Gerhard Wenz

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Gerhard Karl Wenz (* 1953 in Mainz ) is a German chemist and politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ). From 2000 to 2019 he was Professor of Organic Macromolecular Chemistry at Saarland University .

Life

Gerhard Wenz studied chemistry from 1972 to 1979 at the universities of Mainz and Freiburg and received his doctorate in polymer chemistry in 1984 . He then conducted research on polymer chemistry at the University of California and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research . In 1993 he completed his habilitation at the University of Mainz.

In 1993 he took up a C3 professorship for macromolecular chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe . In 2000 he accepted the call for a C4 professorship in organic macromolecular chemistry at Saarland University. Wenz retired in 2019 and has been a senior professor since then.

politics

Gerhard Wenz has been a member of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen since 2001 and stood in 36th place for his party in the 2019 European elections . He ran for the local council of St. Ingbert in the local elections in May 2019 , to which he has been a member since November 12, 2019. He resigned from the local parliament on April 15, 2020.

Private

Wenz lives in St. Ingbert, is married and has two children.

Scientific work

Wenz's research focuses on the modification of polysaccharides and water-soluble polymers, which are used, for example, in drug delivery .

He is the author or co-author of over 120 articles in international journals.

Publications (selection)

  • LF Becker, DH Schwarz, G. Wenz: Synthesis of uniform cyclodextrin thioethers to transport hydrophobic drugs. In: Beilstein J. Org. Chem. Volume 10, 2014, pp. 2920-2927.
  • Gerhard Wenz: Inclusion Polymers. 1st edition. Springer, Heidelberg / Berlin, 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-01409-3 .
  • G. Wenz, C. Strassnig, C. Thiele, A. Engelke, B. Morgenstern, K. Hegetschweiler : Recognition of ionic guests by ionic b-cyclodextrin derivatives. In: Chem. Eur. J. Volume 14, No. 24, 2008, pp. 7202-7211.
  • G. Wenz, B.-H. Han, A. Müller: Cyclodextrin Rotaxanes and Polyrotaxanes. In: Chem. Rev. Volume 106, No. 3, 2006, pp. 782-817.
  • G. Wenz, P. Liepold, N. Bordeanu: Synthesis and SAM formation of water soluble functional carboxymethyl celluloses: thiosulfates and thioethers. In: cellulose. Volume 12, 2005, pp. 85-96.
  • G. Wenz, T. Höfler: Synthesis of highly water-soluble cyclodextrin sulfonates by addition of hydrogen sulfite to cyclodextrin allyl ethers. In: Carbohydr. Res. Vol. 322, 1999, pp. 153-165.
  • MB Steinbrunn, G. Wenz: Synthesis of water-soluble inclusion compounds of polyamides in cyclodextrins by solid-state polycondensation. In: Angewandte Chemie . Volume 108, 1996, pp. 2274-2277.
  • G. Wenz: Cyclodextrins as building blocks of supramolecular structures and functional units. In: Angewandte Chemie. Volume 106, 1994, pp. 851-870.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Elections in Saarland , Saarland Statistical Office , accessed on November 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ Gerhard Wenz is now on the local council. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . November 14, 2019, accessed November 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ Publications 2010 to today , Saarland University, accessed on November 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Wenz, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wenz, Gerhard Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz