Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. Wolfgang A. Herrmann
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1967 |
High-School Examination at Donau-Gymnasium Kelheim/Bavaria |
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1967-1970 |
Study of chemistry at Technische Hochschule München, Fellow of the German Episcopate, final examination after 6 semesters ("excellent") |
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1970-1971 |
Diploma thesis under the direction of Professor Ernst Otto Fischer at Technische Hochschule München on PH3-complexes of transition metals |
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1973 |
PhD. ("excellent") at the Universität Regensburg (07/26/1973) under the direction of Professor Henri Brunner on "Optically Active Transition Metal Complexes with Square-Pyramidal Geometry") |
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1975-1976 |
Research Fellow of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the laboratory of Professor P. S. Skell (Pennsylvania State University/USA) |
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1978 |
"Habilitation" on "Organometallic Syntheses with Diazoalkanes" at the Universität Regensburg |
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1979 |
Professor at the Universität Regensburg, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (05/15/1979) |
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1982 |
Chair Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Universität Frankfurt/Main (01/01/1982) |
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1985 |
Chair Professor at the Technische Universität München in succession of Prof. Dr.mult.h.c. E.O. Fischer (04/01/1985) |
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1988 /1993 |
Offers for chair positions of Inorganic Chemistry at ETH Zürich, Switzerland (not accepted) |
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1995 |
President of Technische Universität München (10/01/1995) |
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since 1998 |
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Deutsches Museum, Munich |
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2002-2004 |
Chairman of Bavarian University Rectors Conference (Bayerische Rektorenkonferenz) |
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2004-2005 |
Chairman of "Universität Bayern e.V." |
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July 2007 |
Receipt of "Bayerischer Verdienstorden" |
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since 2007 |
International Advisory Council King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia |
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since 2008 |
Member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) |
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2009 |
University Manager of the Year 2009 (Financial Times Deutschland, Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung) |
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