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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim SauerHumboldt-Universität, Institut für Chemie |
January 2020
Curriculum Vitae for Joachim Sauer
| Scientific Autobiography | |||
| Publications | >390 (Google Scholar) | Doctoral students | 24 |
| Invited Lectures | >498 | ||
| Education and Academic degrees | |
| 1967 - 1972 | Chemistry Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1972 | Diploma in Chemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1974 | Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude), Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1985 |
Dr. sc. nat. Academy of Sciences, Berlin |
| Post-doctoral experience | |
| 1978 – 1985 | R. Zahradnik, Heyrovsky Institute, Prague (12 month) |
| 1988 – 1989 | R. Ahlrichs, University of Karlsruhe (6 month) |
| Professional chronology | |
| 1973 – 1976 | Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1977 – 1991 | Academy of Sciences, Central Institute of Physical Chemistry, Berlin |
| 1990 – 1991 | BIOSYM Technologies, San Diego/USA, Deputy Technical Director, Catalysis and Sorption |
| 1992 – 1996 | Max Planck Society; Head of the Quantum Chemistry Group at Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1993 – 2017 | Professor (C4) of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 2017 – | Senior Researcher, Humboldt University |
| Academic Service | |
1998 – 2000 |
Humboldt University Berlin Managing director, Institute of Chemistry |
| 2008 – 2010 | Academic Senat |
1999 – 2011 |
German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2007 – 2017 | Executive board member, Cluster of Excellence UNICAT |
| 2014 – 2017 | Vice-chair, Centre of Collaborative Research 1109 "Metal-oxide/Water Systems at the Molecular Scale" |
2002 – 2005 |
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) "Sekretar" Class of Mathematics and Natural Sciences |
| 2001 – 2007 | Member of the Council |
| 2011 – 2020 | Member of the Council |
| 2014 – 2020 | Member of the Board |
| 2014 – | Chair, Medal committee |
2014 – 2015 |
German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG) Vice chair of Board |
| 2015 – 2016 | Elected Chair of Board (1. Vorsitzender) |
2013 – |
Academia Europaea, Section Committee Chemistry |
| 2015 – | German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Deputy Senator and Representative of Chemistry Section |
| 2018 – | Royal Society, Sectional Committee Chemistry |
| Academies, Awards and Honors | |
| 1972 | “Johann-Gottlieb-Fichte-Preis", Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1982 | "Friedrich-Wöhler-Preis", Chemical Society of the GDR |
| 1991 | "Dozentenstipendium", Funds of the Chemical Industry |
| 1991 | Chemistry Award, Academy of Sciences of Göttingen |
| 1995 | Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (formerly Prussian Academy of Sciences) |
| 2005 | External Scientific Member, Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max-Planck-Society |
| 2007 | Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| 2009 | Member, Academia Europaea |
| 2009 | Kolos Medal and Lecture Award, Warsaw University and Polish Chemical Society |
| 2010 | Liebig-Denkmünze, German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
| 2013 | Honorary Doctorate (DSc), University College London |
| 2015 | Francis Gault Lectureship Award, Europ. Fed. Catalysis Societies |
| 2016 | Member, European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) |
| 2018 | Dr. h.c., Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg |
| 2018 | Foreign Member, Royal Society, London/UK |
| 2019 | Schrödinger medal 2019, World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists |
| 2020 | Bunsen Medal (German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry - DBG) |
| Visiting Professorships and Lectureships | |
| 1998 | Alexander von Humboldt-Award, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research |
| 2009 | Professor invité, University Piere et Marie Curie, Paris |
| 2010 | Lawrence J. Schaad Lectureship, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, USA |
| 2012 | Paul Ratnasamy Lectureship, National Chem. Lab., Pune, India |
| 2012 | GDCh-SCG Heilbronner-Hückel-Lecture Series, Switzerland |
| 2013 | Charles A. Coulson Lecture, University of Athens, Georgia |
| 2013 | Miller-Visiting Professorship, UC Berkeley, California |
| 2015 | V.N. Ipatieff Lectureship, Northwestern University, Evanston/IL |
| 2019 | Hershel and Hilda Rich Visiting Professor, Technion, Haifa |
| Review Committees and Boards | |
| 1997 - | Funds of the Chemical Industry, Research Committee |
| 1998 – 2003 | Minerva-Foundation, Centre Committee |
| 2012 – 2019 | Minerva-Foundation, Centre Committee |
| 2002 – 2008 | North German Supercomputing Alliance (HLRN), Scientific Committee |
| 2002 – 2010 | German Research Foundation, Committee on Computer Systems |
| 2004 – 2012 | German Research Foundation, Review Board "Chemical Solid State Research" |
| 2006 – 2013 | "Wilhelmy-Klung-Weberbank-Preis", Selection Committee |
| 2007 | Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory Daresbury, UK |
| 2008 | Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, FIAS |
| 2008, 2016 | Chemistry Department, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2008 – 2018 | European Research Council, Advanced Grant, Panel member and chair |
| 2009 | University College London, Chemistry Department |
| 2010 – 2011 | ANR Labex Review Committee, France |
| 2015 | Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Research Eval., Chemistry Panel |
| 2015 – 2019 | "Erich-Hückel-Preis", Selection Committee, Society of German Chemists (GDCh) |
| 1997 – | Funds of the Chemical Industry, Research Committee |
| 2017 – | Chair, Scientific Committee, Dioscuri Centers of Excellence, Max Planck Society |
| 2018 – | "Otto-Hahn-Preis" Selection Committee, Society of German Chemists (GDCh) |
| Board of Trustees | |
| 2000 – 2004 | Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 2007 – 2017 | Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany |
| 2010 – | Friede-Springer-Stiftung, Berlin |
| Scientific advisory boards | |
| 1999 – 2003 | Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Research Centre |
| 1999 – 2012 | Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim/Ruhr |
| 2004 – 2016 | Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg, Greifswald |
| 2010 – 2013 | Thomas Young Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials, London |
| 2014 – 2018 | EFRC, Center for Gas Separation, UC Berkeley |
| 2012 – | Nanoporous Materials Genome Center, University of Minnesota |
| 2013 – | Chair, UK Catalysis Hub (EPSRC) |
| 2014 – | EFRC, Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center, University of Minnesota |
| 2016 – |
Charles University Center of Advanced Materials - CUCAM, Prague |
| Journals | |
| 1999 – 2015 | Advisory Board "Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics" |
| 2000 – 2005 | Advisory Board "Chemistry of Materials" |
| 2009 – 2016 | Advisory Board “ChemCatChem” |
| 2013 | Advisory Board “Catalysis Letters”, “Topics in Catalysis” |
| 2015 – | Ownership Board "Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics" |
| 2015 – | Editor “Journal of Catalysis” |
| 2016 – |
Advisory Board “Journal of the American Chemical Society” |
Teaching (selection, not up-to-date)
Lectures within the chemistry curriculum
- Informatik in der Chemie mit Rechnerpraktikum
- Mathematik III (2): Gruppentheorie
- PC II: Quantenmechanik
- PC III: Chemische Bindung
- PC-Vertiefung: Physikalische Chemie der Festkörperoberfläachen/Katalyse
- WP-TC: Computerunterstützte Theoretische Chemie
Lectures within other curricula
- Theoretische Chemie und Computerchemie (Lehramt)
Special lectures
- Quantenmechanische Rechenverfahren für Festkörper und Oberflächen
- Quantenchemische Rechenverfahren
