Heinz Staab (26 March 1926 – 29 July 2012) was a German chemist. He was director of the Max Planck Society from 1984 until 1990.[1][2]

Biography

Staab was born in 1926 in Darmstadt. He studied chemistry at the Marburg and the Tübingen, and was the president of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) from 1984 till 1985.[3]

Staab died on 29 July 2012 at the age of 86 in Berlin.[4]

Awards

He has been awarded honorary professorship by the Indian Institute of Science and Academia Sinica. In 1996 he was awarded the Harnack medal.

References

  1. ^ "Heinz Staab (on his seventieth birthday)". Russian Chemical Bulletin. 45 (3). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: ix–ix. 1996. doi:10.1007/bf01435769. ISSN 1066-5285.
  2. ^ "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft trauert um Altpräsident Heinz A. Staab". Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (in German). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Chemistry International, Vol. 21, No. 6, November 1999". Retrieved 2009-05-13.
  4. ^ "Heinz A. Staab (1984 - 1990)". Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (in German). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
Preceded byReimar Lüst Director of Max Planck Society 1984–1990 Succeeded byHans F. Zacher


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