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Lichtenthaler, Frieder Wilhelm was born on January 19, 1932 in Heidelberg, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Emma (Hick) Lichtenthaler.
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Frieder Wilhelm Lichtenthaler
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Frieder Wilhelm Lichtenthaler, German chemist, educator. Recipient Sugar Research award Sugar Processing Research Institute, New Orleans, 1994. Fellow Royal Society Chemical; member Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Japan, European Carbohydrate Organization (president 1985-1987), Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest (honorary).
Education
Diploma Chemistry, University Heidelberg, 1956. Doctor in Natural Sciences, University Heidelberg, 1959. Doctor of Science (honorary), Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary, 1993.
Career
Research fellow department biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1959-1962; habilitation, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, 1963; associate professor, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, 1969-1972; professor, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, since 1972. Visiting professor Keio U., Tokyo, 1973, Kyoto U., 1976, Tongji U., Shanghai,1981, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, Yokohama U., 1992.
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Membership
Fellow Royal Society Chemical. Member Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Japan, European Carbohydrate Organization (president 1985-1987), Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest (honorary).
Connections
Married Evemaria von Infeld, April 15, 1966. Children: Matthias, Johannes, Kathrin.
