Werner Fischer (crystallographer)
Werner Fischer (born February 8, 1931 in Gablonz an der Neisse, Czechoslovakia) is a German mineralogist and mathematical crystallographer.
Werner Fischer | |
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| Born | February 8, 1931 |
| Education | University of Stuttgart University of Kiel |
| Known for | coordination sequence lattice complex |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | mathematical crystallography |
| Institutions | University of Münster Philipps-University Marburg |
| Thesis | Strukturuntersuchungen an synthetischem Carnallit (1959) |
Education and life
Fischer passed his Abitur in 1951 in Kappeln an der Schlei. Supported by the German National Academic Foundation, he studied at University of Stuttgart and University of Kiel. There he also received his doctorate in 1959 with a thesis on structural studies on synthetic carnallite. In 1970 he habilitated at Philipps-University Marburg with a thesis on homogeneous packing of spheres and their conditions of existence in space groups of tetragonal symmetry. In 1971 he was appointed professor. From 1974 to 1978 he worked at the University of Münster and then worked at the Philipps-University Marburg until his retirement in 1996.
Fischer's research dealt with mathematical crystallography, in particular with periodic minimal surfaces, sphere packings, effective areas, normalizers,[1][2] lattice complexes,[3] the description of crystal structures and worked on the International Tables for Crystallography. This work was very often done in collaboration with Elke Koch.[4]
Honors and awards
Fischer received the 2006 Carl Hermann Medal from the German Crystallographic Society.[5]
References
- Koch, Elke; Fischer, Werner (2006-01-01). "Normalizers of space groups: A useful tool in crystal-structure description, comparison and determination". Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials. 221 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1524/zkri.2006.221.1.1. ISSN 2196-7105. S2CID 93801575.
- Koch, E.; Fischer, W.; Müller, U. (2016-12-31), Normalizers of space groups and their use in crystallography, pp. 826–851, doi:10.1107/97809553602060000933, ISBN 978-0-470-97423-0, retrieved 2022-07-24
- Fischer, W.; Koch, E. (2016-12-31), Lattice complexes, pp. 792–825, doi:10.1107/97809553602060000932, ISBN 978-0-470-97423-0, retrieved 2022-07-24
- "Internetseite der Universität Marburg". Universität Marburg. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- "Internetseite der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kristallographie". Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallographie. Retrieved 2014-01-25.