Alec Wodtke

Alec Michael Wodtke (born July 10, 1959 in Salt Lake City ) is an American chemist .

After studying at the University of Utah ( Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude 1981), Wodtke conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley , where he received his PhD in 1985 .

From 1986 to 1988 Wodtke was a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen . He then went to the University of California, Santa Barbara as Assistant Professor , where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1993 and Full Professor in 1996 . In 2010 Wodtke accepted a call from the Max Planck Society as Scientific Member and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen . At the same time, in 2011, in cooperation with the University of Göttingen, he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which provides extensive research funding for five years.

With his wife Liesel, geb. Roeder, he has two sons.

Prizes and awards

Chemistry in a Computer: Advancing the in silico Dream, Alec M. Wodtke . In: Science 311, 64-65 . 2006.
Alec M. Wodtke, Daniel J. Auerbach, Huang Yuhui: Insensitivity of molecular trapping at surfaces to vibration . In: Chem. Phys. Lett. 413 326-330 . 2005.
Alec Wodtke: Chemistry with stretched molecules . In: Phys. Chem. Earth (C) 26 (7), 467-471 . 2001.

From California to Göttingen: Alec M. Wodtke , in: Annual Report of the Max Planck Society 2010, Munich 2011, page 12 (enclosure)

personal data
SURNAME	Wodtke, Alec
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wodtke, Alec Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 10, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salt Lake City