Prof. Dr. Jens Volker Kratz †

Curriculum Vitae

Scientific Career and International Experience

• 1963-67:
  Study of Chemistry at the University of Mainz, support by the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes"
• 1967:
  Diploma thesis, University of Mainz
• 1967-71:
  Doctoral thesis, University of Mainz (summa cum laude)
• 1972-74:
  Postdoctoral fellow, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, UC-Berkeley, USA
• 1974-82:
  Group leader, nuclear chemistry group, GSI, Darmstadt
• 1982:
  C4-Professor for Nuclear Chemistry, University of Mainz
• 1994:
  Guest professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

Main Research Fields

• Heavy-ion reaction mechanisms
• Synthesis and chemical properties of the transactinide elements
• Study of exotic nuclei in break-up reactions with radioactive beams
• Migration and speciation of actinides in the environment
• Laser-Resonance-Ionisation Mass Spectrometry
• Ultra-cold neutrons at the TRIGA Mainz
• ca. 310 publications

Service to the Community

• 1986-1989:
  Member advisory committee “Hadronen und Kernphysik”, BMBF
• 1976-1986:
  Member users committee, GSI
• 1984-1994:
  Member (1992-1994 chair), Executive committee, Division of Nuclear Chemistry, GDCh
• 1991-2001:
  Member low-energy users committee (1997-2001 chair), PSI, Switzerland
• 1992-2001:
  Titular member, IUPAC Analytical Chemistry Division
  Commission on Radiochemistry and Nuclear Techniques
• 1984-2009:
  Member of the Fachbereichsrat, Univ. of Mainz
  • 1991/92 co-chair, member of the senate
  • 1993/94 and 1995/96 chair
  • 1995/96 responsible for the planning and realization of the “Neubau Chemie”
• 1999-2005:
  Member scientific council, FZ Rossendorf
• from 1997:
  Editor Radiochimica Acta,
  Referee for several journals, DFG, BMBF, AvH foundation
• 2001-2006:
  Director Institut für Kernchemie
• 2006-2009:
  Member and chair of the GSI Users Group Executive Committee UEC
• 2002-2011:
  Member of the Graduiertenkolleg GRK 826
• from 2009:
  IUPAC fellow
• from 2011:
  Scientific consultant of the Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai
• 2010-2012:
  Author of the textbook “Nuclear and Radiochemistry – Fundamentals and Applications”, 2 Vols., Wiley-VCH, ISBN 978-3-527-32901-4

Awards

• 1972:
  Price of the University of Mainz
• 1998:
  Otto-Hahn price
• 2006:
  GSI Exotic Nuclei Community Membership Award

Outreach activities

• Regular excursions with students to GSI
• Lectures in schools and special events