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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 | |
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1972 |
Diploma in Chemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin |
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1974 |
Dr. rer. nat., Humboldt University, Berlin |
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1985 |
Dr. sc. nat., Academy of Sciences, Berlin |
| Professional Experience | |
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1973 – 1976 |
Teaching Staff, Humboldt University, Berlin |
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1977 – 1991 |
Research Staff, Central Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, Berlin |
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1990 – 1991 |
BIOSYM Technologies, San Diego/USA |
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1992 – 1996 |
Max Planck Society; Head of the Quantum Chemistry Group at Humboldt University |
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1993 – 2017 |
Full Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at Humboldt University |
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2017 – |
Senior Researcher, Humboldt University |
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1999 – 2011 |
Chairman, Center of Collaborative Research 546 "Aggregates of Transition Metal Oxides" |
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2009 - 2017 |
Research area coordinator, executive board member, Cluster of Excellence “Unifying Concepts in Catalysis” |
| Academic Service | |
| Humboldt University | |
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1998 – 2000 |
Managing director, Institute of Chemistry |
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2000 – 2004 |
Board of Trustees |
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2008 – 2010 |
Academic Senat |
| BBAW - Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (formerly Prussian Academy of Sciences) | |
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2002 – 2005 |
“Sekretar”, Mathematics and Natural Sciences |
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2011 – |
Member of the Council |
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2014 – |
Member of the Board |
| German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG) | |
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2015 – 2016 |
Elected Chairman (1. Vorsitzender) |
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2017 – 2018 |
Vice Chairman (2. Vorsitzender) |
| 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 East-Germany (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, 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, University of Warsaw and Polish Chemical Society |
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2010 |
Liebig-Denkmünze, Society of German Chemists (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) |
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2018 |
Medal, Class of Physical Sciences, Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna |
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2018 |
Honorary doctorate (Dr. h.c.) Brandenburg Technical University, 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 |
| Visiting Professorships and Lectureships | |
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1998 |
Alexander von Humboldt-Award, Belgian National Fonds 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 |
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2015 |
V.N. Ipatieff Lectureship, Northwestern University, Evanston/IL |
| Committees, Review Boards (Selection) | |
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1997 – |
Funds of the Chemical Industry, Research Committee |
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1998 – 2003 |
Minerva-Foundation, Centre Committee |
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2012 – |
Minerva-Foundation, Centre Committee |
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2004 – 2010 |
German Research Foundation, Committee on Computer Systems |
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2004 – 2012 |
German Research Foundation, Review Board "Chemical Solid State Research" |
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2008 – 2018 |
European Research Council, Advanced Grant, Panel member and chair |
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2015 – |
Hückel-Preis Committee, Society of German Chemists (GDCh) |
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2017 – |
Dioscuri Centers of Excellence, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Scientific Committee, Chair |
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2018 – |
Otto-Hahn-Preis Committee, Society of German Chemists (GDCh) |
| Scientific advisory boards | |
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1996 – 2004 |
Lise Meitner Minerva Centre for Computational Chemistry, Jerusalem-Haifa |
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1999 – 2003 |
Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Research Centre |
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1999 – 2012 |
Max Planck Institute of Coal Research, Mülheim/Ruhr |
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2004 – 2016 |
Alfried Krupp Kolleg, Greifswald University |
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2007 – 2017 |
Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Board of Trustees |
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2010 – |
Friede-Springer-Stiftung, Berlin |
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2010 – |
Thomas Young Center, London |
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2012 – |
Nanoporous Materials Genome Center, University of Minnesota |
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2013 – |
UK Catalysis Hub (EPSRC) |
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2014 – 2018 |
EFRC Center for Gas Separation, UC Berkeley |
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2014 – |
EFRC, Inorganometallic Catalyst Design, University of Minnesota |
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2016 – |
Charles University Center of Advanced Materials, Prague |
| Journals | |
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1999 – 2015 |
Advisory Board "Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics" |
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2015 – |
Ownership 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” |
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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 | >380 (Google Scholar) |
| Invited Lectures | >480 |
| Doctoral students | 24 |
Teaching
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
