Heinz Lowenstam
Heinz Lowenstam · Science & Medicine
Geobiologist regarded as a founder of the study of biomineralization
1912, Upper Silesia, Germany (now Poland) — 1993, California, United States
Germany · United States
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Lowenstam was a geologist and geobiologist at Caltech regarded as a founder of biomineralization, the study of how living organisms build minerals. His 1962 discovery that chitons harden their teeth with biologically precipitated magnetite showed that organisms make magnetic and other minerals, reshaping paleoecology and reef science. Born to a Jewish family in Upper Silesia, he emigrated from Germany to escape Nazi persecution.
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Geobiologist regarded as a founder of the study of biomineralization
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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