Hans Suess

Hans Eduard Suess (December 16, 1909 – September 20, 1993) was an Austrian born American physical chemist and nuclear physicist. He was a grandson of the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess.

For the artist, see Hans von Kulmbach. For the paleontologist, see Hans-Dieter Sues. For the German general, see Hans Suss (general). For the writer, see Dr. Seuss.

Hans Eduard Suess
Born(1909-12-29)29 December 1909
Vienna, Austria
Died20 September 1993(1993-09-20) (aged 83)
La Jolla, California, USA
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forSuess effect
Awards
  • V. M. Goldschmidt Award (1974)
  • Leonard Medal of the International Meteoritical Society (1977)
Scientific career
FieldsCosmochemistry
Institutions
  • University of Hamburg
  • University of Chicago
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  • University of California, San Diego
Doctoral advisorPhilipp Gross
Doctoral students
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