Doris Schachner

Photograph of Doris Schachner (fair use only)

Doris (Elfriede) Schachner(30 May 1904 in Bockwa near Zwickau – 1 April 1988 in Heidelberg)néeKornwas the first female German professor forMineralogyand Honorary Senator of theRWTH Aachen University.

Life

Schachner studied mineralogy at the universities in Heidelberg, Freiburg i. Br., and Innsbruck.She completed her doctorate at theHeidelberg Universityin 1928 and she completed her habilitation at theTH Aachenin 1933.From 1933 to 1940, she was a lecturer at theTH Aachen.At the end of the second world war (from 1941 to 1945), she worked at theBrno University of Technology.In 1946, she returned to Aachen.In 1948, she became an extraordinary professor at the TH Aachen.From 1949 to 1972, she was an ordinary professor at the TH Aachen.Based on her initiative, the Institute of Crystallography at the TH Aachen was founded in 1963.In 1984, she became a Honorary Senator at the TH Aachen.Her daughterMelitta Schachner Camartinwas a professor for neurobiology at theUniversity of Hamburg.

Research

Schachner was a pioneer in ore microscopy.

Awards

She was a Honorary Senator of theRWTH Aachen University.Two minerals are named after her:SchachneriteandPara-Schachnerite.A street in Aachen is named after her.

Selected publications

• Korn, Doris (1928).Tektonische und gefügeanalytische Untersuchungen im Grundgebirge des Böllsteiner Odenwaldes.Heidelberg: Schweizerbart.
• Schachner-Korn, Doris (1948-07-01). "Ein metamorphes Erzgefüge".Heidelberger Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie(in German).1(4): 407–426.Bibcode:1948BeiMP...1..407S.doi:10.1007/BF01104123.ISSN1432-0967.
• Schachner-Korn,Doris (1954-03-01). "Ein Wachstums- und ein Rekristallisationsgefüge von Bleiglanz aus einer rheinischen Lagerstätte".Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen(in German).4(1–4): 111–116.Bibcode:1954MinPe...4..111S.doi:10.1007/BF01140381.ISSN1438-1168.