Karl-Hermann Neumann

Karl-Hermann Neumann (born May 22, 1936 in Morgendorf / Leitmeritz ; † October 13, 2009 in Trohe near Gießen ) was a German agricultural scientist and biochemist.

Life

After fleeing their farm in Northern Bohemia , Neumann's family came to Bernburg in the Soviet occupation zone in 1945 . In 1956 she had to leave the GDR again and move to West Germany . After graduating from high school, Neumann studied agricultural science at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen . In 1958 he became active in the Corps Starkenburgia . He spent a year in Copenhagen . With a degree in agriculture, he went to Frederick Campion Steward at Cornell University in Ithaca , New York , in 1960 . After returning to Germany, he received his doctorate in Gießen in 1962 under Hans Linser . He set up one of the first institutes for plant cell cultures in Germany and completed his habilitation in 1968. In 1972 he was appointed to the Giessen chair for biochemistry and plant physiology . He was the dean of the household and nutritional science department. He was charged with a commemorative of his students in 2002 emeritus .

Arnholt-Schmitt B, Kumar A, Imania R, Bender L: In memoriam Prof. Dr. Karl-Hermann Neumann . Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 100 (2010), p. 121 f., Digital obituary

personal data
SURNAME	Neumann, Karl-Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German agricultural scientist and biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 22, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leitmeritz
DATE OF DEATH	October 13, 2009
Place of death	Trohe