Karl Schügerl
Karl Schügerl ( born June 22, 1927 in Sopron ( Sopron ), Hungary ) is Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering.
He studied chemical engineering at the University of Budapest. From 1949 Schügerl worked as a research engineer in Hungary in organic chemistry and the chemical industry before from Riedel -de Haen Seelze near Hannover in 1956 he found a job. In 1959 he finished his PhD at the University of Hannover under the direction of Professor Schiemann at the Institute for Technical Chemistry and according to research internships at New York University and Princeton in the field of chemical engineering, he successfully completed his habilitation in 1964 at the Technical University of Hanover from. The topic of his habilitation thesis was " interpretation of mixing processes in fluidized beds by model representations." 1966 moved Schügerl to the TU Braunschweig and was followed in 1969 a professorship at the University of Hannover as director of the Institute for Technical Chemistry ( successor to Prof. Schiemann ).
While Schügerl employed in his habilitation time with the kinetics and rheology of mixed bed systems and the molecular beam method he concentrated his work in Hanover on the newly developing field of biotechnology, but without the work on molecular beams, the fluidized-bed reactors and the negligible mixing processes in single drops. In German-speaking Schügerl was the first technical chemist who worked intensively with biological processes. His work focused initially on the cultivation of bacteria, yeasts and various fungi, and later also to the cultivation of mammalian cells. In the process of developing the work-up, the analysis and modeling of complex biotechnological processes were in the foreground. In the area of environmental protection Schügerl examined various biotechnological methods to reduce pollution and regenerate soils.
His scientific work are summarized in over 860 publications and numerous books. Karl Schügerl rejected calls from various other universities and has been awarded numerous scientific honors. As a member of several national and international associations, he does biotechnology, not only in Germany, much to shape and developed.