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Jürgen Hennig

1951 - Today

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Jürgen Klaus Hennig (born in Stuttgart, Germany on March 5, 1951) is a German chemist and medical physicist. Internationally he is considered to be one of the pioneers of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for clinical diagnostics. He was until his retirement 2022 the Scientific Director of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Chairman of the Magnetic Resonance Development and Application Center (MRDAC) at the University Medical Center Freiburg. Despite his retirement, he is still active as a researcher (as of 3/2025). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jürgen Hennig is the 555th most popular chemist (down from 545th in 2019), the 5,193rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,235th in 2019) and the 106th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jürgen Hennig ranks 555 out of 602. Before him are Hans Goldschmidt, John Roebuck, Lev Chugaev, Emma P. Carr, Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, and Florence B. Seibert. After him are Peter Jacob Hjelm, Edith M. Flanigen, Carl Jacob Löwig, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Hans von Pechmann, and Christian Ehrenfried Weigel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Jürgen Hennig ranks 492. Before him are Steve Hillage, Zoltán Ribli, Bernie Marsden, Zeenat Aman, Péter Baczakó, and Marielle de Sarnez. After him are Bill Moseley, Roy A. Tucker, Maureen Caird, Noritake Takahara, Steve Miner, and Ria Stalman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jürgen Hennig ranks 5,196 out of 7,253. Before him are Jürgen Marcus (1948), Brigitte Ahrenholz (1952), Kristin Otto (1966), Max Schöne (1880), Erich Borchmeyer (1905), and Mathilde Marchesi (1821). After him are Holger Badstuber (1989), Dieter Borsche (1909), Klaus Glahn (1942), Stephan Beckenbauer (1968), Manfred Schnelldorfer (1943), and Guido Knopp (1948).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Jürgen Hennig ranks 106. Before him are Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851), Gustav Rose (1798), Johannes Wislicenus (1835), Max Bodenstein (1871), Hans Goldschmidt (1861), and Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813). After him are Carl Jacob Löwig (1803), Hans von Pechmann (1850), Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (1748), Achim Müller (1938), and Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim (1987).

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