Manfred Eigen

Manfred Eigen
Manfred Eigen, Göttingen 1996
Born	(1927-05-09)9 May 1927 Bochum, Germany
Died	6 February 2019(2019-02-06) (aged 91) Göttingen, Germany
Education	University of Göttingen
Known for	Error catastrophe Error threshold Flash photolysis Temperature jump method Hypercycle Quasispecies model Diffusion-limited enzyme T-theory Eigen cation Eigen paradox Eigen–Fuoss equation Eigen–Wilkins mechanism Alberty–Hammes–Eigen model
Awards	Otto Hahn Prize (1962) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1967)
Scientific career
Fields	Biophysical chemistry
Workplaces	Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Braunschweig University of Technology
Thesis	Ermittlung der molekularen Struktur reiner Flüssigkeiten und Lösungen aus thermischen und kalorischen Eigenschaften (1951)
Doctoral advisor	Arnold Eucken
Doctoral students	Geoffrey Hoffmann
Website	Official listing at Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

Dutch Queen Beatrix meets five Nobel prize winners (1983): Paul Berg, Christian de Duve, Steven Weinberg, Manfred Eigen & Nicolaas Bloembergen

Manfred Eigen (German pronunciation: [ˈmanˌfʁeːt ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩] ^ⓘ; 9 May 1927 – 6 February 2019) was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.

Eigen's research helped solve major problems in physical chemistry and aided in the understanding of chemical processes that occur in living organisms.

In later years, he explored the biochemical roots of life and evolution. He worked to install a multidisciplinary program at the Max Planck Institute to study the underpinnings of life at the molecular level. His work was hailed for creating a new scientific and technological discipline: evolutionary biotechnology.