Torsten Spitzer

Background

Spitzer, Torsten Son of Siegfried and Elfriede Spitzer.

Education

Abitur, Julianum, Helmstedt, 1973. Degree in Food Chemist, University Hamburg, Germany, 1979. Diplomchemiker, University Hamburg, Germany, 1979.

Master of Science, Bristol University, England, 1980. Doctor of Science, Nagoya University, Japan, 1987.

Career

Research associate Nagoya University, 1983—1987. Research chemist Institute Hygiene, Hamburg, 1981—1982, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, 1988—1989. Senior research chemist Environmental, Industrial & Food Analysis, Helmstedt, Germany, since 1990.

With German Army, 1973-1975, Germany.

Achievements

• Achievements include discovery of natural occurence of perylene in soil. Invention of reactive matrix clean-up of Polynuclear aromatic compounds in environmental samples. Invention of compound class selective liquid chromatography for polynuclear aromatic compounds.

Membership

Member of Japanese Society Pesticide Science, Japanese Society Chromatography.

Interests

• Swimming, chess, hunting.

Connections

Father:

Siegfried Spitzer

Mother:

Elfriede Spitzer