Deichmann, Ute 1951-

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DEICHMANN, Ute 1951-

PERSONAL: Born December 23, 1951, in Düsseldorf, Germany. Education: University of Heidelberg, M.A., 1975; University of Cologne, Ph.D., 1991.

ADDRESSES: Home—Weissenburgstrasse 44, D-50670 Cologne, Germany. Office—Institut für Genetik, University of Cologne, Weyertal 121, D-50931 Cologne, Germany; fax: +49-221-470-5170. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Schoolteacher, 1975-87; University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, research fellow and lecturer, 1987-96, 1997-98, privatdozent, beginning 2001; Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA, Edelstein International fellow in the History of the Chemical Sciences, 1996-97; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, research fellow, 1997; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, guest lecturer, 1998—.

AWARDS, HONORS: Ladislaus Laszt International and Social Concern Award, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 1995.

WRITINGS:

Biologen unter Hitler: Vertreibung, Karrieren, Forschung, Campus (New York, NY), 1992, expanded edition published as Biologen unter Hitler: Porträt einer Wissenschaft im NS-Staat, Fischer (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1995, translation by Thomas Dunlop published as Biologists under Hitler, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA), 1996.

Flüchten, Mitmachen, Vergessen: Chemiker und Biochemiker in der NS-Zeit, Wiley/UCH, 2001.

Contributor to journals.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Studying protein research in Germany, 1920-60; research on German-Jewish scientists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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