Background
Zundel, Georg was born on May 17, 1931 in Tubingen, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Georg Friedrich and Paula (Bosch) Zundel.
chemist physicist university professor
Zundel, Georg was born on May 17, 1931 in Tubingen, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Georg Friedrich and Paula (Bosch) Zundel.
Matriculation, Classcial Uhland Gymnasium, Tubingen, 1952.
He worked closely with colleagues from both the East and the West during the Cold War. He published 313 scientific papers during his academic career. A number of scientific discoveries in the area of hydrogen bonds carry Zundel"s name, most notably:
the Zundel cation (H5O2+) which is an important structure for the solvated hydrogen ion in water
Zundel polarizability, the property of hydrogen bonds to have hydrogen protons shifted by means of an electric field
Zundel continuity, the property of hydrogen bonds to absorb a wide range of ions
As an entrepreneur he founded the Berghof Laboratory of Physics and Technology in 1966, re-organised in 2003 as Zundel Holding GmbH + Company with four companies in different locations throughout Germany, active in the automation and environmental sectors.
As a philanthropist he established the Berghof Foundation for Conflict Studies in 1971, which soon came to play a defining role in the then-emerging field of peace research.
The Foundation"s main establishments are:
Berghof Peace Support, BPS (Berghof Foundation for Peace Support, BFPS), established 2004.
Founder, board directors Berghof Foundation Conflict Research, Munich, since 1972. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Arzte, New York Academy Sciences, Royal Society Chemistry (Faraday division London chapter), Society for Responsibility in Science, German Society for Biophysics, Polish Chemical Society (honorary).
Married Renate Baumann, March 27, 1975. Children: Johannes Sebastian, Georg, Ulrich Maxim.