Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. Alois Fürstner - Leopoldina
Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. Alois Fürstner - Leopoldina
Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. Alois Fürstner - Leopoldina
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<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong> <strong>Professor</strong> <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Alois</strong> <strong>Fürstner</strong><br />
Name: <strong>Alois</strong> <strong>Fürstner</strong><br />
Born: 23 July 1962<br />
Family Status: married, 2 children<br />
Academic and Professional Career<br />
since 1998 Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung and <strong>Professor</strong> at the<br />
Technical University of Dortmund, Germany<br />
1993 - 1998 Group leader at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung and Lecturer at the<br />
University of Dortmund, Germany<br />
1992 Habilitation in Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Graz, Austria<br />
1987 PhD at the Technical University Graz, Austria<br />
1980 - 1985 Studies at the Technical University Graz, Austria<br />
Functions in Scientific Societies and Committees (Selection)<br />
2006 - 2010 Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation,<br />
Feodor-Lynen-Program, Germany<br />
since 2004 Member of the Board of Governors of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)<br />
2002 - 2010 Member of the Selection Committee of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation,<br />
Feodor-Lynen-Program, Germany<br />
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften <strong>Leopoldina</strong><br />
www.leopoldina.org<br />
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2002 - 2009 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Institut für Organische<br />
Katalyseforschung Rostock, since 2003 Leibniz-Institute for Organic Catalysis at the<br />
University of Rostock, Germany<br />
1999 Member of the Evaluation Committee for the Universities in Niedersachsen,<br />
Germany<br />
Honours and Awarded Memberships (Selection)<br />
2011 Prelog Medal, ETH Zurich, Switzerland<br />
2006 Heinrich Wieland Prize<br />
2006 Otto-Bayer-Prize<br />
2005 Mukaiyama Award, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan<br />
since 2004 Corresponding Member of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften<br />
since 2004 Member of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften<br />
2004 Centenary Lecture, Royal Society of Chemistry<br />
since 2002 Member of the German Academy of Sciences <strong>Leopoldina</strong><br />
2002 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society<br />
1999 Leibniz Award, German Science Foundation (DFG)<br />
1998 Ruhrpreis for Arts and Sciences, Mülheim/Ruhr<br />
1994 Lecturer's scholarship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie<br />
Major Scientific Interests<br />
Organometallic chemistry applied to organic synthesis; homogeneous catalysis; metathesis,<br />
synthesis of natural products and pharmaceutically active compounds<br />
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften <strong>Leopoldina</strong><br />
www.leopoldina.org<br />
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