Klaus-Dieter Kulbe

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Klaus-Dieter Kulbe (born December 6, 1938 in Leisnig , German Reich ; † February 4, 2014 in Vienna , Austria ) was a German chemist and university professor .

Life

Klaus-Dieter Kulbe was born on December 6, 1938 in the city of Leisnig in the Free State of Saxony . After completing his school education and completing his military service , he studied chemistry at the Technical University of Hanover and graduated in 1967 with a diploma in chemistry . In 1969 he received his doctorate on an enzyme technology subject and was then awarded the title of Dr. rer.nat.techn. Initially, he was active at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry at the Hannover Medical School with research work in the field of enzyme biochemistry and technology and later continued his work at the Medical Research Foundation in the Protein Studies Laboratory in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , USA . In 1976 he qualified as a professor for enzymology and in 1980 for biological chemistry . From 1977 to 1999 he headed the Department of Biomedical Process Engineering at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Bioprocess Engineering in Stuttgart and was also an Associate Professor at the University of Hohenheim for several years .

After he was appointed to the chair for food technology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) in 1991, he also appeared as a director of the then Institute for Food Technology from 1993 . In this position, which he held until 2003, he significantly shaped the development of this field of study at BOKU. In the course of his career, Kulbe has given numerous lectures and guest lectures at home and abroad, which has made him a nationally and internationally renowned expert in the field of enzyme technology. Among other things, he represented the Austrian research landscape in the Applied Biocatalysis working group at the European Federation of Biotechnology . He also worked as a coordinator of numerous research projects, including various EU projects or projects with industry. Kulbe was honored many times throughout his life and is among other things the holder of the Juraj Fándly Medal , awarded by the Slovak Academy of Sciences .

On February 4, 2014, Kulbe died at the age of 75 after a short, serious illness in Vienna, leaving behind his wife Ingrid Ursula. He was cremated with a farewell at the Neustift am Walde cemetery .

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SURNAME Kulbe, Klaus-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Leisnig , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2014
Place of death Vienna , Austria