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Berg, Hermann Gotthardt was born on July 16, 1924 in Greifswald, Vorpommern, Germany. Son of Heinrich and Johanna (Meissner) Berg.
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Hermann Gotthardt Berg
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Hermann Gotthardt Berg, German Chemist. Achievements include research on photopolarography of quinones, photodynamic mechanisms for cancer treatment, relaxation kinetics, bioelectrochemistry of DNA, protein interactions with membranes, electric field effects on cells in 350 publications. Recipient S. Hiller medal Latvian Academy Science, 1994, J. Heyrovsky medal CSSR Academy Science, 1979, Wilhelm Ostwald medal, 1997.
Education
Diploma, Technology U., Dresden, German Democratic Republic, 1952; Doctor in Natural Sciences, Technology U., Dresden, German Democratic Republic, 1953; D. Habilitation, F. Schiller U., Jena, German Democratic Republic, 1962.
Career
Assistant, Institute Elektrochemistry, Dresden, 1952-1954;
senior assistant, Institute Microbiol. Experimental Therapy, Jena, 1954-1956;
head department biophysics chemistry, Institute Microbiol. Experimental Therapy, Jena, 1956-1989;
head laboratory bioelectrochem., Institute Microbiol.
Experimental Therapy, Jena, since 1989. Professor Academy Sciences, Berlin, 1970.
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Membership
Member Saxonian Academy Science Leipzig, Bioelectrochem. Society (honorary vice president 1979-1992), International Society Electrochemistry (officer division V 1980-1983), Academy Oeconomica Tübingen.
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Married Liebgard Peuker, July 17, 1954. Children: Angelika, Dorothea, Albrecht.
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