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Group of Ferdi Schüth   
  Prof. Dr. Ferdi Schüth

 

Contact:   Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1
D 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Tel.: +49-208-306 2373
Fax: +49-208-306 2995
e-mail: schueth(at)mpi-muelheim.mpg.de

Secretary:
Angelika Rathofer
Tel. +49-208-306-2372
e-mail: rathofer(at)mpi-muelheim.mpg.de
     
Curriculum Vitae:   Born in 1960
PhD 1988 Münster (Prof. Wicke)
1989 Post-Doc Minneapolis (L.D. Schmidt)
1989 State Examination Law
1989 - 1995 Habilitation Mainz (Prof. Unger)
1993 Visiting Assistent Professor Santa Barbara (Stucky)
1995 - 1998 Full Professor Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
since 1998 Director at the MPI für Kohlenforschung
     
Awards & Honors:   1979-1984 Stipend of the Cusanuswerks
1989
Award for outstanding PhD work, Universität Münster
since 1990
support by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
1991
Boehringer-Ingelheim Award
1992-1994
Habilitationsstipendium of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
2001
Award of the Stifterverbandes der Deutschen Wissenschaft
2003
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
2007 Honorary Professor of Dalian University of Technology, China
2008 Elected member of German Academy of Science Leopoldina
2008 Guest Professor Beijing University
     
Offices, Committees & Advisory Boards:   1995-1997 Managing director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Frankfurt University
1995-2001 Coordinator of the DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm "Nanoporous Crystals"
since 1994 Member of the Dechema Arbeitsausschuß "Heterogene Katalyse
1995-2005 Member of the Dechema Arbeitsausschuß "Zeolithe"
1996-2002 Member of the Dechema Arbeitsausschuß "Mikroreaktionstechnik"
since 1996 Member of the Editorial Board "Microporous Materials"
since 1998 Member of the Editorial Board "Advanced Materials"
1998-2005 Chairman of the Dechema Fachausschuß "Zeolithe"
since 1999 Founder, Chairman of the Board and of the Scientific Advisory Board hte AG
1999-2005 Member of the Kuratorium "Nachrichten aus der Chemie"
since 2000 Member of the Dechema Board of Governors
since 2000 Member of Selection Committee, Humboldt Award
2001-2007 Member of the IZA-Council
since 2001 Chairman of the IZA Commission on Mesoporous Materials
2001-2006 Member of the Editorial Board "Chemistry of Materials"
since 2002 Member of the IMMA-Council
2002-2007 Member of the Selection Committee Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Award
2003-2005 Managing director of MPI für Kohlenforschung
2003-2007 Member of the DFG Senate Commission for SFB
since 2003 Chairman of the Selection Committee, Humboldt Award
since 2003 Member of the Editorial Board QSAR-Combinatorial Science
since 2003 Member of the International Expert Commission Elitenetzwerk Bayern
since 2004 Member of the Editorial Board Chemical Communications
since 2004 Member of the Scientific Commission of the State of Niedersachsen
since 2004 Member of the GdCh Board of Govenors
since 2004 Chairman of the Dechema Forschungsausschuß “Chemical Reaction Engineering”

2004-2008 Member of the Kuratorium Universität Duisburg-Essen
since 2005 Chairman of the Investment Committee "Life Science, Materials and Energy" of the German High-Tech Fund
since 2005 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board "Chemical Engineering & Technology"
since 2006 Editor "Chemistry of Materials"
since 2006 Member of the Advisory Board "Chemistry - An Asian Journal"
since 2007 Member of the Editorial Board "Advances in Catalysis"
since 2007 Member of the Hochschulrat Universität Duisburg-Essen
since 2007 Vice-president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)