Heinz Staab
Encyclopedia
Heinz Staab is a German
chemist
. He was director of the Max Planck Society
from 1984 until 1990.
. He has been awarded honorary professorship by the Indian Institute of Science
and Academia Sinica
. In 1996 he was awarded the Harnack medal
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
. He was director of the Max Planck Society
Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany....
from 1984 until 1990.
Biography
He studied chemistry at the Marburg and the Tübingen, and was the president of GDCh from 1984 till 1985.Awards
Staab was born in 1926 in DarmstadtDarmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
. He has been awarded honorary professorship by the Indian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Science is a research institution of higher learning located in Bangalore, India. It was established in 1909.-History:After a chance meeting between Jamsetji N...
and Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica
The Academia Sinica , headquartered in the Nangang District of Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. It supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematical and physical sciences, to life sciences, and to humanities and social sciences.Academia Sinica has...
. In 1996 he was awarded the Harnack medal
Harnack medal
The highest award which is presented by the Max Planck Society for services to society is the Harnack Medal, first awarded in 1925. Past recipients of the Harnack Medal are*Hermann Neuhaus 2008*Lu Yongxiang 2006*Hubert Markl 2004*Haim Harari 2001...
.