The life and work of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Georg von Hevesy
The chemist Peter Gräber will hold a lecture at the University of Freiburg on July 3, 2017
Freiburg, Jun 27, 2017
Born in 1885, Georg von Hevesy is considered the father of nuclear medicine and was the co-discovered of the chemical element hafnium. In 1943 he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Chemistry for developing isotopic labeling. Hevesy was a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Freiburg from 1926 to 1934. Prof. Dr. Peter Gräber, who is a professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry today, will dedicate his lecture to Georg von Hevesy’s biography and discoveries and will delve into his time in Freiburg in particular.
- What: Lecture
- When: July 3, 2017, 5:15pm
- Where:
Institute for Physical Chemistry
Lecture Hall Chemistry
Albertstraße 21
79104 Freiburg - The event is open to the general public.
- Host: German Chemists’ Society, local chapter Freiburg-South Baden (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V., Ortsverband Freiburg-Südbaden)
- Contact information: Prof. Dr. Harald Hillebrecht, Tel.: +49 (0) 761 203-6131
- Pre-registration is not required.
- The event is free of admission.
- The lecture will be held in German.
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