Klaus Clusius

Klaus Clusius
Born(1903-03-19)19 March 1903
Breslau (Wroclaw), Germany
Died28 May 1963(1963-05-28) (aged 60)
Zürich, Switzerland
NationalityGerman
Alma materTechnische Hochschule Breslau, today Wroclaw University of Technology (BSc),
(Ph.D.)
Known forResearch in Chemical Physics
AwardsMarcel-Benoist-Preis (1958)
Scientific career
FieldsChemical Physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Zürich
Doctoral advisorArnold Eucken (Technische Hochschule Breslau)

Klaus Paul Alfred Clusius (19 March 1903 – 28 May 1963) was a German physical chemist from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia. During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club; he worked on isotope separation techniques and heavy water production. After the war, he was a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Zurich. He died in Zurich.