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Curriculum Vitae of Gerhard Ertl Born 10 October 1936 Education 1955-57 and 1959-61 1957-58 1958-59 1961 1962-65 1965 Employment 1965-68 1968-73 1973-86 1976/77 1979 1981/82 since 1986
Stuttgart, Germany Technical University of Stuttgart University of Paris, France University of Munich Dipl. Physiker, Technical University of Stuttgart Dissertation work with H. Gerischer, Technical University of Munich Dr. rer. nat., Technical University of Munich Assistant and lecturer, Technical University of Munich (1967, Habilitation, Technical University of Munich) Professor and Director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry, Technical University of Hannover Professor and Director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Munich Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA Director at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Co-editor of: Surface Science (1977-86), Surface Science Reports (1980-2000), Z. Phys. Chem. (1984-2004), Springer Series in Surface Science (since 1985), The Chemical Record. Editorial Boards: AdVances in Catalysis, Chemical Physics Letters, Angewandte Chemie, Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemistry, Molecular Physics, Science, ChemPhysChem, Springer Series in Synergetics. Main current research interests: Structure and reactivity of solid surfaces, including oscillating reactions and spatio-temporal pattern formation (nonlinear dynamics), dynamics of surface processes, heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry. Awards Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1976 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, American Catalysis Society, 1979 E. W. Mu¨ller Award, University of WisconsinsMilwaukee, 1979 C. F. Gauss Medal, Scientific Society of Braunschweig, 1985 Honorary Professor, Free University of Berlin, 1986 Honorary Professor, Technical University of Berlin, 1986 Liebig Medal, German Chemical Society, 1987 Alwin Mittasch Medal, German Federation of Chemical Engineers (DECHEMA), 1990 Leibniz Prize, German Science Foundation, 1991 Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize, European Physical Society, 1992 Japan Prize, Science and Technology Foundation of Japan, 1992 Bunsen Medal, German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry, 1992 Dr. honoris causa, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 1992 Grosses Bundesverdienstkreuz, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1992 Medard W. Welch Award, American Vacuum Society, 1995 Honorary Professor, Humboldt University of Berlin, 1996 Carl Engler Medal, German Scientific Society for Coal and Petroleum Research (DGMK), 1996 Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Foundation Israel, 1998 Karl Ziegler Prize, German Chemical Society, 1998 Dr. honoris causa, University of Muenster, 2000 Dr. honoris causa, University of Leuven, Belgium, 2003 Dr. honoris causa, Chalmers University of Technology, Goeteborg, Sweden, 2003 Dr. honoris causa, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 2003 Memberships Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1985 Corresponding Member, Scientific Society of Braunschweig, 1986 Member, German Academy of Sciences “Leopoldina”, 1986 Member, Academia Europaea, 1992 Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, 1993 Corresponding Member, Nordrhein.-Westfa¨l. Academy of Sciences, 1993 Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993 10.1021/jp040407g © 2004 Gerhard Ertl Published on Web 09/16/2004
14196 J. Phys. Chem. B, Vol. 108, No. 38, 2004 Corresponding Member, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 1998 Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2001 Honorary Member, World Innovation Foundation, 2002 Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, 2002 Lectureships Frank Ciapetta National Lectureship, American Catalysis Society, 1977 FECS Lecture, Federation of European Chemical Societies, 1984 Industry Lecture, Norwegian Chemical Society, 1984 Centenary Medal and Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1985 C. G. A. Schuit Lecture, University of Delaware, 1985 Langmuir Lecture, American Chemical Society, 1986 William Draper Harkins Lecture, University of Chicago, 1988 Barre´ Lecture, University of Montreal, 1988 Frontiers in Chemical Research Lectureship, Texas A & M University, 1989 Dow Lectureship, University of Western Ontario, 1990 Coover Lecture, Iowa State University, 1990 Bourke Medal and Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1991 Kolthoff Lectureship, University of Minnesota, 1992 Kaufman Memorial Lecture, University of Pittsburgh, 1992 Rolf Sammet Visiting Professor, University of Frankfurt/Main, 1994 Stauffer Lecture, University of Southern California, 1995 Merck Lecture, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1996 Brdicka Lecture, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1996 Laird Lecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1997 A. D. Little Lectureship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997 Franc¸ ois Gault Lectureship, European Catalysis Society, 1998 M. Curie Lectureship, Polish Chemical Society, 1998 Le Bel Lecture, Universite´ de Strasbourg, 1999 Roessler Lectureship, Cornell University, 1999 Debye Lecture, Universiteit Utrecht, 1999 Kelly Lecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 2001 Schuit Lecture, Technical University of Eindhoven, 2001 Pitzer Lecture, University of California, Berkeley, 2001 G. F. Smith Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana, 2001 Spiers Memorial Medal and Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2002 Karl Ziegler Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute Mu¨lheim, 2002 FMC Lectureship, Princeton University, 2002
