Alois Fürstner

Alois Fürstner
Born (1962-07-23) 23 July 1962 (age 62)
CitizenshipAustria
AwardsLeibniz Prize (1999)
Centenary Prize (2004)
Otto Bayer Prize (2006)
Heinrich Wieland Prize (2006)
Janssen Prize (2008)
Ziegler Award (2013)
Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
Institutions Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

Alois Fürstner (born 23 July 1962) is an Austrian chemist. He is director of Organometallic Chemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim, Germany.[1]

He has been awarded the Leibniz Prize (1999),[1] the Royal Society of Chemistry's Centenary Prize (2004),[2] the Heinrich Wieland Prize (2006),[1] the Otto Bayer Prize [de] (2006),[1] the Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis (2008),[3] the Karl Ziegler Prize [de] (2013),[4] and the Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize (2013).[5] He was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2002.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Organometallic Chemistry". Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ "RSC Centenary Prizes". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ "PROF. A. Fürstner". www.janssenpharmaceuticaprize.com. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Karl-Ziegler-Stiftung" [Karl Ziegler Foundation]. Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (in German). Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Attribution du Prix Gay-Lussac Humboldt 2013" [Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize 2013]. Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. ^ "List of Members". Leopoldina. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.


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