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Koch (surname)
Koch ( , , ) is a German surname that means "cook" or "chef". A–C * Adam Koch (born 1988), American professional basketball player * Adolf Koch (1896–1970), German school teacher and leader of the Freikörperkultur * Alan Koch (baseball) (born 1938), retired American professional baseball player * Alan Koch (soccer) (born 1975), South African and Canadian football/soccer coach * Alexander Koch (other), several people * Alfred Koch (born 1961), Russian writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman of ethnic German origin * Amy Koch (born 1971), member of the Minnesota Senate * Andreas Koch (born 1966), Austrian former footballer * Anton Koch (other), several people * Aubrey Koch (1904–1975), pioneering Australian aviator * Beat Koch (born 1972), Swiss cross country skier * Beate Koch (born 1967), former German athlete * Bernward Koch (born 1957), German composer, pianist and keyboardist * Berthold Koch (1899–1988), German chess master * Bill Koch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Koch
Adam Koch (born May 4, 1988) is a former American professional basketball player. He was an NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-American player as a collegian at University of Northern Iowa and led the Panthers to a memorable upset of top-seeded 2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Kansas in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 2010 NCAA tournament. College career Koch, a 6'8" Forward (basketball), forward from Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin and graduate of Ashwaubenon High School, played college basketball for coach Ben Jacobson at University of Northern Iowa, Northern Iowa from 2006 to 2010. He played a reserve role as a freshman, then started for his last three years. As a junior in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 2008–09 season, Koch averaged 12.1 Points per game, points and 5.4 rebounds per game while leading the Panthers to a shared Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular-season title and a 2009 Missouri Valley Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Koch
Blake Koch (born August 7, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and businessman. He last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 11 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. He is also the founder of FilterTime, a residential air filter company that delivers the filters to consumer's homes on a regular basis. Racing career Koch began his racing career at the age of 22 after he graduated from college with an associate degree in Marketing and Business Degree at Northwood University. Prior to racing on 4 wheels, Koch raced on 2 wheels and was considered one of the top 20 motorcross riders in the state of Florida. Koch raced 8 years until the end of 2008 when he made the transition to NASCAR. In 2009, he started racing in the NASCAR Camping World West Series. He finished 8th in the final point standings and finished runner up in the Rookie of the Year standings. In 2011, he made his 1st Nationwide Series race at Phoenix and finished 17th and on the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Koch
Christopher John Koch Order of Australia, AO (16 July 1932 – 23 September 2013) was an Australian novelist, known for his 1978 novel ''The Year of Living Dangerously (novel), The Year of Living Dangerously'', which was adapted into an The Year of Living Dangerously (film), award-winning film. He twice won the Miles Franklin Award (for ''The Doubleman'' in 1985, and for ''Highways to a War'' in 1996). In 1995, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian literature, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater, the University of Tasmania, in 1990. Early life and education Koch was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1932. He was educated at Clemes College, St Virgil's College, Hobart High School and at the University of Tasmania.Koch, Christopher ''AustLit''. After gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christof Koch
Christof Koch ( ; born November 13, 1956) is a German-American neurophysiologist and computational neuroscientist best known for his work on the neural basis of consciousness. He is the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. From 1986 until 2013, he was a professor at the California Institute of Technology. Early life and education Koch was born in the Midwestern United States, and subsequently was raised in the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, and Morocco. Koch is the son of German parents; his father was a diplomat, as is his older brother Michael. He was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended a Jesuit high school in Morocco. His interest in consciousness commenced as a child when he decided that consciousness must apply to all animals not just humans. He received a PhD in sciences for his works in the field of nonlinear information processing from the Max Planck Institute in Tübingen, Germany, in 1982. Koch worked for four years a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Koch
Christina Hammock Koch ( ; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State University. She also did advanced study while working at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Just before becoming an astronaut, she served at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as station chief for American Samoa. On March 14, 2019, Koch launched to the International Space Station as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 59, 60 and 61. On October 18, 2019, she and Jessica Meir were the first women to participate in an all-female spacewalk to replace a down power control unit located outside of the International Space Station. On December 28, 2019, Koch broke the record for longest continuous time in space by a woman. She returned from space on February 6, 2020. Koch was included in ''Time''s 100 Most Inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Koch
Christiane P. Koch is a German physicist whose research involves quantum mechanical versions of control theory, including the use of lasers to achieve coherent control of chemical reactions. She has also performed research on efficiently testing the accuracy of quantum computing devices. She is a professor at the Free University of Berlin. Education and career Koch studied physics at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 1992 to 1998, during which she was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin. She did her doctoral studies in chemical physics through Humbold University at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, completing her Ph.D. in 2002. After postdoctoral study at the University of Paris-Sud and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, she became an Emmy Noether Independent Junior Researcher at the Free University of Berlin in 2006. She became a professor at Kassel in 2010, and moved to the Free University of Berlin in 2019. Recognition In 2002, Koch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Koch
Christopher Koch is an American director of film and television. He is known for directing the films '' Snow Day'' (2000), his feature directorial debut, and ''A Guy Thing'' (2003). Koch's television credits include ''The Adventures of Pete & Pete'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', '' Scrubs'', ''My Name Is Earl'', ''Better Off Ted'', ''Cougar Town'', ''Workaholics'', '' The Middle'', ''Modern Family'', '' The Neighbors'', ''Young Sheldon'', ''A Million Little Things'', ''American Housewife'', ''Ordinary Joe'' and ''Reboot In computing, rebooting is the process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally. Reboots can be either a cold reboot (alternatively known as a hard reboot) in which the power to the system is physi ...''. In addition, Koch is the co-owner of the production company KONK, which he co-created with film producer David Kerwin. References External links * American film directors American television directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Koch
Charles de Ganahl Koch ( ; born November 1, 1935) is an American billionaire businessman. As of November 2022, he was ranked as the 13th richest person in the world on ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'', with an estimated net worth of $66 billion. Koch has been co-owner, chairman, and chief executive officer of Koch Industries since 1967, while his late brother David Koch served as executive vice president. Charles and David each owned 42% of the conglomerate. The brothers inherited the business from their father, Fred C. Koch, then expanded the business. Originally involved exclusively in oil refining and chemicals, Koch Industries now includes process and pollution control equipment and technologies, polymers and fibers, minerals, fertilizers, commodity trading and services, forest and consumer products, and ranching. The businesses produce a wide variety of well-known brands, such as Stainmaster carpet, the Lycra brand of spandex fiber, Quilted Northern tissue, and Dixie C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cees Koch (athlete)
Cornelis "Cees" Koch (16 July 1936 – 14 September 2021) was a discus thrower and shot putter from the Netherlands. As a discus thrower, he competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in 22nd and 17th place, respectively. With a throw of 55.96m, he won a silver medal at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, behind Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...'s Vladimir Trusenyev (57.11m). In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Koch collected sixteen Dutch titles altogether, seven in shot put and nine in discus throw. References Cees Koch's obituary External links atletiekhistorici.nl 1936 births 2021 deaths Dutch male discus throwers Dutch male shot putters Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cary Koch
Cary Koch (born August 28, 1986) is an American former professional football wide receiver. Koch played college football for the University of Virginia after transferring from Tulane University in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Professional career Saskatchewan Roughriders After exhausting his collegiate eligibility, Koch signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders as a free agent in April, 2010. He was on the team's practice roster until Prechae Rodriguez was released, clearing a spot for him on the active roster. Koch made his debut with the Roughriders in week 12 of the season against the Calgary Stampeders. He caught two passes for 15 yards and was on the receiving end of a successful two-point conversion. Edmonton Eskimos Koch signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Eskimos on the first day of free agency on February 15, 2012. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Koch signed as a free agent with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carin Koch
Anna Carin Pernilla Hjalmarsson Koch (née Hjalmarsson; born 23 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who previously played on the Ladies European Tour and on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was captain of the 2015 European Solheim Cup team. Amateur career Carin Koch had a successful amateur career. She represented Gullbringa Golf & Country Club, in Kungälv, north of Gothenburg, Sweden, just as elder Swedish female stars Kärstin Ehrnlund and Helen Alfredsson. She was the 1988 Swedish Junior 18 Match-play Champion. She represented Sweden on both junior level and in the national amateur team during the period 1985–1991. She was part of the winning Swedish team at the 1990 European Lady Junior's Team Championship at Shannon Golf Club on Ireland, with, among others, Annika Sörenstam. Koch enrolled at the University of Tulsa and was named Second-Team All-American in 1990 and Scholar All-American in 1991. Between 1987 and 1991 she played eight times on the Swedish Golf Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Ludwig Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water and forests. His principal work ''Die Arachniden'' (1831–1848) (16 volumes) was commenced by Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786–1836). Koch was responsible for the last 12 volumes. He also finished the chapter on spiders in ''Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten'' lements of the insect fauna of Germanya work by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755–1829). He also co-authored, with Georg Karl Berendt, an important monograph ''Die im Bernstein befindlichen Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt'' (1854) on arachnids, myriapods, and wingless insects in amber based on material in Berendt's collection, now held in the Muse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
