Jürgen Troe
Jürgen Troe (born August 4, 1940 in Göttingen , actually Hans-Jürgen Troe ) is a German chemist who conducts research in the field of physical chemistry . Troe was a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Göttingen and is a "Emeritus Scientific Member" of the Max Planck Society . He has been director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry since 1990 , and has held a Lower Saxony professorship in Göttingen since his retirement in 2008 .
Live and act
Troe studied physics and chemistry at the Universities of Göttingen and Freiburg. In 1964 he completed his diploma at the University of Göttingen, and in 1965 he received his doctorate in Göttingen. In 1968 he completed his habilitation, also at the University of Göttingen. From 1971 to 1975 he was professor of physical chemistry at EPF Lausanne , and in 1975 he was appointed to a C4 position at the University of Göttingen. In 1990, in addition to his professorship at the university, he was appointed Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and Director at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry. In 2008 he retired from the University and the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry. Since 2008 he has been a "Lower Saxony professor", a position that enables emeritus scientists to continue their work.
He deals with the experimental and theoretical investigation of elementary chemical reactions and their kinetics of both molecules and molecular ions over a wide range of pressure, temperature and reaction times. The experimental methods used include, in addition to the usual methods of spectroscopy, laser flash light excitation and thermal excitation with shock waves. The data obtained are entered in databases, for example for applications in astrophysics (such as the Kinetic Data Base for Astrophysics, KIDA). Knowledge of elementary reactions serves as a basis for understanding larger chemical systems and reaction networks (such as combustion in engines, in the atmosphere and in gas clouds in astrophysics) that are composed of them.
Prizes and awards
- 1971 Bodenstein Prize of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry
- 1980 Centenary Medal of the Royal Society , London
- 1992 Polanyi Medal from the Royal Society London
- 1994 Max Planck Research Prize
- 1995 Carus Medal of the Leopoldina
- 1996 Bernard Lewis Gold Medal, Combustion Institute
- 1998 Walther Nernst commemorative coin, Bunsen Society
- 2009 honorary member of the Bunsen Society
- 2009 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2015 Otto Hahn Prize
Memberships in academies
- 1979 Member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina Halle
- 1982 member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen
- 1989 member of the Academia Europaea , London
- 1989 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , Cambridge
- 1995 Honorary doctorate from the Université de Bordeaux and the University of Karlsruhe
- 2001 member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- 2012 External member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences
Web links
- Page about the Lower Saxony professorship for Troe
- Page about Troe at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry
- Homepage of Troe at the University of Göttingen
- Résumé of Troe
- Page about Troe at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy
- Biography of Troe at Theochem.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ APS Fellow Archive. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Troe at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on July 22, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Troe, Jürgen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Troe, Hans-Jürgen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |