Klaus Unger

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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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. ↑ List of publications. ( Memento of December 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) As of 2001, accessed on April 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ Honorary Doctoral degree awarded 1999 06 15. Accessed April 21, 2010.
personal data
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