!!Gerhard Ertl - Curriculum Vitae \\ __Postitions__ \\ *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 *1962-1965 Technical University, Munich: Dr. rer. nat in 1965 *1959-1961 Technical University, Stuttgart: Dipl. Phys. in 1961 *1958-1959 Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich *1957-1958 University of Paris *1955-1957 Technical University, Stuttgart *1936 born October 10, in Stuttgart, Germany \\ __Membership in Organizations__ \\ *2010 Member, Pontificia Academia Scientiarium *2010 Foreign Member, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences *2009 Foreign Member, Polish Academy of Sciences *2009 Honorary Member, Technische Universität Berlin *2009 Honorary Member, Deutscher Hochschulverband *2008 Honorary Member, Dechema (German Society of Chemical Technology) *2008 Honorary Member, GDCh (German Chemical Society) *2008 Honorary Member, Berliner Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft *2008 Honorary Member, European Academy of Sciences and Art *2008 Honorary Member, Physikalischer Verein, Frankfurt a.M. *2007 Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry *2006 Honorary Member, Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie *2002 Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences *2001 Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences *1998 Corresponding Member, Bavarian Academy of Sciences *1993 Member, Berlin-Brandenburg, Academy of Sciences *1993 Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences *1993 Corresponding Member, Nordrhein.-Westfal. Academy of Sciences *1992 Member, Academia Europaea *1986 Corresponding Member, Scientific Society of Braunschweig *1986 Member, German Academy of Sciences, "Leopoldina" *1985 Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh \\ __Honors 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 \\ __Other Distinctions__ \\ *2009 Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award (German Physical Society) *2008 Gerhard Ertl Building (Faculty of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich) *2008 Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award (jointly instituted by FHI, FUB, HUB, TUB) *2008 Integrierte Gesamtschule Gerhard Ertl, Sprendlingen/Rheinhessen *2008 Ehrenmitglied, Berliner Oratorien-Chor *2008 Ertl Center for Electrochemistry and Catalysis (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, S. Korea) *2010 1st Ertl Symposium on Electrochemistry and Catalysis