Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach

Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (December 19, 1938 – April 8, 2020) was a German mineralogist and the mineral Abswurmbachite is named after her.[1][2][3][4][5] She was professor at the TU Berlin.[3]

Life

She was professor for applied mineralogy at the TU Berlin since 1991.[5] Previously, she taught and researched at the University of Bonn, Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Bern and Philipps-University Marburg.[5] She did research in the field of absorption, electron spin resonance and Mößbauer spectroscopy.[5]

Awards

The mineral Abswurmbachite is named after her.[1]

References
  1. "Abswurmbachite Mineral Data".
  2. "DFG - GEPRIS - Professorin Dr. Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach".
  3. "Personalia".
  4. Monika Koch-Müller (15 April 2020). "[MSA-talk] Prof. Dr. Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach, TU Berlin, Germany".
  5. "Traueranzeigen von Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach | Tagesspiegel Trauer" (in German).
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