at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, GSI Darmstadt,
and Helmholtz Institute Mainz
In Memoriam: Professor Dr. Jens Volker Kratz (1944 – 2024)
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On 11 February 2024 Prof. Dr. Jens Volker Kratz passed away at the age of 79. He was a distinguished nuclear chemist, best known for his work in the field of the heaviest elements and was a former leader of our research group at GSI Darmstadt and at JGU Mainz. |
| Photo: B. Kuczewski / private |
Our research focuses on the heaviest elements in the periodic table:
the actinides and transactinides.
The main activities include the study of
- production and nuclear properties of the superheavy elements (SHE)
- gas-phase chemical studies of transactinide elements and their compounds
- production of tailor-made actinide samples for chemistry and physics applications