About Heinz Staab
Lived 1926 – 2012 (aged 86). Heinz Staab was a German chemist and university teacher.
Heinz A. Staab (26 March 1926 – 29 July 2012) was a German chemist. From 1990 to 1996 he was Präsident der Max Planck Society.
Biography Staab was born in 1926 in Darmstadt. He studied chemistry at the Marburg, the Tübingen and medicine in Heidelberg. Hans Meerwein, Rolf Huisgen, Adolf Butenandt and Georg Wittig were among his academic teachers. In 1962 he was appointed professor for organic chemistry at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Staab worked in the field of heterocyclic chemistry. He was director of the Max Planck Society from 1984 until 1990. From 1990 to 1996 he was Präsident der Max Planck Society.
Awards In 1979 Staab received the from the German Chemical Society. He has been awarded honorary professorship by the Indian Institute of Science and Academia Sinica. In 1996 he was awarded the Harnack Medal.
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German chemist (1926–2012)
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Heinz Staab was born on 26 March 1926 in Darmstadt.
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Heinz Staab died on 29 July 2012 in Berlin.
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Heinz Staab was a chemist and university teacher.
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