Background
Adam, Gunter Ernst Kurt was born on December 8, 1932 in Muhlhausen, Thuringia, Germany. Son of Kurt and Eva (Beck) Adam.
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Gunter Ernst Kurt Adam
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Gunter Ernst Kurt Adam, German chemist. Recipient Leipniz medal Academy of Sciences, 1975. Member Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (Friedrich Wöhler prize 1968), Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie (Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology) (board committee/Frankfurt), Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher, Phytochemical Society Europe, Gesellschaft fur Arzneipflanzenforschung.
Education
Diploma, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, 1962. Habilitation, Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany, 1967.
Professor, Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 1979.
Career
Research scientist, Academy Agriculture, Mühlhausen, Germany, 1959-1961;
research scientist, Institute Cultivated Plants, Gatersleben, Germany, 1961-1969;
head of laboratory, Institute Plant Biochemistry, Halle, 1969-1977;
head research department, Institute Plant Biochemistry, Halle, since 1977. Lecturer Martin Luther U., Halle, 1977-1989, professor since 1994. Director Institute Plant Biochemistry, Halle, since 1990.
Guest professor of University Baghdad, Kuwait, Milan, Hanoi, Reims, Tokyo, New York and Peking.
Achievements
Membership
Member Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (Friedrich Wöhler prize 1968), Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie (Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology) (board committee/Frankfurt), Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher, Phytochemical Society Europe, Gesellschaft fur Arzneipflanzenforschung.
Connections
Married Marga Erna Alma Kellner, April 19, 1958. Children: Christiane Riedel, Ernest Adam.
Education
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1959
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1962
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1967
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1979
Career
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1959 - 1961
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1961 - 1969
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1969 - 1977