Background
Baerns, Manfred G.O. was born on July 23, 1934 in Berlin.
science administrator chemistry educator
Baerns, Manfred G.O. was born on July 23, 1934 in Berlin.
Master of Science in Chemistry, University Hannover, Germany, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Reaction Engineering & Technology, University Hannover, Germany, 1961. Habilitation and Venia legendi, University Hannover, Germany, 1970.
Postdoctoral fellow, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1962-1964;
senior science engineer Institute Technology Chemistry, U. Hannover, 1965-1969;
head chemical R & D, Krupp Chemical Engineering Division, Essen, Germany, 1969-1974;
professor chemical reaction engineering and technical, chair, head laboratory, Ruhr U., Bochum, Germany, 1974-1995;
dean faculty, Ruhr U., Bochum, Germany, 1978-1979, 90-91;
member senate, Ruhr U., Bochum, Germany, 1987-1989;
science director, Institute Applied Chemistry Berlin-Adlershof e.V., since 1995. Member, chairman various working parties Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chemisches Apparatewesen Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V., board directors. Consultant, referee Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Norwegian Research.Coun., various petrochemical and chemical industries.
Honorary professor Humboldt U., Berlin, 1996, Technology U., Berlin, 1996.
Baerns was a member of numerous scientific committees and a referee for research proposal at a national level From 1991 to 1997 he was member of the board Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie (Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology) (a scientific association of chemical technology, chemical engineering and biotechnology), and a permanent member of the German Chemical Society, the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry, German Society for Coal, Oil and Gas, and finally the American Chemical Society.
Married Barbara Beckmann.