Hanspeter Pfander

Background

Pfander, Hanspeter was born on April 21, 1940 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Franz and Martha (Soltermann) Pfander.

Education

License Phil. National, University Bern, 1965. Doctor of Phil. National, University Bern, 1968. Doctor (honorary), University Agricultural Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1994.

Honorary Doctor, University Medical School Pecs, Hungary, 1997.

Career

Assistant professor, U. Bern, 1980-1984; associate professor, U. Bern, 1984-1994; professor, U. Bern, since 1994; dean faculty of science, U. Bern, 1996-1997.

Achievements

• Hanspeter Pfander has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Key to Carotenoids (Lehrbucher Und Monographien Aus Dem Gebiete Der Exakten Wissenschaften. Chemische Reihe, Bd. 29)

    (In 1948 Paul Karrer and Ernst Jucker compiled the first c...)

Membership

Colonel Swiss Military. Member New York Academy of Sciences, New Swiss Chemical Society, Bernese Chemical Society.

Connections

Married Regula Joss, September 15, 1967. Children: Marc, Babette.

Father:

Franz Pfander

Mother:

Martha (Soltermann) Pfander

Spouse:

Regula Joss

child:

Babette Pfander

child:

Marc Pfander