Paula Hahn-Weinheimer
' 'Paula Hahn-Weinheimer' (* 8 March 1917 in Nuremberg; † 2002 in Munich) was a German geochemist and mineralogist.
Paula Hahn-Weinheimer studied in Nuremberg Chemical Engineering and worked during World War II in various companies as a chemical technician. She graduated in 1943 in Frankfurt with the Promotion from. Hahn-Weinheimer then worked at the Mineralogical Institute of the Frankfurt University. . After the death of her husband, whom she had married in 1942, during an air raid, she was a single mother constantly working <ref> Margot Fuchs: How the fathers, the daughters. Munich 1994; Renate Meier straw: . Encyclopedia of Nature and natural scientists knowledgeable women in Europe Frankfurt aM 1998 </ ref>.
After the war, she qualified in 1958 in the field of geochemistry. 1964, Paula Hahn-Weinheimer as director of the Research Centre geochemistry at the University of Munich. A professor she received only 1970. This was the first full professor at the Technical University of Munich, first extraordinary was Liesel Beckmann been in 1946.
Hahn-Weinheimer has authored over 50 technical publications <ref> Hahn-Weinheimer. In: .. Who's who ?: the German who's who Volume 42 August Ludwig Degener, Walter Abel, August Ludwig Degener, 2003 . </ ref> She has gained particular in the development and geochemical application of the X-ray fluorescence analysis lasting contribution <ref> Paula Hahn-Weinheimer, Klaus Weber-Diefenbach, Alfred brained. X-ray fluorescence analytical methods, principles and practical application in the geosciences, materials and environmental sciences. Springer-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-528-06579-6. </ ref> her students included, among others Klaus Weber-Diefenbach and Peter Horn.
She was repeatedly portrayed in studies and exhibitions on the history of women's studies and the role of women in technical universities and especially the Technical University of Munich <ref> Hadumod Bussmann (eds.):. Stepdaughters the Alma mater? 90 years women studying in Bavaria -. The example of the University of Munich Catalogue of the exhibition. Antje Kunstmann Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-88897-082-2. </ Ref> <ref> Women at the TU Munich . (PDF; 2.7 & nbsp; MB) image with tap-Weinheimers at a young age </ ref>