Otto Richard Gottlieb

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Otto Richard Gottlieb (born August 31, 1920 in Brno , Czechoslovakia , † June 19, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ) was a naturalized Brazilian chemist and scientist of Jewish descent.

Life

Otto Richard Gottlieb moved to England in 1936 at the time of the emerging Nazi regime . However, his family emigrated to Brazil, whereupon he also went to Brazil in 1939. The following year he enrolled in the university college while also working in the immunology laboratory of the Butantã Institute and editor for Química magazine, which was published by the Escola Nacional de Química. At the age of 21, Gottlieb decided to take on Brazilian citizenship and graduated from the University of Brazil, now the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), as the best student in chemistry. He then worked for ten years in his father's chemical company, which extracted essential oils from local plants as raw materials for the perfume industry. Gottlieb then decided to become part of the most respected research group for natural products - the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He has also received a grant from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Developments and the National Cancer Institute.

Always fascinated by the overwhelming and lush chemical diversity of the natural substances in the Amazon rainforest , Gottlieb returned to Brazil in 1961 to take up the position of technologist at the Institute of Agricultural Chemistry (IAC), where he was responsible for important discoveries such as the Example Aniba rosaeodora was responsible. At the Rural University of Brazil, today's Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), he received his doctorate and the Brazilian title livre-docente . In 1964 Gottlieb then worked as a professor in the laboratory at the University of Sheffield in England and went to Indiana University in America for a month for an internship . In the same year he returned to Brazil to oversee the establishment of the phytochemical laboratory at the University of Brasilia (UnB). In 1967 he founded the Laboratório de Química de Produtos Naturais no Instituto de Química da Universidade de São Paulo (chemical laboratory for natural substances at the chemical institute of the University of São Paulo ). Gottlieb stayed at the University of São Paulo until he retired at 70. He lived in Rio de Janeiro until his death.

research

Gottlieb mapped hundreds of plant species and clues for their behavior, which enabled him to record the biodiversity of the ecosystem. His research was also based on the discovery of substances such as neolignans , which have an anti-inflammatory effect. Altogether, Gottlieb built up his own library on natural raw material sources with around two thousand books during his life. In addition, his research resulted in almost 700 articles - all mainly about sustainability.

Awards

In 1977 Gottlieb was the first chemistry professor to receive the Fritz Feigl Prize , which has been awarded by the CRQ-IV (4th Regional Chemistry Association) in Brazil since 1996. In 1991 he received the TWAS award .

In addition, he was nominated for other prizes. These include the Anísio Teixeira Prize, for which Gottlieb was nominated in 1986, and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry , for which he was nominated in 1998, 1999 and 2000. The nomination was for his research on chemical structures of plants, which make it possible to analyze the conservation status of some ecosystems. His work revealed the biodiversity of the Brazilian flora and promoted the development of phytochemicals in the country. Thus, he was considered the Brazilian natural scientist who was closest to receiving the Nobel Prize.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Morre o cientista Otto Gottlieb aos 91 anos. June 20, 2011, Retrieved May 2, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ↑ a b c Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani: Ao grande cientista Otto Richard Gottlieb, around pequeno ensaio de despedida . In: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia . tape 21 , no. 3 , 2011, ISSN  0102-695X , doi : 10.1590 / S0102-695X2011000300002 ( scielo.br [accessed May 2, 2019]).
  3. ^ Galeria de Vencedores do Prêmio Fritz Feigl - Conselho Regional de Química - IV Região. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  4. ^ Prêmio Fritz Feigl. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Prizes & Awards. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  6. ^ Cícero Antônio Bernardo Souto: Agraciados. Retrieved May 2, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  7. ↑ Químico que chegou mais perto do Nobel no país morre aos 90 - 21/06/2011 - Ciência. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gottlieb, Otto Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak-Brazilian chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 2011
Place of death Rio de Janeiro , Brazil