Günther Wilke#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 451 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Günther Wilke passed away December 9, 2016.
Positions Held
- 1967 – 1992 Director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)
Fields of Scholarship
- Organometallic chemistry
Honours and Awards
- 1978 - 1990 Vice President of the Max Planck Society
- Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Science (President 1994-1997)
- Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1977 Foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- President of the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
- Chairman of the Society of German Scientists and Physicians
- 1987 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
