Gerhard Erker
Gerhard Erker (born October 16, 1946 in Oberhausen ) is a German chemist and university professor . He teaches at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster .
Life
Erker received his doctorate in 1973 from the Ruhr University Bochum under Wolfgang R. Roth . From 1974 to 1975 he was a post-doctoral student at Princeton University and received his habilitation in 1981 in Bochum . In 1985 he was appointed to the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg to succeed Günter Helmchen , and since 1990 he has held a chair in organic chemistry at the University of Münster . His main research interests include the “frustrated Lewis pairs”. These are acid-base pairs based on the concept of Gilbert Newton Lewis , which exist side by side in solution ready to react without neutralizing each other, whereby the term “frustrated” refers to the willingness to react without an actual reaction.
Gerhard Erker is a full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2003), a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (since 2011) and a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech) . In 2003 he was accepted as a full member of the Academia Europaea .
Prizes and awards
- 1985 Chemistry Prize from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences
- 1986 Alfried Krupp sponsorship award for young university teachers
- 1993 Max Planck Research Prize
- 1995 Otto Bayer Prize
- 2009 Adolf von Baeyer commemorative coin
- 2011 Werner Heisenberg Medal from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2011 Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize
- 2011 Advanced Grant from the European Research Council
- 2014 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Erker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gerhard Erker at the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Homepage at the University of Münster
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of Gerhard Erker at academictree.org, accessed on February 4, 2018.
- ^ Member entry by Gerhard Erker (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 5, 2016.
- ^ Membership directory: Gerhard Erker. Academia Europaea, accessed June 24, 2017 .
- ↑ University of Münster: Chemist Prof. Dr. Gerhard Erker receives “Advanced Grant 2011” from the European Research Council
- ^ Uni Münster: Cross of Merit for Chemists
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bay window, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberhausen |