Gerhard Ertl#
| Membership Number: | 1182 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/pc/PCarchive2.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004-now Professor emeritus, Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
- 1986-2004 Director, Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
- 1981-1982 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
- 1979 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- 1976-1977 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- 1973-1986 Professor & Director, Inst. for Physical Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
- 1968-1973 Professor & Director, Inst. for Physical Chemistry, Technical University, Hannover (presently Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University)
- 1965-1968 Assistant & Lecturer, Technical University, Munich
Fields of Scholarship
- Chemical processes on solid surfaces
- Molecular mechanisms of the catalytic synthesis of ammonia over iron (Haber Bosch process)
- Catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide over platinum (catalytic converter)
- Oscillatory reactions on platinum surfaces
Honours and Awards
- 2009 Bohlmann Lecture, Technische Universität Berlin
- 2009 Dr. honoris causa, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin
- 2009 Dr. honoris causa, Comenius University, Bratislava
- 2009 Dr. honoris causa, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 2008 Diesel Gold Medal, Deutsches Institut für Erfindungswesen
- 2008 Nicolaus Copernicus Medal, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2008 Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern, President of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2008 Dr. honoris causa, Technische Universität München
- 2008 Dr. honoris causa, Queen’s University Belfast
- 2008 Verdienstmedaille, Land Baden-Württemberg
- 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, The Nobel Prize Foundation
- 2007 Otto-Hahn-Preis, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, & the City of Frankfurt/M
- 2007 Gold Medal, Slovak Chemical Society
- 2007 Baker Lectureship, Cornell University, Ithaca (NY)
- 2007 Faraday Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2006 Guptill Lecture, Dalhousie University, Halifax
- 2005 Angström Lecture, University of Uppsala
- 2005 Linus Pauling Lecture, California Institute of Technology
- 2003 Dr. honoris causa, University of Aarhus
- 2003 Dr. honoris causa, Chalmers University of Technology, Goeteborg
- 2003 Dr. honoris causa, University of Leuven
- 2002 FMC Lectureship, Princeton University
- 2002 Karl Ziegler Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute Mulheim
- 2002 Spiers Memorial Medal and Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2001 G.F. Smith Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana
- 2001 Kelly Lecture, Purdue University
- 2001 Schuit Lecture, Technical University of Eindhoven
- 2001 Pitzer Lecture, University of California, Berkeley
- 2000 Dr. honoris causa, University of Münster
- 1999 Roessler Lectureship, Cornell University
- 1999 Le Bel Lecture, Université de Strasbourg
- 1999 Debye Lecture, Universiteit Utrecht
- 1998 Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Foundation
- 1998 Karl Ziegler Prize, German Chemical Society
- 1998 Francois Gault Lectureship, European Catalysis Society
- 1998 M. Curie Lectureship, Polish Chemical Society
- 1997 Laird Lecture, University of British Columbia
- 1997 A.D. Little Lectureship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1996 Honorary Professor, Humboldt University Berlin
- 1996 Carl Engler Medal, German Scientific Society for Coal and Petroleum Research (DGMK)
- 1996 Merck Lecture, Rutgers University
- 1996 Brdicka Lecture, Czech Academy of Sciences
- 1995 Medard W. Welch Award, American Vacuum Society
- 1995 Stauffer Lecture, University of Southern California
- 1994 Rolf Sammet Visiting Professor, University of Frankfurt
- 1992 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 Kolthoff Lectureship, University of Minnesota
- 1992 Kaufman Memorial Lecture, University of Pittsburgh
- 1991 Leibniz Prize, German Science Foundation
- 1991 Bourke Medal and Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1990 Alwin Mittasch Medal, German Federation of Chemical Engineers (DECHEMA)
- 1990 Dow Lectureship, University of Western Ontario
- 1990 Coover Lecture, Iowa State University
- 1989 Frontiers in Chemical Research Lectureship, Texas A&M University
- 1988 William Draper Harkins Lecture, University of Chicago
- 1988 Barre Lecture, University of Montreal
- 1987 Liebig Medal, German Chemical Society
- 1986 Honorary Professor, Free University of Berlin
- 1986 Honorary Professor, Technical University of Berlin
- 1986 Langmuir Lecture, American Chemical Society
- 1985 C.F. Gauss Medal, Scientific Society of Braunschweig
- 1985 Centenary Medal and Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1985 C.G.A. Schuit Lecture, University of Delaware
- 1984 FECS Lecture, Federation of European Chemical Societies
- 1984 Industry Lecture, Norwegian Chemical Society
- 1979 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, American Catalysis Society
- 1979 E.W. Müller Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- 1977 Frank Ciapetta National Lectureship, American Catalysis Society
- 1976 Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology
