Johannes Nelles (chemist)
Johannes Nelles (born November 25, 1910 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 7, 1968 in Halle ) was a German chemist and director of the Buna works in Schkopau .
Life
Nelles studied chemistry from 1929 to 1933 at the University of Frankfurt am Main . In 1933 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the synthesis of cinnamic acids and terphenyl derivatives under Julius von Braun . From 1935 he was an employee and later head of the main laboratory of the Leverkusen plant of IG Farben . In 1941 he was transferred to the Buna-Werke Schkopau, where in 1942 he took over the management of the scientific laboratory, which specialized in rubber synthesis. After the end of the Second World War , he was appointed head of the Buna works in November 1945. He held this position until 1967. In addition, from 1956 he was professor at the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin and at the Technical University of Chemistry in Leuna-Merseburg .
In 1949 and 1951 he received the national prize of the GDR 2nd class in a collective . Between 1949 and 1950 he was an individual member of the People's Council of the Soviet Occupation Zone and a member of the Provisional People's Chamber for the Kulturbund . In 1954 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver and in 1960 he was honored with the title Hero of Labor .
In 1953 he was elected a full member of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin. In 1957 he was a founding member and until 1966 deputy chairman of the Research Council of the GDR . He was an honorary doctor of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg .
Nelles was a member of the LDPD in the GDR .
Honors
Since 1998, Dow Olefinverbund GmbH has awarded the Prof. Johannes Nelles Prize for innovative achievements in the field of plastics chemistry every year. Trinseo Deutschland GmbH (formerly Styron Deutschland GmbH) has been involved in the award since 2013 .
literature
- Jan Wielgohs: Nelles, Johannes . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Nelles in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Our interlocutor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Nelles . In: New Germany . October 9, 1962, p. 5 .
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Johannes Nelles. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on May 14, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nelles, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and director of the Buna works |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1968 |
| Place of death | Hall |