Klaus Unger
Klaus K. Unger (* 16th June 1936 in Zwickau ) is a German chemist and emeritus professors .
Career
Unger studied chemistry at the TH Darmstadt . In 1965 he received his doctorate at the Eduard Zintl Institute for Physical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry at the TH Darmstadt under Hans Wolfgang Kohlschütter . In 1969 he has - also in Darmstadt - habilitation . From 1977 to 2001 he was a professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry.
After his retirement he was head of a research group in the field of bioseparation at Merck KGaA from 2001 to 2009 .
Research priorities
Unger works in the field of the synthesis of porous materials, which are used, among other things, as adsorbents and catalysts . In addition, he dealt with the functionalization and characterization of the surfaces of these materials and their use in chromatography .
Unger is the author or co-author of over 350 publications as well as several monographs .
Awards and honors
- 1991 Pregl Medal from the Austrian Society for Analytical Chemistry in Vienna.
- AJP Martin Award for Chromatography from the Royal Chromatography Society in London.
- Humboldt Research Award 1993.
- American Chemical Society National Award for Chromatography 1995.
- Dr. hc from Kaunas University (Lithuania) 1999.
Books
- KK Unger: Porous silica, its properties and use as support in column liquid chromatography. Verlag Elsevier, 1979, ISBN 0-444-41683-8 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- KK Unger: Handbook of HPLC. Part 1, Guide for Beginners and Practitioners. GIT Verlag, 1989, ISBN 3-921956-84-6 .
- KK Unger: Handbuch der HPLC, Part 2, Preparative Column Liquid Chromatography. GIT Verlag, 1994, ISBN 3-921956-97-8 .
- KK Unger et al. (Editor): Monolithic Silicas in Separation Science: Concepts, Syntheses, Characterization, Modeling and Applications. Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2010, ISBN 3-527-32575-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Unger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website by Klaus Unger
Individual evidence
- ↑ KK Unger et al.: Liquid chromatography - its development and significance for the life sciences. In: Angewandte Chemie 122, 2010, pp. 2350-2363. doi : 10.1002 / anie.200906976 .
- ↑ List of publications. ( Memento of December 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) As of 2001, accessed on April 25, 2010.
- ↑ CW Gehrke et al .: Chromatography: a century of discovery 1900-2000. Verlag Elsevier, 2001, ISBN 0-444-50114-2 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ Honorary Doctoral degree awarded 1999 06 15. Accessed April 21, 2010.
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SURNAME | Unger, Klaus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Unger, Klaus K. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwickau |