Paula Hahn-Weinheimer
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Paula Hahn-Weinheimer (1917 – 2002) was a German geochemist.
Paula Hahn-Weinheimer studied chemical engineering in Nuremberg and subsequently worked as a chemist for different companies. In 1943 she completed her studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt by obtaining a D.Sc. in organic chemistry. She then worked at the University of Giessen’s Institute for Organic Chemistry as well as at the Goethe University Frankfurt. As of 1948 she worked as a research assistant and lecturer at the Goethe University Frankfurt’s Department of Mineralogy where she obtained her official German postdoctoral qualification in geochemistry in 1958.[1]
Professorship
In 1964, Paula Hahn-Weinheimer accepted a post at the Technical University of Munich (formerly known as THM) where she was head of research for geochemistry at the Department of Mineralogy, initially as a scientific associate and, as of 1970, as TUM’s first female associate professor (C3) in the field of natural sciences. Liesel Beckmann had become the first female associate professor in the field of business economics in 1946.
