Peter Paetzold

Peter Paetzold (March 16, 1935 – August 17, 2023[1]) was a German chemist and emeritus professor of inorganic chemistry at RWTH Aachen University.[2]

Peter Paetzold
Peter Paetzold (1985)
Born(1935-03-16)March 16, 1935
Plau, Mecklenburg, Germany
DiedAugust 17, 2023(2023-08-17) (aged 88)
Aachen, Germany
Occupationchemist

Life

He studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[2] In 1961, he received his doctorate in the working group of Egon Wiberg; in his dissertation he dealt with the thermal decomposition of borazides.[2] After his habilitation (1966), he taught for two more years at the LMU.[2] He then moved to a chair of Inorganic Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University.[2] In his research, he mainly dealt with the molecular chemistry of the element boron, especially with iminoboranes and cluster compounds.[2][3] His list of publications includes about 180 papers. Paetzold retired in 2000.[2] After various books and textbooks on chemistry, he published a textbook on general chemistry in autumn 2009.[4] In 2015, a scientific colloquium in his honor took place.[5] He was married and had 4 children.[2]

Awards

1998 Alfred Stock Memorial Prize

Selected publications

Paetzold, P.: Chemie – Eine Einführung, Walter de Gruyter Berlin und New York, 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-020268-7

References
  1. "Nachruf fuer Herrn Prof. Dr. Paetzold - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Institut fuer Anorganische Chemie - Deutsch" (in German). www.iac.rwth-aachen.de. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  2. "Peter Paetzold CV". www.ac.rwth-aachen.de. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  3. "Paetzold Research". www.ac.rwth-aachen.de. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  4. Paetzold, P.: Chemie - Eine Einführung -, Walter de Gruyter Berlin und New York, 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-020268-7
  5. "Das Jubiläum "100pro RWTH!" | fördern | Förderprojekte | Beitrag". www.prorwth.de. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
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