Burning for Science – A Woman in a Technical Field
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Burning for Science – A Woman in a Technical Field
Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie, Vol. 11
(2025)
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KATHARINA KOHSE-HÖINGHAUS was born in Germany’s industrial Ruhr area in 1951. Science fascinated her early on—this never changed and propelled her life into a stellar academic career. After studying chemistry, she cut her own path from atmospheric chemistry to combustion science.Constantly she created new trails between physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering to explore combustion, pollutant emissions, and new analytical techniques.Challenges like a dual-career family and raising funds for cross-border science led to many out-of-the-box initiatives, including science education for kids and students.Katharina is famous for never running out of fuel: She became the first female President of the International Combustion Society and of Germany’s Bunsen Society, served on numerous boards and received many awards. Her trailblazing life for women in STEM worldwide is remarkable and her engaging story will be enjoyed by all!Info & Downloads: l-i-c.org/1137
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lives in Chemistry | 3 | ||
| Published Titles in This Series | 4 | ||
| Imprint | 6 | ||
| Table of Contents | 8 | ||
| 1 Why I Wrote This Book | 11 | ||
| 1.1 The scientific life | 17 | ||
| 1.2 The networking life | 18 | ||
| 1.3 The mentoring life | 20 | ||
| 1.4 Three lives and three core subjects | 24 | ||
| 2 Curiosity and How One Step Led to Another | 27 | ||
| 2.1 The starting point | 31 | ||
| Detection of radicals by resonance fluorescence | 32 | ||
| The vacuum ultraviolet laser | 34 | ||
| 2.2 From atmospheric reactions to combustion | 39 | ||
| My first laser lab for flame studies | 40 | ||
| Saturated laser-induced fluorescence | 43 | ||
| Quantitative measurements of OH and CH radicals | 46 | ||
| Quantitative detection of H and O atoms | 48 | ||
| Combustion in a technical context | 51 | ||
| 2.3 From combustion physics to engineering | 52 | ||
| My Stanford project: ammonia reactions | 54 | ||
| A shock tube coupled with lasers | 55 | ||
| Laser measurements of NH2 and ammonia kinetics | 59 | ||
| 2.4 From combustion reactors to laser spectroscopy | 64 | ||
| Laser measurements of reactive species and temperature | 66 | ||
| Returning to Germany | 68 | ||
| Our own contribution to the LIF versus CARS debate | 71 | ||
| Atoms and diamonds | 75 | ||
| 2.5 From familiar to uncertain territory | 78 | ||
| The habilitation question | 79 | ||
| Family and career issues | 80 | ||
| Expanding my research in Stuttgart | 84 | ||
| Habilitation and Heisenberg Fellowship | 87 | ||
| 2.6 Returning to physical chemistry | 92 | ||
| The transition phase: establishing my new labs as a professor | 93 | ||
| Diagnostics with picosecond and nanosecond lasers | 97 | ||
| New processes and techniques | 102 | ||
| A two-pronged approach: laser diagnostics and mass spectrometry | 105 | ||
| 2.7 From table-top experiments to synchrotrons | 108 | ||
| Molecular-beam mass spectrometry | 108 | ||
| Synchrotron experiments: a breakthrough in combustion diagnostics | 113 | ||
| Biofuel and low-temperature combustion | 117 | ||
| Photoelectrons, photoions, and microwaves for combustion studies | 122 | ||
| 2.8 From flames to materials | 125 | ||
| New collaborations for surface and particle analysis | 127 | ||
| CVD with gas-phase precursors | 128 | ||
| Opportunities with pulsed-spray evaporation CVD | 129 | ||
| A new attempt at soot nanoparticle characterization | 133 | ||
| 2.9 From methods to perspectives | 135 | ||
| 3 Networks, Organizations, and Participation | 137 | ||
| 3.1 Research and funding | 140 | ||
| Collaborative programs | 141 | ||
| Reviews, policies, and decisions | 143 | ||
| Funding strategies and perspectives | 146 | ||
| 3.2 Academic governance, participation, and science-based advice | 151 | ||
| University functions | 152 | ||
| Science and Humanities Council | 155 | ||
| Academies | 161 | ||
| 3.3 Conferences, networks, and scientific discourse | 166 | ||
| Gordon Research Conferences | 166 | ||
| Discussion meetings and workshops | 171 | ||
| National conferences and world congresses | 173 | ||
| 3.4 Professional societies and leadership | 178 | ||
| The Bunsen Society and ‘First Chairwoman’ | 179 | ||
| International Combustion Institute | 184 | ||
| First European president | 188 | ||
| 3.5 Combustion chemistry in different environments | 195 | ||
| Early experiences in China | 196 | ||
| Combustion Research in China | 197 | ||
| Special memories and occasions | 200 | ||
| Developments in combustion research | 203 | ||
| Research and visits in Saudi Arabia | 206 | ||
| Further stations | 211 | ||
| 4 Sharing the Passion for Science | 213 | ||
| 4.1 Science for schools | 215 | ||
| A new hands-on science lab for schools: teutolab | 217 | ||
| From the regional to the international scale: teutolab on tour | 224 | ||
| 4.2 Motivation for students: unusual insights into current research | 228 | ||
| Chemistry showcase: Weekly Feature and HighChem up Close | 229 | ||
| Interdisciplinary campus radio program: Science Live | 230 | ||
| Meet the scientists: Direct Views into cutting-edge research | 234 | ||
| 4.3 Encouraging careers in science | 241 | ||
| Energy conversion: interdisciplinary teaching | 242 | ||
| Publishing: the student journal BiNaturE | 245 | ||
| Female role models and networks: Women in Combustion | 249 | ||
| 5 Looking Back | 257 | ||
| Appendix | 265 | ||
| Words of thanks | 267 | ||
| Vita | 269 | ||
| Chemistree | 270 | ||
| Holographs | 272 | ||
| Documents | 278 | ||
| Publications | 290 | ||
| Glossary | 303 | ||
| Links and literature | 307 | ||
| Image Sources | 310 | ||
| Index | 312 | ||
| Reactions / The Series | 315 |