Background
Harteck, Paul was born on July 20, 1902 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Josef and Gabriele (Schattenfroh) Harteck.
Harteck, Paul was born on July 20, 1902 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Josef and Gabriele (Schattenfroh) Harteck.
Student of University Vienna, 1921-1923. Doctor of Philosophy, University Berlin (Germany), 1925. Doctorate.Natural Science (honorary), University Bonn (Germany), 1966.
Came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1957. Assistant to Professor Eucken, U. Breslau (Germany), 1926-1928. Assistant to Geheimrat Haber, Kaiser Villhelm Institute, 1928-1933.
Rockefeller fellow Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1933-1934.
Professor, director Institute Physical Chemistry, Hamburg, Germany, 1934-1951. Rector U. Hamburg, 1948-1950.
Distinguished Research professor physical chemistry Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, from 1941.
Member Joachim-Jungius Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (vice president 1949). Member Max Planck Society. Member Society Chimique de Belgique.
Research on ortho-para hydrogen-photochemistry-nuclear physics.
Deuterium-Deuterium reaction producing Tritium and Helium III, radiation chemistry, planetary atmospheres, nitrogen fixation.
Married Marcella Piccino-Hay, September 27, 1948. Children: Claudia, Lawrence Paul.