Hans Günther Aach

Hans Günther Aach (2 October 1919 – 4 December 1999) was a German botanist.

Life
Aach was born in Oldenburg. He gained his doctorate in March 1952 in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Göttingen. In July 1961 he presented his professorial thesis at the University of Cologne. He spent several months as visiting faculty at University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University. On 31 December 1962 he was appointed Extraordinary Professor of Botany at the RWTH Aachen University. From 12 January 1965 he was appointed to the Chair of Botany in the same place and made director of the Botanical Institute. He retired on 1 March 1984.

The emphasis of his scientific work was on proteins in viruses. He collaborated on the Handbuch der Biologie.

Aach died in Aachen in December 1999 at the age of 80.

Works

 * Abriss der Botanik für Studenten der Medizin und der Naturwissenschaften. Berlin 1948
 * Über Wachstum und Zusammensetzung von Chlorella pyrenoidosa bei unterschiedlichen Lichtstärken und Nitratmengen. Göttingen 1952
 * Die Viren. Akademische Verlags-Gesellschaft Athenaion, Konstanz 1960
 * Zur Konstanz der Aminosäurenzusammensetzung im Eiweißanteil des Tabakmosaikvirus. Köln 1961
 * Zum Problem der Viruseiweisssynthese in zellfreien Chlorellasystemen. Westdeutscher Verlag, Köln 1968

Literature

 * Kürschners deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender. Vol. 1, 1966.