Horst Peissker or Horst Peißker (born 18 October 1927) was a German biochemist, inventor and business executive in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. He was a researcher at Schering AG, and was a member of the company's senior management as head of its research and production facility in Wolfenbüttel (now Bayer CropScience).International Corporate 1000 Yellow Book: 1990, p. 276
He was a co-inventor of several patents in crop protection, notably on the use of phosphoric acid esters as a pest control agent,Method of producing a product having a base of phosphoric acid esters suitable for use as a pest control agent, US 3069453 A miticides,Miticides, US 3502778 A use of phenyl-carbamate derivatives in combating insects and acarids,Method of combating insects and acarids with certain phenyl-carbamate derivatives, US 3336186 A and synergistic pesticidal compositions containing carbamates and phosphates.Synergistic pesticidal compositions containing carbamates and phosphates, US 3193452 A
He obtained a doctorate (Doktoringenieur) at Technische Universität Berlin in 1957, with the dissertation Darstellung und Reaktionen N-substituierter Aminosäuren.Darstellung und Reaktionen N-substituierter Aminosäuren, Katalog der deutschen Nationalbibliothek
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