Reinhard Niessner

Reinhard Nießner (born May 28, 1951 ) is a German chemist and professor of analytical chemistry at the Technical University of Munich . Nießner was director of the "Institute for Water Chemistry " at the Technical University of Munich.

Life

Nießner studied chemistry at the University of Freiburg , where he received his diploma in 1976. He received his doctorate in 1981 from the University of Dortmund . After his habilitation in 1985, he was professor for inorganic and analytical chemistry at the University of Dortmund from 1986 to 1989 . After rejecting offers for various academic positions and offers from industry, he finally accepted the offer for his position at the Technical University of Munich in 1989.

Research areas

Nießner's research is primarily into environmental analysis , methodologically mainly the application of laser spectroscopy, the characterization of nanoparticles and microarray techniques. A material research focus are aerosols , hydrocolloids and biofilms in the atmosphere and the hydrosphere.

Prizes and awards

• Heinrich Emanuel Merck Prize for Analytical Chemistry 1990
• Smoluchowski Prize for Aerosol Research from the Society for Aerosol Research 1991
• Fritz Pregl Medal of the Austrian Society for Analytical Chemistry 1996
• Fresenius Prize for Analytical Chemistry from the Society of German Chemists 2000
• Clemens Winkler Medal of the Society of German Chemists 2019

Memberships in specialist committees (selection)

Nießner was and is a member of numerous specialist committees and organizations:

• "Titular Member" of IUPAC
• European Science Foundation
• AG water chemistry of the Society of German Chemists
• Senate Commission for Water Research of the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Editorial boards and publications

Nießner is co-editor of a number of scientific journals, including the American Chemical Society's Journal Analytical Chemistry , the Analytical Sciences journal, and the Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry . So far, Nießner has published over 600 scientific publications and numerous doctoral, master and diploma theses have been prepared in his working group.

Web links

• Literature by and about Reinhard Niessner in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Institute of Hydrochemistry: Curriculum Vitae o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Reinhard Niessner ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .