Helmut Knözinger#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2057 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Helmut Knözinger passed away January 12, 2014.
Positions Held
- 1980 Professor of Physical Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilan University, Munich
- 1973 Adjunct Professor, Ludwig Maximilan University, Munich
- 1971 University Lecturer, Ludwig Maximilan University, Munich
- 1967 - 1971 Associate Professor, Ludwig Maximilan University, Munich
- 1967 Habilitation
- 1962 - 1967 Research assistant, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Munich
Fields of Scholarship
- Surface spectroscopy
- Surface chemistry
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Sulfide and metal catalysis
- Carbon monoxide hydrogenation
Honours and Awards
- 1975 Richard Zsigmondy scholarship
- Deutsche Kolloid-Gesellschaft
- 1980 Ciapetta Lectureship
- North American Catalysis Society
- 1988 Ipatieff Lectureship
- 1995 Honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1995 Max Planck Research Award
- 1997 Prix Gay Lussac / A. v. Humboldt,
- 1998 Alwin Mittasch Medal, Dechema
- 2000 Member of Academia Europaea
- 2004 Honorary Professor Nankai – Universität, Tianjin, China
- President of the International Association of Catalysis Societies IACS
