Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans Steinhart
Photo: Hans Steinhart
Retired
Address
Universität Hamburg
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Food Chemistry
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Contact
Tel: +49 4181 32662
Key aspects of activity
- Coffee: Ageing aroma, interactions of aromatic substances with coffee ingredients, melanoidins, detection of mild coffee
- Trans fatty acids: analysis, contents in food, conjugated fatty acid isomers
- Steroid hormones in food: Analysis and content
- Metabolism of tryptophan and serotonin
- Nutrional fiber: chemical structure
CV
| since 2006 | Emeritus |
| 1992 | Call to the chair for food chemistry, TU Graz, declined |
| 1991 | Sworn commercial chemist and counter-sample expert |
| 1990 - 1992 | Deputy Dean and Dean of the Chemistry Department at the University of Hamburg |
| 1984 - 2006 | Full Professor and Director of the Department of Food Chemistry at the University of Hamburg |
| 1978-1984 | Associate Professor at the Institute of Nutritional Physiology at the TU Munich |
| 1977 | Habilitation as Dr. agr. habil., TU Munich |
| 1974-1978 | Academic Director at the TU Munich |
| 1972 - 1974 | University of applied sciences lecturer and professor at the Gesamthochschule/University of Kassel in the fields of agriculture and natural sciences |
| 1972 | Doctorate (Dr.rer.nat.) at the TU Munich under Prof. Dr. Dr .h.c. mult M. Kirchgeßner and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. H. Simon |
| 1969 - 1972 | scientific assistant at the Institute for Animal Nutrition of the TU Munich |
| 1968 | Diploma in Biochemistry, ETH Zurich |
| 1964 - 1968 | Biochemistry studies at the ETH Zurich, scholarship of the Volkswagenwerk Foundation |
| 1964 | Diploma in agricultural sciences, TU Munich |
| 1961 - 1964 | Study of agrar sciences at the TU Munich, scholarship of the Cusanuswerk |
| 1960 - 1961 | Agricultural apprenticeship on the Römerhof estate in Garching near Munich; Degree: agricultural aid, Munich Agricultural Office |
Short biography
| 1940 | Born on March 14th 1940 in Munich |
| 1964 | Diploma in agricultural sciences, TU Munich |
| 1968 | Diploma in Biochemistry, ETH Zurich |
| 1972 | PhD with Manfred Kirchgeßner in Munich |
| 1972-1974 | Professor at the Gesamthochschule/University of Kassel |
| 1977 | Habilitation in Munich (Dr. agr. habil.) |
| 1978-1983 | a.o. Professor at TU Munich |
| 1984-2006 | Professor at Universitty of Hamburg, Managing Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry |
| 1985-2006 | Founder and managing partner of the IQS (Institut für Qualitätssicherung im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel / Institute for Quality Assurance in Food Retailing), Hamburg (IQS was merged into the company Eurofins in 2006) |
| 1991-1991 | Spokesperson of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Hamburg |
| 1993-1998 | Chairman of the Food Chemical Society in the GDCh |
| 1994-1997 | Member of the Board of the GDCh |
| 1998 | Musajo Memorial Medal of the International Society for Tryptophan Research (ISTRY) |
| 1998-2008 | President of the International Society for Tryptophan Research (ISTRY) |
| 1999 | Visiting professor at Kobe Gakuin University, Japan |
| 1999-2003 | Vice Chairman of the Food Chemical Society |
| 2001 | Henneberg-Lehmann Award |
| 2001 | Visiting professor at Kobe Gakuin University, Japan |
| 2002 | Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse |
| 2003 | Visiting professor at Osaka City University, Japan |
| 2004- | Visiting professor at Zheijang University, Hangzhou/China |
| 2005 | Joseph König Memorial Coin of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh) |
| 2005 | Hans-Dieter Belitz Medal of the Research Group of the Food Industry (FEI) |
| 2006 | Hans-Jürgen-Sinell Medal of the Heinrich Stockmeyer Foundation |
| 2006 | Fellow of the "International Academy of Food Science and Technology" |
| 2007-2010 | Vice President of the "Korean-German Institutes of Technology" (KGIT) in Seoul |
| 2013- | Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| 2018-2020 | Visiting Researches at Tshinghua University in Peking |
Fields of activity
- approx. 680 publications in scientific journals and book contributions
- Reactions of amino acids in peptides depending on the primary structure
- Structure and analysis of macromolecules: coffee melanoidins, pyridinoline, hemicelluloses
- Food allergies
- Minor fatty acids in food
- Antioxidants: influence on food quality
- Interaction between food matrix and flavouring substances
- Quality of food: Aroma, residue analysis (carazolol)
- Environmental analysis: PCB's, HCH's etc. in the marine food chain (BMBF)
- Cleaning of contaminated soils (SFB)
- Food Analysis
- Metabolism of tryptophan and serotonin
- Nutrional fiber: chemical structure
Membership in scientific organizations
- Lebensmittelchemische Gesellschaft (Food Chemical Society)
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker GDCh (Society of German Chemists)
- Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie (Society for Biological Chemistry)
- Gesellschaft für Ernährungsphysiologie (Society for Nutrition Physiology)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fettforschung (German Society for Fat Research)
- International Society for Tryptophan Research
- New York Academy of Sciences
Editorial Board
- Agribiological Research (1990-1999)
- Zeitschrift für Lebensmittel-Untersuchung und -Forschung
- Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft (1994-1998)
- Nachrichten aus Chemie
- Technik und Laboratorium
- Journal of High Resolution Chemistry
- Chem. Mikrobiol. Technol. Lebensm.
- Lebensmittelchemie
- Food Biophysics
- General Secretary of „International Society for Tryptophan Research“ (1982 - 1994)
- President of „International Society for Tryptophan Research“ (since 1998)
- Chairman of the "Lebensmittelchemische Gesellschaft (1992-1998)
- Vice-Chairman of the "Lebensmittelchemische Gesellschaft (1999-2004)
- Member of the Board of the "Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (1991-1997)
- Member of the scientific advisory board of the " Bundesanstalten für Fisch- (stellvertr. Vorsitzender) und Fleischforschung"
- Member of the scientific advisory board of the „Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (1999-2005)
- Member of the board of trustees of the "H. Wilhelm Schaumann Stiftung" (until 2007) and the „Institut Danone für Ernährung“
- Member of the board of the "Forschungskreises der Ernährungsindustrie" and vice chairman of the scientific committee (until 2005)
Scientific reviewer of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft indurstrieller Forschungseinrichtungen
Member of the scientific advisory board of the "Bund für Lebensmittelrecht und Lebensmittelkunde
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "German Research Institute for Food Chemistry" in Garching near Munich (until 2006) and member of the Foundation Board (since 2006)
National Delegate of the EU COST Action „Melanoidins in Food“
Managing partner of the "Institut für Qualitätssicherung", Hamburg (until 2004)
Vice President of the "Korean German Institute of Technology", Seoul/Korea (from 15.09.2007 to 28.02.2010)
Prizes and awards
| Visiting Professor at Kobe Gakuin University/Japan, at Osaka City University/Japan, at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou/China, and at Tsinghua University in Bejing/China | |
| 2006 | Fellow of the “International Academy of Food Science and Technology IAFoST”, Toronto/Canada |
| 2006 | Hans.Jürgen-Sinell Medal of the Heinrich-Stockmeyer-Foundation |
| 2005 | Hans.Dieter-Belitz Medal of the Forschungskreis der Ernährungsindustrie FEI (Research Society of German Food Industry) |
| 2005 | Joseph-König-Coin oft he Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker GDCh (Society of German Chemists) |
| 2002 | Henneberg-Lehmann-Prize oft he University of Göttingen/Germany |
| 2002 | Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse der Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
| 2000 | Normann-Medal oft he Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fettforschung (German Society for Fat Research) |
| 1999 | Medal of the University of Helsinki/Finland |
| 1998 | Musajo Memorial-Medal, University of Padova/Italy, dedicated through the International Society for Tryptophan Research |
Cooperations
- Lucas Meyer in the fields of fats, coffee, vitamins, components of skin creams, lecithins
- Hoffmann-La Roche
- Hermsen
- Beiersdorf
- Tchibo
- Unilever
- Funding of five projects by the "Forschungskreis der Ernährungsindustrie (FEI)
- Research Training Group „Biotechnologie"
- Collaborative Research Center -- SFB 188 „Reinigung kontaminierter Böden"
Alternative name spellings
- Hans Steinhart
- Johann Steinhart
Publications
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