Research Areas
Spectra and electronic structure of unsaturated organic compounds in condensed phase:
Aromatic ketones, cyanine dyes, substituted aromatic hydrocarbons, anthraquinones, antenna pigments and reaction centres of photosynthetic bacteria;
Population and deactivation pathways of electronically excited states, especially S1 and T1; direction of transition dipole moments, lifetime of excited-states, photo-induced reactions like isomerisation, electron-, proton- and energy-transfer, effect of matrix and substitution
Applied techniques
UV/VIS absorption and emission spectroscopy, steady-state and time-resolved (τ ≥ 2 ps); time-resolved Raman and CARS spectroscopy; ESR.
Curriculum vitae
| 1921 | Born on December 13 in Landsberg/Lech |
| 1940 | Realgymnasium Augsburg. Sonderreifevermerk |
| 1940-43 | Military service, demobilisation because of injury |
| 1944 | Start with studies of physics at the (then) Technische Hochschule München (THM) |
| 1950 | Diploma Thesis with Prof. Dr. W. Meißner (Technische Physik), Graduation |
| 1950 | PhD-student with Prof. Dr. G. Scheibe, Physikalische Chemie |
| 1953 | Promotion to “Dr. rer. nat.” |
| Employment as Scientific Assistent | |
| 1958 | Habilitation for „Physikalische Chemie” |
| 1961 | Hochschuldozent |
| 1966 | Appointment as Full Professor of the new chair “Physikalische Chemie II” (THM) |
| 1975 | Offer by Univ. Stuttgart (succession Prof. Dr. Th. Förster) declined |
| 1987 | Professor emeritus |
Award and social engagement
| 1965 | Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein-Preis der Deutschen Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie. |
| For many years technical consultant for expert services of the DFG; Intermittent Committee Activities: Bunsengesellschaft, IUPAC, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Deutsches Museum in München |