Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim Sauer

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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
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April 2024

Prof. Dr. rer.-nat. Dr. h.c. Joachim Sauer - Curriculum Vitae

Nationality German	Date of birth 19/04/1949	ORCID 0000-0001-6798-6212
*Scientific Autobiography J. Phys. Chem. C* 2019, 123 (13), 7521-7526.**
Google Scholar	Publications 410	Invited Lectures 525

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
2021 – 2022	Key Foreign Researcher, Charles University Center of Advanced Materials, Prague
Academic Service (selection, complete list here)
1998 – 2000	Humboldt University Berlin Managing director, Institute of Chemistry
2000 – 2004	Board of Trustees
2008 – 2010	Academic Senat
1999 – 2011	German Research Foundation (DFG) Chair, Centre of Collaborative Research 546 "Aggregates of Transition Metal Oxides"
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 – 2022	Academia Europaea, Section Committee Chemistry
2015 –	German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Deputy Senator and Representative of Chemistry Section
2018 – 2021	Royal Society, Sectional Committee Chemistry
2023 –	Vice President, International Acadamy of Quantum Molecular Science
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)
2021	Foreign Member, Accademia delle Scienze di Torino
2021	Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
2023	ACS Award in Surface Chemistry
2023	International Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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
2022	Kavli ENSI Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience, UC Berkeley
2023	Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley
Review Committees (selection, complete list here)
1997 -	Funds of the Chemical Industry, Research Committee
2012 – 2019	Minerva-Foundation, Centre Committee
2002 – 2010	German Research Foundation, Committee on Computer Systems
2004 – 2012	German Research Foundation, Review Board "Chemical Solid State Research"
2008 – 2018	European Research Council, Advanced Grant, Panel member and chair
2017 –	Chair, Scientific Committee, Dioscuri Centers of Excellence, Max Planck Society
2018 –	"Otto-Hahn-Preis" Selection Committee, Society of German Chemists (GDCh)
2021	Perspectives Commission, Saxonia: "Science Creating Prospects for the Region"
Board of Trustees
2007 – 2017	Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany
2010 –	Friede-Springer-Stiftung, Berlin
Scientific advisory boards (selection, complete list see here)
1999 – 2012	Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim/Ruhr
2012 – 2020	Nanoporous Materials Genome Center, University of Minnesota
2014 – 2018	EFRC, Center for Gas Separation, UC Berkley
2014 – 2021	EFRC, Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center, University of Minnesota
2017 – 2020	Charles University Center of Advanced Materials - CUCAM, Prague
2013	Chair, UK Catalysis Hub (EPSRC)
2022	EFRC, Catalyst Design for Decarbonization (CD4DC), University of Chicago
Journals (selection, complete list see here)
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”