!!!Lindinger, Werner

Lindinger, Werner, b. Brixlegg (Tirol), Jan. 25, 1944, 
d. Mauna Loa (Hawaii, USA), Feb. 16, 2001 (in an accident 
which occurred while erecting a mass spectrometer), physicist. Studied 
in Innsbruck and the USA; pursued his scientific career in Innsbruck; 
1987-1993 head of the newly founded Institute for Ion Physics of the 
University of Innsbruck. Made groundbreaking discoveries in the field 
of ion molecule reactions and developed specific applications of his 
research: 1985 applied for a patent for a procedure for measuring air 
pollution; 1995 invented the proton transfer reaction mass 
spectrometer (PTR-MS), which is used for examining air currents in 
climatology. 1997 awarded the Erwin Schroedinger Prize of the Austrian 
Academy of Sciences.


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