Werner Stumm

Werner Stumm ( born October 8, 1924 in Wolf Halden, † 14 April 1999 in Küsnacht ZH) was a Swiss chemist, known for contributions to the chemistry of the water ( Aquatic Chemistry ) and geochemistry.

Life

Stumm received his doctorate in 1952 in inorganic chemistry at the University of Zurich and went in 1954 in the USA, where in 1956 he assistant professor, associate professor in 1961 and from 1964 to 1969 professor at Harvard University was ( Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Chemistry). From 1970 to 1992 he was Director of Eawag and full professor at the ETH Zurich.

He had visiting professorships at the Universities of Bern, Bombay and Zagreb.

He was considered a leading scientist of Aquatic Chemistry and dealt among other things with the rate of iron corrosion processes, kinetic laws for the oxidation of iron and manganese in water, the chemistry of weathering processes of minerals in contact with water, chemical aspects of environmental issues such the filtering of water or nutrients in the water pollution promote algae growth.

In 1985 he received the Albert Einstein World Award of Science. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He was five honorary doctorates, including the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm. In 1991 he was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize and the 1998 VM Goldschmidt Award.

He was also a U.S. citizen in 1968. Mute was married to Anna Maria Elisabeth Zollinger since 1952.

Writings

• With James J. Morgan Aquatic Chemistry, Wiley, 1970, 3rd edition 1996
• Aquatic chemistry with Laura Sigg, UTB, 5th Edition 2011
• Aquatic chemical kinetics: reaction rates of processes in natural waters, Wiley 1990
• With Robert Kummert waters as ecosystems. Basics of water protection, Vieweg / Teubner, 3rd edition 1998