scholarly journals Meet the IUPAB Councilor—Hans-Joachim Galla

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Joachim Galla
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Chemistry Department ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Biophysical Society ◽  
Habilitation Thesis ◽  
University Of Göttingen ◽  
The University ◽  
Biophysical Chemistry

AbstractAs one of the twelve Councilors, it is my pleasure to provide a short biographical sketch for the readers of Biophys. Rev. and for the members of the Biophysical Societies. I have been a member of the council in the former election period. Moreover, I served since decades in the German Biophysical Society (DGfB) as board member, secretary, vice president, and president. I hold a diploma degree in chemistry as well as PhD from the University of Göttingen. The experimental work for both qualifications has been performed at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen under the guidance of Erich Sackmann and the late Herman Träuble. When E. Sackmann moved to the University of Ulm, I joined his group as a research assistant performing my independent research on structure and dynamics of biological and artificial membranes and qualified for the “habilitation” thesis in Biophysical Chemistry. I have spent a research year at Stanford University supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and after coming back to Germany, I was appointed as a Heisenberg Fellow by the DFG and became Professor in Biophysical Chemistry in the Chemistry Department of the University of Darmstadt. Since 1990, I spent my career at the Institute for Biochemistry of the University of Muenster as full Professor and Director of the institute. I have trained numerous undergraduate, 150 graduate, and postdoctoral students from chemistry, physics, and also pharmacy as well as biology resulting in more than 350 published papers including reviews and book articles in excellent collaboration with colleagues from different academic disciplines in our university and also internationally, e.g., as a guest professor at the Chemistry Department of the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing.

scholarly journals Address given by Sir Charles Darwin at the Max Planck memorial service held on 23 april 1948 in the aula of the University of Göttingen

1948 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-70
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Physical Theory ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Scientific Achievement ◽  
Memorial Service ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Deep Appreciation ◽  
The Many ◽  
University Of Göttingen ◽  
The University

The University of Göttingen was founded by George Augustus, whom we know in England as King George II. He was Patron of the Royal Society, and it is fitting that in this hall the Royal Society should pay a tribute of reverence to the memory of the illustrious Max Planck. In his lifetime the Society recorded its deep appreciation of his services to science by electing him to the small and carefully guarded body of its Foreign Members and by bestowing on him in 1929 the highest honour which it has to offer, the Copley Medal. It is not necessary to-day to emphasize the importance of his profound and original researches. The quantum theory, of which he is the sole and undisputed originator, lies at the basis of all modern physical theory and the Society is happy to think that it numbers among its Fellows many who have helped to show how wide and how significant is its scope. Planck’s constant has taken its place by the side of Newton’s constant of gravitation as a symbol of a period of scientific revelation. But if Planck the originator in scientific achievement commands the homage of our heads, no less does Planck the man deserve the approbation of our hearts. His character was modest, kindly and blameless, and amid the trials of distressful times and through many personal sorrows he preserved his integrity and his quiet courage. The Society is happy to remember that Planck was its guest at the Newton Tercentenary Celebrations held in the summer of 1946, and that the many signs of respect and friendship that he then received clearly gave him pleasure in his declining days.

Marian Małowist on History and Historians

2000 ◽  
pp. 331-344
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Long Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Habilitation Thesis ◽  
History Of Europe ◽  
The University ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Medieval Historian

This chapter looks at an interview with Professor Marian Małowist, which was conducted by medieval historian, Bronisław Geremek; historian of Africa, Michał Tymowski; economist and sociologist, Henryk Szlajfer; and historian of Latin America, Ryszard Stemplowski. Marian Małowist was a prominent scholar of the history of Europe, Africa, and Asia, and of the long period from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century, and the mentor of many prominent historians in Poland. Among Polish historians, he was one of the best known in the wider scholarly world. Born in 1909, he studied history at the University of Warsaw, where he wrote his doctorate and habilitation thesis. From 1949, he was a full professor at that university and also for a time worked in the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In the interview, Małowist discusses antisemitism; the relation between poverty and national structure; communism; and his experience at the University of Warsaw.

scholarly journals Sir Sam Edwards. 1 February 1928 — 7 July 2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 243-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Warner
Keyword(s):  
Spin Glasses ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

Sam Edwards was one of the leading physicists of the second half of the twentieth century. He was Cavendish Professor at the University of Cambridge, a Vice President of the Royal Society, a member of the Académie des Sciences and of the US National Academy, and a senior figure in the university and his college. He played a major role in public life, most notably as chairman of the Science Research Council (SRC), responsible for research funding in the UK. He was chairman of the British Association, chief government scientist to the Department of Energy, and chairman of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council. He was equally in demand to lead or to help set up bodies abroad, particularly the Max Planck Institute for Polymers in Mainz, Germany. Remarkably, Sam made some of his most celebrated scientific discoveries, for instance the theory of spin glasses and the rheology of high polymer melts, while serving as the full-time head of the SRC. Conversely, his scientific insights informed his leadership in advising the government. His later science was in highly applicable areas: he was an active advisor to Unilever, Dow, Lucas and many other companies that rely on research.

scholarly journals The making of a lipid biochemist

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 26-28
Author(s):  
Patrick C Choy
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Investigation ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Heritage Foundation ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
The University

Patrick obtained his undergraduate degree at McGill University, and received his graduate training in Medicine and Biochemistry at the University of North Dakota. His postdoctoral work was conducted at the University of British Columbia. He joined the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry in 1979. He was the recipient of a New Investigator Award (1979–85) from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, followed by a Scientist Award (1985–90) from the MRC/CIHR. These career awards allowed him to devote the majority of his time to research. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1983 and Full Professor in 1986. He was cross-appointed as Professor of Pathology and participated in the teaching of General Pathology to residents. He was the founding Director of the Centre for Re-search and Treatment of Atherosclerosis at the University of Manitoba and the Winni-peg Health Sciences Centre. Administratively, he was appointed as the Professor and Head of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics (1992–1999), and an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Medicine in 1999 until his retirement in 2010.Professionally, Patrick served as President of the Canadian Biochemical Society, Chair of the Medical Research Council/Canadian Institute of Health Research New Investigator Awards Committee, Chair of the Alberta Heritage Foundation Senior Investigator Awards Committee, Vice-President of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, and Secretary/Treasurer of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation. He continues to serve on Editorial Boards of scientific journals, including the Journal of Clinical and Investigative Medicine. He was invested into the Order of Manitoba in 2011.

An Indian Official’s Trials and Tribulations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi Ram Sahni
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Government College ◽  
Chemistry Department ◽  
Senior Professor ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

In this chapter Ruchi Ram Sahni recounts what he calls the most depressing and unpleasant incident of his life. It involved his supersession for the position of Professor-in-Charge of the Chemistry Department at the Government College, Lahore, by a much younger Englishman, fresh from university. The post in question was vacated by an English colleague, a Senior Professor, with whom the author had a difficult relationship involving a dispute about who was to be selected for the post of Examiner in the university examinations. This colleague went on to write a secret report against Sahni, resulting in his supersession despite his vast seniority. Sahni relates the psychological trauma resulting from this experience, and its contribution to strengthen his resolve to leave Lahore for a short period to do research in Europe.

The 2020 Bright Science Award in Materials Sciences goes to Marc Hillmyer

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-22
Keyword(s):  
Twin Cities ◽  
Chemistry Department ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Global Science ◽  
The University

Abstract Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health, and Sustainable Living, announced that it has awarded Professor Marc Hillmyer, from the Chemistry Department at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the 2020 Bright Science Award in materials sciences. The jury selected Professor Hillmyer because of the scientific breadth and depth of his work and its relevance to the advancement of biobased and circular materials.

The Pransky interview: Dr Yoky Matsuoka, Vice President Technology, Nest Labs

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 481-486
Author(s):  
Joanne Pransky
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Smoke Detector ◽  
Foundation Engineering ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The University

Purpose – This article is a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience of a prominent, robotic industry engineer-turned entrepreneur regarding the evolution, commercialization and challenges of bringing a technological invention to market. Design/methodology/approach – The interviewee is Dr Yoky Matsuoka, the Vice President of Nest Labs. Matsuoka describes her career journey that led her from a semi-professional tennis player who wanted to build a robot tennis buddy, to a pioneer of neurobotics who then applied her multidisciplinary research in academia to the development of a mass-produced intelligent home automation device. Findings – Dr Matsuoka received a BS degree from the University of California, Berkeley and an MS and PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was also a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and in Mechanical Engineering at Harvard University. Dr Matsuoka was formerly the Torode Family Endowed Career Development Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington (UW), Director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering and Ana Loomis McCandless Professor of Robotics and Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2010, she joined Google X as one of its three founding members. She then joined Nest as VP of Technology. Originality/value – Dr Matsuoka built advanced robotic prosthetic devices and designed complementary rehabilitation strategies that enhanced the mobility of people with manipulation disabilities. Her novel work has made significant scientific and engineering contributions in the combined fields of mechanical engineering, neuroscience, bioengineering, robotics and computer science. Dr Matsuoka was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in which she used the Genius Award money to establish a nonprofit corporation, YokyWorks, to continue developing engineering solutions for humans with physical disabilities. Other awards include the Emerging Inventor of the Year, UW Medicine; IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Academic Career Award; Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers; and numerous others. She leads the development of the learning and control technology for the Nest smoke detector and Thermostat, which has saved the USA hundreds of billions of dollars in energy expenses. Nest was sold to Google in 2013 for a record $3.2 billion dollars in cash.

Ellen Gleditsch: Duty and responsibility in a research and teaching career, 1916-1946

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNETTE LYKKNES ◽  
LISE KVITTINGEN ◽  
ANNE KRISTINE BØØRRESEN
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Work ◽  
Atomic Weight ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Grant Applications ◽  
Network Building ◽  
Ellen Gleditsch ◽  
University Of Oslo ◽  
The University

ABSTRACT Ellen Gleditsch (1879-1968) became Norway's first authority of radioactivity and the country's second female professor. After several years in international centers of radiochemistry, Gleditsch returned to Norway, becoming associate professor and later full professor of chemistry. Between 1916 and 1946 Gleditsch tried to establish a laboratory of radiochemistry at the University of Oslo, a career which included network building, grant applications, travels abroad, committee work, research, teaching, supervision, popularization, and war resistance work. Establishing a new field was demanding; only under her student, Alexis Pappas, was her field institutionalized at Oslo. This paper presents Gleditsch's everyday life at the Chemistry Department, with emphasis on her formation of a research and teaching laboratory of radiochemistry. Her main scientific work during this period is presented and discussed, including atomic weight determination of chlorine, age calculations in minerals, the hunt for actinium's ancestor and investigations on 40K.

The impact of publications in core public choice journals: an analysis of institution rankings

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franklin G. Mixon ◽  
Kamal P. Upadhyaya
Keyword(s):  
Public Choice ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Emory University ◽  
University Of Göttingen ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Published Research

This study examines the impact of research published in the two core public choice journals – Public Choice and the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice – during the five-year period from 2010 through 2014. Scholars representing almost 400 universities contributed impactful research to these journals over this period, allowing us to rank institutions on the basis of citations to this published research. Our work indicates that public choice scholarship emanating from non-US colleges and universities has surged, with the University of Göttingen, University of Linz, Heidelburg University, University of Oxford, University of Konstanz, Aarhus University, University of Groningen, Paderborn University, University of Minho and University of Cambridge occupying ten of the top 15 positions in our worldwide ranking. Even so, US-based institutions still maintain a lofty presence, with Georgetown University, Emory University, the University of Illinois and George Mason University each holding positions among the top five institutions worldwide.

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