Ralf Steudel

Ralf Steudel (born March 25, 1937 in Dresden ) is a German chemist and university professor. Steudel has mainly researched the chemistry of non-metals and sulfur and - in addition to original scientific publications - has written a textbook, the chemistry of non-metals , which has been published and translated several times .

Ralf Steudel 's grandfather was Horst Steudel (1872–1959), founder of Steudel-Werke , a manufacturer of automobiles and engines in Kamenz / Saxony, which was managed by his son Arno Steudel until the end of the Second World War.

Life

Steudel obtained his diploma in chemistry in 1963 at the Free University of Berlin , in 1965 he received his doctorate at the TU Berlin in the work group of Peter W. Schenk (1905–1967), where he also completed his habilitation in 1969; Schenk, in turn, was a student of Robert Schwarz (1887–1963). From 1969 until his retirement in 2003, Steudel was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the TU Berlin. He has been professor emeritus since 2003. From September 1973 to July 1974 he was a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; from 1974 to 1978 he received a Karl Winnacker grant.

Scientific work

Many years of research resulted in almost 300 publications, most of which can be assigned to inorganic and organic sulfur chemistry. These publications were cited over 6000 times by 2009. The three most cited works by Steudel are:

Properties of sulfur-sulfur bonds. In: Angewandte Chemie 87, 1975, pp. 683-692; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 14, 1975, pp. 655-664.
Homocyclic Sulfur Molecules. In: Top. Curr. Chem. 102, 1982, pp. 149-176.
(Ed.): Elemental Sulfur and Sulfur-Rich Compounds. In: Top. Curr. Chem. 230, 2003, pp. 1-134.

In addition, Steudel dealt with selenium chemistry, especially elemental selenium, selenium-containing compounds and their characterization by means of ⁷⁷ Se-NMR spectroscopy. There is also work on fluorine chemistry and (also application- related ) zinc chemistry.

The Hirsch-Index by Ralf Steudel is 38. This Steudel is one of the well above average frequently cited in the literature scientists.

Scientific collaborations

Steudel maintained scientific collaborations with domestic and foreign researchers, including:

Hans Bock , Chemical Institute, University of Frankfurt
Peter Brätter , Hahn Meitner Institute for Nuclear Research, Berlin
Jacques Corset, Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman, CNRS , Thiais, France
David F. Eggers, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Rolf Gleiter, Organic Chemistry Institute, Heidelberg University
David Harpp, Department of Chemistry, McGill University , Montreal, Canada
Hans Hartl , Institute for Chemistry, Free University of Berlin
Josef Hormes, Physics Institute, University of Bonn
Peter Hugo, Institute for Technical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin
Wolfram Koch , Institute for Organic Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, since 2002 managing director of the Society of German Chemists
Achim Kröger, Institute for Microbiology, University of Frankfurt am Main
Peter Luger, Institute for Chemistry, Free University of Berlin
Lauri Niinistö, Department of Chemistry, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo , Finland
Heinz Oberhammer, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen
Thomas Rauchfuss, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois , Urbana, USA
Helmut Schwarz , Institute for Organic Chemistry, Technical University Berlin
Konrad Seppelt , Institute for Chemistry, Free University of Berlin
Hans G. Trüper, Institute for Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Bonn
Wong Ming Wah, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore

Publications (textbooks)

(with Ingo Krossing and Yana Steudel): Chemistry of Non-Metals: Syntheses - Structures - Bonding - Use , 4th, completely revised edition, Berlin; Boston, Mass. : De Gruyter 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-030439-8 (first edition 1974, English edition 1977).
(as editor): Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of Structure and Reactivity , Authors: James E. Huheey , Ellen A. Keiter, Richard L. Keiter, 5th, completely revised edition, Berlin; Boston, Mass. : De Gruyter 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-030433-6 .

Web links

Literature by and about Ralf Steudel in the catalog of the German National Library
Homepage of Steudel and his working group at the TU Berlin

Individual evidence

↑ Ralf Steudel: Chemistry of Non-Metals: From Structure and Bond to Application. Walter de Gruyter, 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-019448-7 .
^ Ralf Steudel, FC Nachod, Jerry J. Zuckerman: Chemistry of the Non-Metals. Walter de Gruyter, 1977, ISBN 978-3-11-004882-7 .
↑ Ralf Steudel (Ed.): Elemental Sulfur and Sulfur-Rich Compounds. Part 1: Topics in Current Chemistry. Springer, 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-40191-9 .
↑ Ralf Steudel (Ed.): Elemental Sulfur and Sulfur-Rich Compounds. Part 2: Topics in Current Chemistry. Springer, 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-40378-4 .
^ Website of the sulfur research of the Technical University of Berlin , accessed August 15, 2010.
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personal data
SURNAME	Steudel, Ralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden

[Steudel1-1] Ralf Steudel: Chemistry of Non-Metals: From Structure and Bond to Application. Walter de Gruyter, 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-019448-7 .

[Steudel2-2] Ralf Steudel, FC Nachod, Jerry J. Zuckerman: Chemistry of the Non-Metals. Walter de Gruyter, 1977, ISBN 978-3-11-004882-7 .

[Steudel3-3] Ralf Steudel (Ed.): Elemental Sulfur and Sulfur-Rich Compounds. Part 1: Topics in Current Chemistry. Springer, 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-40191-9 .

[Steudel4-4] Ralf Steudel (Ed.): Elemental Sulfur and Sulfur-Rich Compounds. Part 2: Topics in Current Chemistry. Springer, 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-40378-4 .

[5] Website of the sulfur research of the Technical University of Berlin , accessed August 15, 2010.

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