1. Personal information

Name
Professor Klaus M¨¹llen
Date and place of birth
Cologne, 02.01.1947
Business address Max-Planck-Institut f¨¹r

¡¡ Polymerforschung

¡¡ Ackermannweg 10, D-55128

¡¡ Mainz, Germany

¡¡ Tel: +0049 6131 379 151

¡¡ Fax: +0049 6131 379 350

¡¡ muellen@mpip-mainz.mpg.de


2. Professional Career

1966 ¨C 1969 Studies in Chemistry
University of Cologne
1969 Diplomchemiker-Degree (Professor E. Vogel)
1971 PhD-work, University of Basel (Professor F. Gerson)
1972 ¨C 1978 Postdoctoral-training and Habilitation (Professor J.F.M. Oth) ETH Z¨¹rich
1977 Privatdozent ETH Z¨¹rich
1979 ¨C 1984 Professor University of Cologne
1983 ¨C 1989 Professor University of Mainz
1988 Call from the University of Göttingen
1989 Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Society and Director at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research


3. Professional Duties

1992 Call from the University of Cologne
1995 Member of the Evaluation Board of Volkswagen stiftung
1995 Member of the Editorial Board of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Journal of Materials Chemistry, Journal of Macromolecular Science ¨C Pure and Applied Chemistry
1995 Editor of Synthetic Metals
1998 Editor of Polymer Bulletin
1998 Member of the Evaluation Committee of Chemistry Departments in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)

1999 Member of the Selection Committee of the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation
2000 Member of the Advisory Board of the Center of Nanoscience, University of Munich
2001 Member of the Evaluation Committee for Chemistry in the Netherlands
2003 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Chemical Society
2003 Chairman of the Advisory Committee of "Eidgenössisches Materialpr¨¹fungsamt"
2004 Member of the Editorial Board of Chemistry of Materials
2005 Member of the Editorial Board of Chemistry Letters
Member of the Editorial Board of Chemistry World
Member of the Editorial Board of Accounts of Chemical Research
2006 Member of the Editorial Board of Macromolecules
Member of the Editorial Board of the Indian Journals of Macromolecules, Chemistry and BioChemistry
2006 Member of the Senate Committee of the German Science Foundation
2006 Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society
2008 President of the German Chemical Society

4. A wards and Lectureships

1990
Visiting Professor, University of Osaka (JSPS)
1993
Max-Planck-Research-Prize
1993
Honorary Professor, East China University of Technology, Shanghai
1995
Richard-Willstätter-Lecturer, Jerusalem
1996
"Capita-Selecta"-Lecturer, Katholieke University of Leuven
1997
Philip-Morris-Research-Prize
1997
Melville-Lecturer, University of Cambridge
1998
Visiting Professor, University of Rennes
1999
Member of the German Academy Leopoldina
2000
Bruno-Werdelmann-Lecturer, University of Essen
2001
Honorary Doctorate Degree, University of Sofia
2001
Bayer Distinguished Lecturer, University of Washington
2001
Smets-Lecturer, Belgium
2001
NOZOE-Award, San Diego
2002
Lane Lecturer, Champaign, University of Urbana
2002
Kyoto University Foundation Award
2003
Science Award of the "Stifterverband"
2006
International Award of the Belgian Polymer Group
2006
Honorary Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun
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2006
Butler Lecturer, University of Florida, Gainesville
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Barr¨¦ Lecturer, University of Montreal
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Bender Lecturer, Northwestern University, Evanston
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ICI Distinguished Lecturer, University of Calgary
2007
Otto-Bayer-Lecturer, University of Cologne
2008
Elhuyar Goldschmitt Award of the Spanish Chemical Society
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Visiting Professor, University of Bordeaux
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Honorary Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Beijing, Chinese Academy of Sciences

5. Research targets

- New polymer-forming reactions including methods of organometallic chemistry;

- multi-dimensional polymers with complex shape-persistent architectures;

- functional polymeric networks, in particular for catalytic purposes;

- dyes and laser writing into polymers;

- chemistry and physics of single molecules;

- molecular materials with liquid crystalline properties for electronic and optoelectronic devices;

- materials for lithium or hydrogen storage;

- biosynthetic hybrids;

- nanocomposites.