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Date
of birth: July 10, 1935
Place of birth: Weilheim/Obb., Germany
Nationality: German
Marital status: Married, 2 Children
Education:
Study of Physics, University of
Munich, 1953-1957
Doctor’s degree, University of Munich,
1961
Habilitation, Physical Chemistry, University of Munich,
1967
Professional
career:
Institute for Physical
Chemistry, Universtity of Munich
Assistent, 1962 - 1967
Privatdozent, 1967-1971
Universitätsdozent, 1971
apl. Professor, 1973
University Professor, since 1980
Research
Interests:
Surface Spectroscopy;
Surface Chemistry; Heterogeneous Catalysis, with special emphasis
of structural characterization of supported oxide-, sulfide- and
metal catalysts; Carbon monoxide hydrogenation; Hydrotreating;
DeNOx; Solid ‘superacids’; Selective oxidation; Basic
zeolites; Catalytic sensors.
Honours:
1. Richard Zsigmondy-Stipendium,
1975, German Colloid Society
2. Ciapetta Lectureship, 1980,
North American Catalysis Society
3. Ipatieff Lectureship,
1988, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
4. Honorary
Member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1995
5.
Max-Planck-Award for International Cooperation, 1995
6. Gay
Lussac / A. v. Humboldt-Award, 1997
7. Alwin-Mittasch-Medal,
1998
8. Member of Academia Europaea, 2000
9. Guestprofessor, Nankai University, Tianjin,
China, 2004
Visiting Professorships:
1.
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas 1968/69
2. Xiamen
Universität, Xiamen, VR China, 1985
3. Northwestern
University, Evanston, USA, 1988
4. Universiteit van Amsterdam,
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1989
5. Université M. et P.
Curie, Paris, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003
Editorship:
1. Impact of Surface Science on Catalysis Academic
Press, 2000, Coeditor with B. C. Gates
2. „Metal Clusters in Catalysis",
Elsevier, 1986, Coeditor with B. C. Gates and L. Guczi
3.
„Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis", Vol. 1-5,
Wiley-VCH, 1997, Coeditor with G. Ertl and J. Weitkamp
4.
„Preparation of Solid Catalysts", Wiley-VCH, 1999,
Coeditor with G. Ertl and J. Weitkamp
5. „Environmental
Catalysis", Wiley-VCH, 1999, Coeditor with G. Ertl and J.
Weitkamp
6. Advances in Catalysis, Academic Press, since 1996,
Coeditor with B. C. Gates
Editorial
Boards:
1. Journal of Catalysis,
1980 - 1999
2. Catalysis Reviews, 1984-1996
3. Catalysis
Today, since 1986
4. Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters,
since 1989
5. Catalysis Letters, since 1990
6. CRC
Critical Reviews in Surface Chemistry, since 1990
7. Topics in
Catalysis, since 1994
8. Current Science - Solid State and
Materials Science, since 1994
9. Appl. Catal. B -
Environmental, since 1996
Other
Activities:
1. Member of
Scientific Advisory Board of CNR Research Group at University of
Rome, 1978 - 2002
2. Member of European Association of
Catalysis, EUROCAT, since 1979, Vice-Chairman, 1985-1988;
Chairman, 1988-1991
3. Member of Working Party „Heterogeneous
Catalysis", DECHEMA, 1983 - 2000
4. National
Representative of Council of International Catalysis Congress,
1984 - 1996
5. Member of International Committee „International
Symposium Relationships between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous
Catalysis", since 1982
6. Scientific Secretary of 8.
International Congress on Catalysis, 1984, Berlin
7. Member of
Scientific Advisory Board of CNRS Research Group, University of
Lille, 1985-1988
8. Member of Organizing Committee of 1.
European Symposium on Catalysis „G. M. Schwab", Berlin,
1989
9. Member of Organizing Committee of NATO-Advanced Study
Insitute „Fundamental Aspects of Heterogeneous Catalysis as
Studied by Particle Beams", Alicante, 1990
10. Member of
CEC Evaluation Committee for International Scientific Cooperation
with Third Countries, 1990-1994
11. Organization of
GDCh-Information Seminar „New Concepts for the Understanding
and Development of Heterogeneous Catalysts", Frankfurt, 1990
12. Organization of Bunsen-Discussion Meeting „In situ
Investigations of Physico-Chemical Processes at Interfaces",
Lahnstein, 1992
13. Member of Organizing Committee of 3.
European Symposium on Catalysis „G. M. Schwab", Berlin,
1993
14. German Representative to Council of European Federation
of Catalysis Societies EFCATS, since 1993
15. Board Member of
Sektion Katalyse of DECHEMA, since1993; Vice Chairman, 1993-1996;
Chairman, 1996-1999
16. Vice Chairman of Munich Chemical
Society, 1993-1996
17. Scientific Organization of Annual
Meeting of Bunsengesellschaft, Bremen 1995 (together with G.
Wedler and W. Göpel)
18. Member of the Scientific Board
of Bayerischer Forschungsverbund Katalyse FORKAT, 1994 - 2000
19.
Chairman of Sonderforschungsbereich 338 „Adsorption on Solid
Surfaces", 1995-1997
20. Vice-President of Council of
International Congress on Catalysis, 1995-1996
21. President
of International Association of Catalysis Societies, 1996-2000
22. Scientific Organization of 3rd Intern. Symposium on
Acid-Base Catalysis, Rolduc, Netherlands, 1997
23.
Organization of a „Katalysetag", München, 1999
24. Member of the International Advisory Board of the State Key
Laboratory of Catalysis, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian
Insitute of Chemical Physics, 1999 - 2003
Publications:
1. Ca. 410 Articles in International
Journals
2. 10 Review Articles/Contributions to Books
3. 3
Patents (Offenlegungsschriften)
Courses:
1. Lectures at Summer School,
Universidad Menendez Pelayo, San-tander, Spain, 1975
2. Summer
Course, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, IVIC,
Caracas, 1977
3. Short Course on Catalysis, Indian Institute
of Technology, Madras, 1986
4. Lecture Course, International
Graduate School of Chemical Sciences, Universiteit van Amsterdam,
1989
5. Lectures at NATO-Advanced Study Institute, Alicante, 1990
6. GDCh-Informationstag, Neue Chemische Konzepte zum
Verständnis und zur Entwicklung heterogener Katalysatoren,
Frankfurt 1990
Memberships:
1. Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft
für Physikalische Chemie
2. Gesellschaft Deutscher
Chemiker
3. Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Mineralölwissenschaft und Kohlefor-schung, DGMK
4. Royal
Society of Chemistry
5. DECHEMA
6. Deutsche
Kolloid-Gesellschaft 7. North American Catalysis Society
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