Horst Peissker or Horst Peißker (born 18 October 1927) was a German

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...

, inventor and business executive in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. He was a researcher at

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, and was a member of the company's senior management as head of its research and production facility in

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(now

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). He was a co-inventor of several patents in

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, notably on the use of phosphoric acid esters as a pest control agent, miticides, use of phenyl-carbamate derivatives in combating insects and acarids, and synergistic pesticidal compositions containing

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s and phosphates. He obtained a doctorate (''

Doktoringenieur The Doktoringenieur (acronym Dr.-Ing., also ''Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften'') is the Germany, German engineering doctorate degree, comparable to the Doctor of Engineering, Engineering Doctorate, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Science (Engineer ...

'') at the

Technical University of Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

in 1957, with the dissertation ''Darstellung und Reaktionen N-substituierter Aminosäuren''.Darstellung und Reaktionen N-substituierter Aminosäuren
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