Werner Kutzelnigg
Werner Kutzelnigg (born September 10, 1933 in Vienna ; † November 24, 2019 in Witten ) was a German theoretical chemist and professor at the Ruhr University in Bochum .
Life
Werner Kutzelnigg studied chemistry in Bonn and Freiburg i. Br. And received her doctorate in 1960 with the experimental work investigations into the assignment of normal vibrations and elucidation of the structure of organic ions . He then turned to theoretical chemistry and was from 1960 to 1963 postdoc with Bernard Pullman and Gaston Berthier in Paris and 1963-1964 with Per-Olov Löwdin at Uppsala University . In 1967, Kutzelnigg completed his habilitation at the University of Göttingen with Werner A. Bingel . From 1970 to 1973 he was a professor at the University of Karlsruhe and then from 1972 until his retirement in 1998 full professor at the chair for theoretical chemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum.
Kutzelnigg published about 250 scientific papers on various topics of quantum chemistry : methods of treating electron correlation , magnetic properties of molecules (especially chemical shift ), relativistic quantum chemistry, theory of chemical bonds and theory of intermolecular forces .
Kutzelnigg was also known for his standard work Introduction to Theoretical Chemistry .
Works (selection)
- Introduction to theoretical chemistry. Vol. 1: Quantum mechanical fundamentals (1st corr. Reprint of the 1st edition), Weinheim: VCH, 1992 ISBN 3-527-28426-5
- Introduction to theoretical chemistry. Vol. 2: The chemical bond (2nd supplement and updated edition), Weinheim: VCH, 1993 ISBN 3-527-29210-1
Honors and awards (selection)
- Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize (1971)
- Schrödinger Medal of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (1995)
- Liebig Medal of the Society of German Chemists (1996)
- Erich Hückel Prize of the Society of German Chemists (2016)
- Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
Web links
- Homepage at the Ruhr University Bochum
- Werner Kutzelnigg at Theoretical Chemistry Genealogy Project
- Werner Kutzelnigg at the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice Werner Kutzelnigg , Süddeutsche Zeitung of December 21, 2019
- ↑ Obituary notice of the Ruhruni Bochum, accessed on November 27, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kutzelnigg, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theoretical chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 2019 |
| Place of death | Witten |