Awarded Hall of Fame of German Research (2015).
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Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, which has helped explain how fuel cells produce energy without pollution, how catalytic converters clean up car exhausts and even why iron rusts, the Royal Swedish A…
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science · German physicist (born 1936) · physicist · chemist · university teacher · also Gerhard Ertl, Gerhard Ludwig Ertl, Gerhard L. Ertl, Gerhard L Ertl, G. L. Ertl, G L Ertl
Born 10 October 1936 · Q60066
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2015· 2 entries
Ertl signed the Mainau Declaration 2015 on Climate Change on the final day of the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (2014).
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2012· 1 entry
chemie: Gerhard Ertl Center des Exzellenzclusters „Unifying Concepts in Catalysis“ gegründet
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (2011).
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Comenius University (2009).
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Awarded Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin (2009).
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2008· 4 entries
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (2008).
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Awarded Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (2008).
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Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2008).
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Awarded Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (2008).
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2007· 14 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces.
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Pro-physik: Gerhard Ertl erhält Otto-Hahn-Preis
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Max Planck Society: Gerhard Ertl: Der Katalyse-Forscher
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Bild: Gerhard Ertl untersuchte, warum Eisen rostet: Chemie-Nobelpreis an Deutschen Forscher
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idw: TU Berlin gratuliert ihrem Honorarprofessor Gerhard Ertl zum Nobelpreis für Chemie
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Stern: Gerhard Ertl: Forscher und Hobbymusiker
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Augsburger Allgemeine: Gerhard Ertl spielt gerne mit den Enkeln - und mit Messtechnik
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Stern: Gerhard Ertl: Chemie-Nobelpreis geht an Deutschen
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welt.de: Gerhard Ertl: Deutscher gewinnt Nobelpreis für Chemie
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The Scientist: Gerhard Ertl takes 2007 Chemistry Nobel for solid surface chemistry
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Westdeutsche Zeitung: Nobelpreis für Chemie: Dank Gerhard Ertl versteht die Welt nun auch die Katalyse
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Awarded Faraday Lectureship Prize (2007).
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Awarded Otto Hahn Prize (2007).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Haber-Bosch process (2007).
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Karl Ziegler Prize (1998).
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Awarded Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1998).
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1996· 1 entry
Won Carl Engler Medal (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Medard W. Welch Award (1995).
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1992· 4 entries
Won Bunsen Medal (1992).
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Awarded Japan Prize (1992).
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Awarded EPS Europhysics Prize (1992).
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Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1992).
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1991).
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Awarded Bourke Award (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Alwin Mittasch Prize (1990).
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1987· 1 entry
Won Liebig Medal (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
As honors, he was named "Honorary Professor" at the Free University of Berlin and at the Technische Universität Berlin, and in 1996 at the Humboldt University of Berlin
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1985· 2 entries
Won Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal (1985).
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Awarded Centenary Prize (1985).
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at Technical University of Munich, doctorate (1965).
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1961· 2 entries
Studied at University of Stuttgart, Diplom (1961).
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Followed his thesis advisor Heinz Gerischer from the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart to Munich and received his PhD degree from the Technische Hochschule München in 1965
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1959· 1 entry
Studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1958–1959).
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1958· 1 entry
Studied at University of Paris (1957–1958).
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1957· 1 entry
Studied at University of Stuttgart (1955–1957).
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1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-10-10.
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