20 Facts About Carl Neuberg

Carl Alexander Neuberg was an early pioneer in biochemistry, and he has sometimes been referred to as the "father of modern biochemistry".

Carl Sandel Neuberg was born on 29 July 1877 to a Jewish family in Hanover as the first child of Julius and Alma Neuberg.

Carl Neuberg was educated in the classical language gymnasium Lyceum I of the Ratsgymnasium until he was 15.

Carl Neuberg studied at the University of Wurzburg and University of Berlin as well as Technischen Hochschule Charlottenburg.

On 21 May 1907, Neuberg married Franziska Helene Lewinski, with whom he had two daughters, Irene Stephanie in 1908 and Marianne in 1911.

Carl Neuberg's wife died from leukemia on 24 March 1929 at the age of 45.

Carl Neuberg was forced out of his job in 1934 under pressure from the Nazis.

Carl Neuberg died on 30 May 1956 in New York after a prolonged illness.

Carl Neuberg began his professional career working as an assistant in the physiological chemistry department of Charite in 1898 while he was still working on his doctoral thesis.

Carl Neuberg gained his PhD in 1900 working on the chemistry of glyceraldehyde under the supervision of Alfred Wohl at the University of Berlin.

In 1903, Carl Neuberg became a privatdozent, and in 1906 a professor at the University of Berlin.

Carl Neuberg was the first editor of the journal Biochemische Zeitschrift that he founded in 1906, which became the European Journal of Biochemistry in 1967, and is the FEBS Journal.

Carl Neuberg was a pioneer in the study of the chemistry of amino acids and enzymes.

In 1913, Carl Neuberg was invited to head the biochemistry section of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Experimental Therapy, the director of which was August von Wasserman.

Carl Neuberg introduced methods for trapping of intermediate metabolites which allowed him to correctly interpret the steps and mechanisms of reactions, and formulate a theory for the alcoholic fermentation of glucose.

Carl Neuberg made a particularly important discovery in 1916: hydrotropy, a solubilization process where the addition of large amounts of a second solute causes an increase in the aqueous solubility of a different solute.

Carl Neuberg worked on catalase and the oxidation of fatty acids and amino acids, studied the structure of biochemicals, discovered other enzymes, and synthesized phosphorylated intermediates of carbohydrate metabolism.

Carl Neuberg is considered one of the founders and leaders of modern dynamic biochemistry.

Carl Neuberg moved to the United States in 1940, however due to his age, he was unable to find a paid academic position, and he worked as a consultant for industry.

Carl Neuberg served as a professor at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.