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Viktor Obendrauf (born May 7, 1953 in Altneudörfl ; † August 28, 2010 ) was an Austrian chemist and chemistry didactic.

Career

From 1973 to 1977 he studied chemistry and physics at the University of Graz and graduated with a Mag. Rer. of course.

It was there that he carried out his late dissertation from 1995 and was awarded a Dr. rer. nat. PhD. Since 2003 he has been teaching at the University of Graz and from 2008 became head of the new Faculty Didactic Center for Chemistry at the University of Graz.

Prizes and awards

• 1991 "Experimental Prize" from the Association of Chemistry Teachers Austria
• 1992 winner of the "Waste-Free Chemistry Lessons" competition, Institute Dr. Flad in Stuttgart
• 1998 Friedrich Stromeyer Prize - Prize of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh)
• 2001 "Pedagogue Prize" - Prize of the Association of the Austrian Chemical Industry ( FCIO )
• 2005 Manfred and Wolfgang Flad Prize of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh)
• 2009 Award from the Chemical Society of Thailand at PACCON 2009

other activities

• since 2000 editor of the German journal " Practice of Natural Sciences - Chemistry in School " (Aulis-Verlag, Cologne)
• since 1997 Vice-President of the Association of Chemistry Teachers Austria (VCÖ)
• since 1988 textbook author ("Physics Today" or "Chemistry Today", Veritas-Verlag, Linz)

Lectures and publications

He held more than 220 lectures, seminars and workshops and published more than 140 publications from 1987 to 2009 (in: Chemistry & School, Chemistry in School, Practice of Natural Sciences-ChiS, Chemistry in Our Time, CHEMKON, Chem13-News, Chemistry Lessons, Chemistry in Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chemical Education International).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Institute Dr. Flad: Farewell to Viktor on top. Retrieved January 26, 2020 . 
2. ↑ https://www.chf.de/
3. ^ Google Scholar. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .