| Year of Birth: | 1949
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| Education: | 1967 – 1972 | Humboldt University, Berlin
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| Academic degrees:
| 1972 | Diploma in Chemistry
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| 1974 | Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude), Humboldt University, Berlin
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| 1985 | Dr. sc. nat., Academy of Sciences, Berlin
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| Professional chronology: | 1973 – 1976 | Humboldt University, Berlin
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| 1977 – 1991 | Academy of Sciences, Central Institute of Physical Chemistry, Berlin
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| 1990 – 1991 | BIOSYM Technlogies, San Diego/USA, Deputy Technical Director, Catalysis and Sorption
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| 1992 – 1996 | Max Planck Society; Head of the Quantum Chemistry Group at Humboldt University, Berlin
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| 1993 – | Professor (C4) of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at Humboldt University, Berlin
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| Post-doctoral experience: | 1978 – 1985 | R. Zahradník, Heyrovský Institute, Prague (a total of one year)
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| 1988 – 1989 | R. Ahlrichs, University of Karsruhe (six months)
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| Honors: | 1972 | Johann-Gottlieb-Fichte-Preis , Humboldt University, Berlin
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| 1982 | Friedrich-Wöhler-Preis of the Chemical Society of the GDR
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| 1991 | Dozentenstipendium of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
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| 1991 | Chemistry Award of the Academy of Sciences of Göttingen
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| 1995 | Member of the Academy of Sciences of Berlin-Brandenburg
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| 1998 | Alexander-von-Humboldt-Award, Belgian National Fond for Scientific Research
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| 2006 | External scientific member Fritz-Haber-Institut
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| 2007 | Member German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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| 2009 | Member of Academia Europaea
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| 2009 | Kolos Medal and Lecture Award, University of Warsaw and Polish Chemical Society
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| Committees:
| 1997 – | Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, Research Committee
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| 1993 – | Dechema, Working Committee Zeolites
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| 1996 – 2000 | German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry, Permanent Committee
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| 1998 – 2003 | Minerva-Foundation, Center Committee
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| 2004 – | Commission of Computer Systems of the German Science Foundation
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| 2004 – | Review Board Chemical Solid State Research of German Science Foundation
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| 2007 – | Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Board of Trustees
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| 2008 – | James Franck-Program of the Minerva Foundation, Israel
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| Scientific advisory boards:
| 1996 – 2004 | Lise Meitner Center for Computational Chemistry, Jerusalem/Haifa
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| 1999 – | Max Planck Institute of Coal Research, Mülheim/Ruhr
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| 2004 – | Alfried Krupp Kolleg Greifswald
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| 1999 – | Advisory Board Physical Chemistry — Chemical Physics
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| 2009 – | Advisory Board ChemCatChem
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| Publications: | 270
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| Invited lectures: | 290 |