Gerhard Quinkert#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 539 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Gerhard Quinkert passed away May 6, 2015.
Positions Held
- 1970 Professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of Frankfurt am Main
- 1967 Full professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, TU Braunschweig
- 1963 Associate professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, TU Braunschweig
Fields of Scholarship
- Light-induced reactions
- Stereoselective organic synthesis of biologically active compounds
- Conformational analysis as a bridge between chemical structure and biological functiob
- Combinatorial synthesis
Honours and Awards
- 1996 Literature Prize of the Chemical Industry Fund (Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, FCI)
- 1994 Hans Herloff Inhoffen Medal of the Society for Biotechnological Research in Braunschweig
- 1985 Adolf-Windaus Medal from the University of Göttingen
- 1984 Emil Fischer Medal from the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society)
- 1961 Karl Innacker Grant from Hoechst AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- 1973 - 1981 Member of the board of directors of the GDCh
- Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
