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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim SauerHumboldt-Universität, Institut für Chemie |
January 2019
Curriculum Vitae for Joachim Sauer
| Nationality German | Date of birth 19/04/1949 |
| Education and Academic degrees | |
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1967 - 1972 |
Chemistry Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin |
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1972 |
Diploma in Chemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin |
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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 |
| Post-doctoral experience | |
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1978 – 1985 |
R. Zahradnik, Heyrovsky Institute, Prague (12 month) |
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1988 – 1989 |
R. Ahlrichs, University of Karlsruhe (6 month) |
| Professional chronology | |
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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 |
| Honors and Awards | |
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1972 |
“Johann-Gottlieb-Fichte-Preis", Humboldt University, Berlin |
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1982 |
"Friedrich-Wöhler-Preis", Chemical Society of the GDR |
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1991 |
"Dozentenstipendium", Funds of the Chemical Industry |
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1991 |
Chemistry Award, Academy of Sciences of Göttingen |
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1995 |
Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (formerly Prussian Academy of Sciences) |
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2005 |
External Scientific Member, Fritz-Haber-Institut, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft |
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2007 |
Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
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2009 |
Member, Academia Europaea |
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2009 |
Honorary membership, Israel Chemical Society |
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2009 |
Kolos Medal and Lecture Award, Warsaw University and Polish Chemical Society |
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2010 |
Liebig-Denkmünze, German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
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2013 |
Honorary Doctorate (DSc), University College London |
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2015 |
Francis Gault Lectureship Award, Europ. Fed. Catalysis Societies |
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2016 |
Member, European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) |
| 2018 | Dr. h.c., Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg |
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2018 |
Foreign Member, Royal Society, London/UK |
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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 | |
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1998 |
Alexander von Humboldt-Award, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research |
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2009 |
Professor invité, University Piere et Marie Curie, Paris |
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2010 |
Lawrence J. Schaad Lectureship, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, USA |
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2012 |
Paul Ratnasamy Lectureship, National Chem. Lab., Pune, India |
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2012 |
GdCH-SCG Heilbronner-Hückel-Lecture Series, Switzerland |
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2013 |
Charles A. Coulson Lecture, University of Athens, Georgia |
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2013 |
Miller-Visiting Professorship, UC Berkeley, California |
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2015 |
V.N. Ipatieff Lectureship, Northwestern University, Evanston/IL |
| 2019 | Hershel and Hilda Rich Visiting Professor, Technion, Haifa |
| Review Committees and Boards | |
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1998 – 2003 |
Minerva-Foundation, Centre Committee |
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2012 – 2019 |
Minerva-Foundation, Centre Committee |
| 2002 – 2008 | North German Supercomputing Alliance (HLRN), Scientific Committee |
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2002 – 2010 |
German Research Foundation, Committee on Computer Systems |
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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 |
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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 |
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2015 – 2019 |
"Erich-Hückel-Preis", Selection Committee, Society of German Chemists (GDCh) |
| 1997 – | Funds of the Chemical Industry, Research Committee |
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2017 – |
Chair, Scientific Committee, Dioscuri Centers of Excellence, Max Planck Society, Scientific Committee, Chair |
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2018 – |
"Otto-Hahn-Preis", Selection Committee, Society of German Chemists (GDCh) |
| Board of Trustees | |
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2000 – 2004 |
Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 2007 – 2017 | Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany |
| 2010 – | Friede-Springer-Stiftung, Berlin |
| Scientific advisory boards | |
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1999 – 2003 |
Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Research Centre |
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1999 – 2012 |
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim/Ruhr |
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2004 – 2016 |
Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg, Greifswald |
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2010 – 2013 |
Thomas Young Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials, London |
| 2014 – 2018 | EFRC, Center for Gas Separation, UC Berkeley |
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2012 – |
Nanoporous Materials Genome Center, University of Minnesota |
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2013 – |
Chair, UK Catalysis Hub (EPSRC) |
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2014 – |
EFRC, Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center, University of Minnesota |
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2016 – |
Charles University Center of Advanced Materials - CUCAM, Prague |
| Journals | |
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1999 – 2015 |
Advisory Board "Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics" |
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2000 – 2005 |
Advisory Board "Chemistry of Materials" |
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2009 – 2016 |
Advisory Board “ChemCatChem” |
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2013 |
Advisory Board “Catalysis Letters”, “Topics in Catalysis” |
| 2015 – | Ownership Board "Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics" |
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2015 – |
Editor “Journal of Catalysis” |
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2016 – |
Advisory Board “Journal of the American Chemical Society” |
| Scientific Autobiography | |
| Publications | >390 (Google Scholar) |
| Invited Lectures | >498 |
| Doctoral students | 24 |
Teaching, selection, not up-to-date
Lectures within the chemistry curriculum
- Informatik in der Chemie mit Rechnerpraktikum (WS 97/98)
- Mathematik III (2): Gruppentheorie (SS 00)
- PC II: Quantenmechanik (SS 00)
- PC III: Chemische Bindung (WS 99/00)
- PC-Vertiefung: Physikalische Chemie der Festkörperoberfläachen/Katalyse (SS 01)
- WP-TC: Computerunterstützte Theoretische Chemie (WS 99/00)
Lectures within other curricula
- Theoretische Chemie und Computerchemie (Lehramt) (SS 99)
Special lectures
- Quantenmechanische Rechenverfahren für Festkörper und Oberflächen (WS 96/07)
- Quantenchemische Rechenverfahren (SS 01)
in parentheses: last term during which this course was given
