Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim Sauer
Humboldt-Universität, Institut für Chemie
Unter den Linden 6. 10117 Berlin
Email: js@chemie.hu-berlin.de, tel. +493020937135, FAX +49-30-20937136
September 2017
Curriculum Vitae
| Nationality | German | |
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Date of birth |
19/04/1949 | |
| Education | 1967 - 1972 | Chemistry Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin |
| Academic degrees | 1972 | Diploma in Chemistry |
| 1974 | Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude), Humboldt University, Berlin | |
| 1985 | Dr. sc. nat., Academy of Sciences, Berlin | |
| Post-doctoral experience | 1978 - 1985 | R. Zahradník, Heyrovský Institute, Prague (12 month) |
| 1988 - 1989 | R. Ahlrichs, University of Karlsruhe (six months) | |
| Professional chronology | 1973 - 1976 | Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1977 - 1991 | Academy of Sciences, Central Institute of Physical Chemistry, Berlin | |
| 1990 - 1991 | BIOSYM Technologgies, San Diego/USA, Deputy Technical Director, Catalysis and Sorption | |
| 1992 - 1996 | Max Planck Society, Head of the Quantum Chemistry Group at Humboldt-Universtity, Berlin | |
| 1993 - | Professor (C4) of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at Humboldt University, Berlin | |
| Academic service | 1998 - 2000 | Managing director, Institute of Chemistry, Humboldt-University, Berlin |
| 2000 - 2004 | Board of Trustees, Humboldt University | |
| 2008 - 2010 | Academic Senat, Humboldt University | |
| 1999 - 2011 | Chairman, Center of Collaborative Research 546 "Aggregates of Transition Metal Oxides" German Research Foundation |
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| 2002 - 2005 | Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW, formerly Prussian Academy of Sciences) “Sekretar” Class of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. |
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| 2011 - | Member of the Council of the BBAW | |
| 2014 - | Member of the Board of the BBAW | |
| 2007 - | Cluster of Excellence UNICAT, principal investigator and area coordinator, executive board member | |
| Awards and Honors | 1972 | "Johann-Gottlieb-Fichte-Preis", Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1982 | "Friedrich-Wöhler-Preis" of the Chemical Society of the GDR | |
| 1991 | "Dozentenstipendium" of the "Fonds der Chemischen Industrie" | |
| 1991 | Chemistry Award of the Academy of Sciences of Göttingen | |
| 1995 | Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (formerly Prussian Academy of Sciences) | |
| 1998 | Alexander von Humboldt-Award, Belgian National Fonds for Scientific Research | |
| 2006 | External scientific member, Fritz-Haber-Institut, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | |
| 2007 | Member German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina | |
| 2009 | Member of Academia Europea | |
| 2009 | Honorary membership, Israel Chemical Society | |
| 2009 | Kolos Medal and Lecture Award, University of Warsaw and Polish Chemical Society | |
| 2010 | Liebig-Denkmünze of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) | |
| 2013 | Miller-Visiting Professorship, UC Berkeley | |
| 2013 | Honorary Doctorate (DSc), University College London | |
| 2015 | Francis Gault Lectureship Award, Europ. Fed. Catalysis Societies | |
| 2016 | Member of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) | |
| Lectureships | 2010 | Lawrence J. Schaad Lectureship, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, USA |
| 2012 | Paul Ratnasamy Lectureship, National Chem. Lab., Pune, India | |
| 2012 | GDCh-SCG Heilbroner-Hückel-Lecture Series, Switzerland | |
| 2013 | Charles A. Coulson Lecture, Unversity of Athens, Georgia, USA | |
| 2015 | V.N. Ipatieff Lectrueship, Northwestern University, Evanston/IL, USA | |
| Committees | 1993 - 2005 | Dechema, Working Committee "Zeolites" |
| 1997 - | Funds of the Chemical Industry, Research Committee | |
| 1998 - 2003 | Minerva-Foundation, Centre Committee | |
| 2002 - 2008 | High Performance Computer Centre North (HLRN), Scientific Committee | |
| 2004 - 2012 | German Research Foundation, Review Board "Chemical Solid State Research" | |
| 2006 - 2013 | Wilhelmy-Klung-Weberbank-Prize, Chemistry committee | |
| 2009 - 2013 | German Catalysis Society, Scientific Commission | |
| 2012 - | Minerva-Foundation, Centre Committee | |
| German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry | ||
| 2008 - | van't Hoff Prize Committee | |
| 2014 | Vice Chairman (2. Vorsitzender) | |
| 2015 - 2016 | elected Chairman (1. Vorsitzender) | |
| 2017 - | Appointed chair, Dioscuri committee, Max-Planck-Society | |
| Review committees | 2007 | Science and Techn. Facilities Council in House Audit Review of Comp. Science and Engin. Lab. (Daresbury, UK) |
| 2008, 2016 | Chemistry Department, University of Innsbruck | |
| 2008 | Frankfurt Institute for Advances Studies, FIAS | |
| 2009 | University College London, Chemistry Department | |
| 2008 - | European Research Council, Panel member (PE4) | |
| 2010 - 2011 | ANR, France, Labex Committee | |
| 2015 - | European Research Council, Panel chair (PE4) | |
| 2015 | Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Research Evaluation, Chemistry Panel | |
| Scientific advisory boards | 1996 - 2004 | Lise Meitner Center for Computational Chemistry, Jerusalem/Haifa |
| 1999 - 2012 | Max Planck Institute of Coal Research, Mülheim/Ruhr | |
| 1999 - 2003 | Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Research Centre | |
| 2004 - 2016 | Alfried Krupp Kolleg, Greifswald University | |
| 2007 - | Federal Inst. of Mater. Res. and Testing, Board of Trustees | |
| 2007 - | Federal Inst. of Mater. Res. and Testing, Board of Trustees | |
| 2008 - 2012 | James Franck-Program of the Minerva Foundation, Israel | |
| 2010 - | Friede-Springer-Stiftung, Berlin | |
| 2010 - | Thomas Young Center, London | |
| 2012 - | Nanoporous Materials Genome Center, Univ. Minnesota, USA | |
| 2013 - | UK Catalysis Hub (EPSRC) | |
| 2014 - | EFRC, Inorganometallic Catalyst Design, Univ. Minnesota, USA | |
| Journals | 1999 - 2015 | Advisory Board "Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics" |
| 2015 - | Ownership Board "Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics" | |
| 2000 - 2005 | Advisory Board "Chemistry of Materials" | |
| 2009 - | Advisory Board "ChemCatChem" | |
| 2013 - | Advisory Board "Catalysis Letters, "Topics in Catalysis" | |
| 2015 - | Editor "Journal of Catalysis" | |
| 2016 - | Advisory Board "J. Am. Chem. Soc." | |
| Reviewer | European Research Council, German ResearchFoundation, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Funds of the Chemical Industry, National Science Foundation (USA), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Austria Science Fund (FWF), Belgium Science Fund (FWO), etc. | |
| Publications | >365 (ResearcherID B-7020-2016) | |
| Invited Lectures | >450 | |
| Doctoral students | 16 | |
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