chemistry

Thomas Carell

Thomas Carell is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Thomas Carell rather than just read about it. In short: Thomas Carell (born 1966) is a German biochemist. Early life and education Carell was born in 1966 in Herford, Germany.

Key takeaways

Thomas Carell belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Thomas Carell to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Thomas Carell from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Thomas Carell (born 1966) is a German biochemist.

Early life and education Carell was born in 1966 in Herford, Germany. He studied chemistry from 1985 until 1990 at the University of Münster finishing with a diploma thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Heidelberg. After his PhD thesis on Porphyrin chemistry at the same institute, he did his postdoctoral at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. He finished his habilitation on DNA repair proteins at ETH Zurich in 1998.

Career From 2000 until 2004, he was professor for organic chemistry at Marburg University until he became professor for organic chemistry at LMU Munich. His main interest is still the DNA repair system.

Awards and honors In 2004, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. In 2008, he was awarded the Otto Bayer Award for his work on the DNA repair systems. In 2008, he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Since 2010, Professor Carell has been an Associate Editor of Chemical Science, the flagship general chemistry journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry

References

External links Portrait at the Deutschen Forschungs Gesellschaft Homepage at LMU Munich Interview with Thomas Carell on the website of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Thomas Carell

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Thomas Carell claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Thomas Carell before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Thomas Carell ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Thomas Carell

In research: Thomas Carell appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Thomas Carell in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Thomas Carell is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1966 births, 21st-century German biologists, Academic staff of LMU Munich, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Thomas Carell outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Thomas Carell in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Thomas Carell in simple terms?

Thomas Carell (born 1966) is a German biochemist. Early life and education Carell was born in 1966 in Herford, Germany.

Why does Thomas Carell matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Thomas Carell?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Thomas Carell.