Contact:Carla Pretorius
- 0218082866
Location: Argon Lecture Hall 2011, First Year Chemistry building
Come join us for a talk by Prof. Harald Pasch on his award winning work in the field of Polymer science.
A short bio on Prof. Pasch is given below.
Harald Pasch graduated in 1982 with a PhD
and in 1987 he obtained his habilitation (DSc) both in Polymer Science. From
1987 to 1989 he conducted research at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific
Research in Kuwait City. After returning to Germany he established an
analytical department at the German Institute for Polymers (DKI). There Pasch
developed novel methods for polymer fractionation, most prominently in the
field of multidimensional liquid chromatography leading to the publication of
textbooks on liquid chromatography of polymers and mass spectrometry (in 1997
and 2004, respectively).
Working in polyolefin research for a long
time he collaborated with SASOL, the major chemical company in South Africa. In
2008 he was appointed the SASOL Chair in Analytical Polymer Science at
Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Pasch is the author or co-author of more
than 330 scientific papers and has promoted more than 50 postgraduate students.
In 2013 he published the textbook ‘Multidimensional HPLC of Polymers’. His
latest book ‘Advanced Separation Techniques for Polyolefins’ appeared in
September 2014. In July 2014, Pasch was awarded a ‘Distinguished Professorship’
by the University of Stellenbosch.