The Karl Ziegler Lectures

Karl Ziegler was a chemist, a Nobel Prize laureate, passionate art collector and Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. Karl Ziegler’s wife Maria and his daughter Marianne initiated this event in 1978 in order to commemorate Karl Ziegler and to honor outstanding scientists. It was the year of his 80th birthday which he did not live to see. The Karl Ziegler Guest Professors give lectures and interact with the scientists from Mülheim. 33 scientists have been selected up to this year.

1980   Klaus Hafner, Darmstadt
1981   Dieter Seebach, Zürich/Schweiz
1982   Malcolm L.H. Green, Oxford/Großbritannien
1983   E.O. Fischer, München
1984   Heinz A. Staab, Heidelberg
1987   Wolfgang A. Herrmann, München
1988   Manfred T. Reetz, Marburg
1993   Barry M. Trost, Stanford/USA
1994   Ryoji Noyori, Nagoya/Japan
1995   Stephen L. Buchwald, Cambridge/USA
1996   Alfons Baiker, Zürich/Schweiz
1997   Eric N. Jacobsen, Cambridge/USA
1998   Sir John Meurig Thomas, London/Großbritannien
1999   Robert H. Grubbs, Pasadena/USA
2000   Rutger A. van Santen, Eindhoven/Niederlande
2001   John F. Hartwig, New Heaven/USA
2002   Gerhard Ertl, Berlin
2003   David A. Evans, Cambridge/USA
2004   Pierre A. Jacobs, Leuven/Belgien
2005   Kendall N. Houk, Los Angeles/USA
2006   Hisashi Yamamoto, Chicago/USA
2007   Avelino Corma, Valencia/Spanien
2010   Scott Denmark, Urbana Champaign/USA
2011   Peter Chen, Zürich/Schweiz
2012   Matthias Beller, Rostock
2013   Dieter Enders, Aachen
2015   Stefan Grimme, Bonn
2016   Erick M. Carreira, Zürich/Schweiz
2017   Amir H. Hoveyda, Boston/USA
2018   Kyoko Nozaki, Tokyo/Japan
2019 Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht/NL
2022 David Milstein, Rehovot/Israel
2023 F. Dean Toste, Berkeley/USA

Prof. Dr. Bert Weckhuysen, 2019

Prof. Dr. Bert Weckhuysen, 2019

Prof. Dr. Kyoko Nozaki, 2018

Prof. Dr. Kyoko Nozaki, 2018

Prof. Dr. Amir Hoveyda, 2017

Prof. Dr. Amir Hoveyda, 2017

Prof. Dr. Erick Carreira, 2016

Prof. Dr. Erick Carreira, 2016

Prof. Dr. Stefan Grimme, 2015

Prof. Dr. Stefan Grimme, 2015

Prof. Dr. Dean Toste, 2023

Prof. Dr. Dean Toste, 2023

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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