Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Markus Antonietti

Name: Markus Antonietti
Date of Birth: 6. February 1960 in Mainz/Germany
Marital Status: married, 2 children

Education:

• 1978 Abitur, Rhabanus Maurus Gymnasium Mainz
• WS 1978/79 Studies of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Mainz
• June 1983 Diploma in Chemistry
• July 1985 Doctorate of natural sciences (summa cum laude): "Diffusion in topological constraint polymer melts" with Prof. Dr. H. Sillescu
  
• January Habilitation in physical chemistry: "Microgels with a special architecture"
  
• February 1991 Hochschuldozent (associate professor) in Mainz
  
• September 1991 Full Professor at the Philipps Universität in Marburg
  
• October 1993 Director at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Full Professor at the University of Potsdam/Germany
  
  

Awards:

• 1981 Member of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes"
• 1983 Scholarship of the funds of the chemical industry of Germany
• 1984 Adolf Todt Scholarship
• 1986 Science Award of the "Freunde der Universität Mainz"
• 1988 Science Award of the "Böhringer Ingelheim Foundation"
• 1990 Gerhard Hess prize of the German science foundation
• 1992 Faculty award of the funds of the chemical industry of Germany
• 1997 Honorary degree (Dr. sci. h. c.) of Clarkson University Potsdam/New York
• 1998 Guest Professor in Lovain La Neuve/Belgium
2000 Member of the "Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften" (BBAW)
• 2003 Goldschmidt-Elhuyar-Award of the Real Sociedad Espanola de Quimica
• 2005 Honorary Guest Professor at Hefei University/P. R. China
• 2005 Alfrey Turner visiting professorship at Michigan Molecular Institute
• 2005 Guest Professor at Paris V/Jussieu in Paris/France
• 2005 ISI World Top 50 Material Science, H-Index 68
• 2006 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry/UK
• 2007 Römer Lecture LMU München, Staudinger-Durrer Lecture ETM Zürich
• 2008 ERC Senior Excellence Grant
• 2009 Gold medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• 2010 Kolkhoft Professor Minnesota; Guest Professor at the College de France, Paris

Scientific Interests:

• Synthesis of novel polymers and Sol-gel materials
• Green chemistry and Carbon Negative Chemistry Cycles
• Energy Materials >li>Artificial Photosynthesis

Other scientific responsibilities

• Editorial board member of
  – "Colloid & Polymer Science",
  – "Reviews in Molecular Biotechnology",
  – "New Journal of Chemistry",
  – "Progress in Polymer Science",
  – "Langmuir"
  – "Chemistry of Materials"
  – "Soft Matter"
  
• Executive Board Member of Macromolecular Journals of Wiley VCH and of the RSC Journal Board
• Vice Sekretar of the “Class of Natural Sciences” of the BBAW
• Member of the board of trustees of the “Fonds of the Chemical Industry”
• ca. 480 scientific papers, 20 patents.

Private Interests:

people, cuisine, arts