Christoph Janiak
Christoph Janiak (born March 7, 1961 in Berlin ) is a German chemist and professor at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf . He is the co-author of several popular textbooks.
Life
Christoph Janiak studied chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin and graduated in 1984 with a diploma thesis. In between he was a research assistant at the University of Oklahoma and finished his stay there with a Master of Science in chemistry. After receiving his doctorate in 1987, he did post-doctoral stays at Cornell University and at BASF AG . This was followed by his habilitation at the TU Berlin, as well as the appointment as professor at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in 1998. In 2010 he followed the call to the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, where he has been the Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry and since then Catalysis directs.
Christoph Janiak is a member of several editorial and advisory committees, including ChemistryOpen and the journal for inorganic and general chemistry from Wiley-VCH Verlag , as well as Inorganica Chimica Acta and Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects from Elsevier Verlag .
Together with Erwin Riedel , he is the author of a popular textbook on inorganic chemistry.
He is married and has four kids.
research
The focus of his scientific work lies in the field of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF), coordination polymers, nanoparticles , gas separation and catalysis .
honors and awards
- 1991: Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize
- 1996: ADUC annual award for post-doctoral candidates
- 1997: Heisenberg grant
- 2006: Visiting professor at the University of Angers , France
- 2015: Visiting professor at Wuhan University of Technology , China
Publications (selection)
- with Erwin Riedel: Inorganic Chemistry. 9th edition: De Gruyter, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-035526-0 .
- with Dietrich Gudat and Ralf Alsfasser: Modern Inorganic Chemistry: Riedel . Published by Hans-Jürgen Meyer, founded by Erwin Riedel. 4th edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-024900-2 .
- Non-Metal Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications. 4th edition. Shaker Verlag, Aachen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8440-1042-8 .
- with Benno Krieg: Chemistry for doctors and students of other life sciences. 7th edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-11-017999-7 .
Web links
- Website of the Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry and Catalysis at the HHU Düsseldorf
- List of publications by Christoph Janiak
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Janiak, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |