Otto Schnepp

Otto Schnepp, an Austrian-American scientist.

Born in Vienna into a Jewish family, he lived in Shanghai from 1939 to 1948, where bounced between the Shanghai International Settlement and the French Concession as his father continued to practice medicine.^[1] He earned his B.S. in Chemistry at St. John's University in Shanghai (1947), A.B. (1948) and Ph.D. (1951) at University of California, Berkeley. He speaks German, Hebrew^{[says who?][citation needed]}, French, Chinese^{[says who?][citation needed]}, and English.

Professor Schnepp researches the area of optical molecular spectroscopy. He also studies science and technology of modern China, U.S.-China technology transfer and physical chemistry. He is currently active in the field of Science Policy, especially as it concerns China.^[2] He was a counselor for science and technology at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing from 1980 to 1982, and a former director of the USC East Asian Studies Center, 1994-2000.^[3]

He received many honors, including the Superior Honor Award of the U.S. Department of State, USC Associates’ Award for Creative Scholarship and Research, and the USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award.^[4]

References

1. ^ Shanghai's Jews Live to Tell Story at Last
2. ^ Otto Schnepp, University of Southern California
3. ^ China and the Jews
4. ^ University of Southern California

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