the behavior of animals and their potential earthquake prediction capabilities .

Fonts

Helmut Tributsch published his research results in several scientific journals and books.

  • An electrochemical method for studying spectral sensitization and heterogeneous photochemical reactions on ZnO electrodes. Dissertation. Munich 1968.
  • How life learned to live. Physical engineering in nature. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-421-02694-7 .
  • When the snakes wake up. Mysterious signs of the earthquake. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-421-02711-0 .
  • Return to the sun. Hydrogen, the energy of our future. Safari, Berlin 1979, ISBN 3-7934-1604-6 .
  • The riddle of the gods. Mirage. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-550-07034-9 .
  • The glass towers of Atlantis. Memories of megalithic Europe. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-548-34334-1 .
  • When the mountains still had wings The mirage in ancient cultures, myths and religions. Ullstein, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-550-06932-4 .
  • with Valentin N. Parmon, Anthony V. Bridgwater, David O. Hall (Eds.): Chemistry for the Energy Future. Blackwell Science, Oxford 1999, ISBN 0-632-05269-4 .
  • Packaged life - packaged technology. Packaging bionics. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2002, ISBN 3-527-30443-6 .
  • Earth where are you going Solar bionics strategy: energy future based on nature's example. Shaker Media, Aachen 2008, ISBN 978-3-86858-044-0 .
  • Energy, time and consciousness. The world like a river with no return. Shaker Media, Aachen 2008, ISBN 978-3-86858-124-9 .
  • Arrow of time as a trace of energy. Logical key to a witty universe. myMorawa, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99084-476-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Luther Prize on the website of the German Society for Photography.
  2. ↑ Portrait of the author on hugendubel.de
  3. ↑ Europe Section Heinz Gerischer Award on the website of the Electrochemical Society
personal data
SURNAME Tribute, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German natural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH San Leopoldo Laglesie , Friuli