Erika Cremer

Erika Cremer (20 May 1900, Munich – 21 September 1996, Innsbruck) was a German physical chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck who is regarded as one of the most important pioneers in gas chromatography, as she second conceived the technique in 1944, after Richard Synge and Archer J.P. Martin in 1941.

Erika Cremer
Portrait of Erika Cremer by Letizia Mancino Cremer
Born(1900-05-20)20 May 1900
Died21 September 1996(1996-09-21) (aged 96)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
Known forDeveloping gas chromatography
Scientific career
FieldsGas chromatography
InstitutionsUniversity of Innsbruck
ThesisÜber die Reaktion zwischen Chlor, Wasserstoff und Sauerstoff im Licht (1927)
Doctoral advisorMax Bodenstein
Other academic advisorsKarl Friedrich Bonhoeffer
George de Hevesy
Michael Polanyi
Otto Hahn
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