Klaus Hofmann

Background

Hofmann, Klaus was born on February 21, 1911 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Son of Fritz and Marianne (Bally) Hofmann. came to the United States, 1938.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 1936.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, New York City, 1938-1940; postdoctoral fellow, Cornell Medical College, New York City, 1940-1942; guest worker, Ciba Pharmaceutical Company, Summit, New Jersey, 1942-1944; assistant research professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1944-1945; associate professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1945-1947; research professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1947-1952; chairman biochemistry department Medical School, U. Pittsburgh, 1952-1964; professor experimental medicine and biochemistry, director Protein Research Laboratory, U. Pittsburgh, 1964-1992; professor emeritus, U. Pittsburgh, since 1992.

Achievements

• Klaus Hofmann has been listed as a noteworthy biochemistry educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Fatty acid metabolism in microorganisms (E.R. Squibb lectures on chemistry of microbial products)

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • Imidazole and its derivatives (Chemistry of heterocyclic compounds, Vol. 6)

Membership

Fellow Japan Society Promotion of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society (Pittsburgh award Pittsburgh section 1962), American Society Biological Chemists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Endocrine Society, Swiss Chemical Society.

Connections

Son of Fritz and Marianne (Bally) H. M. Paula Blum, 1936 (divorced). 1 daughter, Suzanne Elisabeth.

M. Frances Mary Finn, February 26, 1965.

Father:

Fritz Hofmann

Mother:

Marianne (Bally) Hofmann

Spouse:

Paula Blum

Spouse:

Frances Mary Finn