Heino Finkelmann
Heino Finkelmann (born 1945, Gronau[1]) is a retired German chemist in the area of liquid-crystalline elastomers.[2]
Heino Finkelmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Berlin |
| Known for | Polymer chemistry Liquid crystalline elastomer |
| Awards | EPS Europhysics Prize (2003) Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize (2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic and Polymer chemistry |
| Institutions | Paderborn University Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Clausthal University of Technology University of Freiburg |
| Doctoral advisor | Horst Stegemeyer |
Biography
After earning an engineering degree, Finkelmann graduated 1972 as chemist (Diplom) from Technical University of Berlin.[1] 1975 he earned his PhD at the Paderborn University under the supervision of Horst Stegemeyer in Physical Chemistry.[3][1]
After three years of Postdoc under the guidance of Helmut Ringsdorf at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Finkelmann habilitated from 1978 to 1984 at the Clausthal University of Technology with the group of Günther Rehage in Physical Chemistry.[1]
From 1984 to 2010 Finkelmann was appointed Full Professor and Director of the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg.[1][4][5]
One of his famous works is the concept of the side chain nematic elastomers.[6]
Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
- 1984: Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize from the Society of German Chemists[5][7]
- 2000: Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize[5]
- 2003: Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society[5]
- 2004: Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Toulouse[5][8]
- 2006: George William Gray Medal of the British Liquid Crystal Society[9][5][2]
References
- "Lebenslauf Prof. Dr. Heino Finkelmann" [CV Prof. Dr. Heino Finkelmann]. chemie.uni-freiburg.de (in German). Universität Freiburg. 10 March 2006. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Heino Finkelmann". degruyter.com (in German). Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender Online. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Heino Finkelmann". Archived from the original on 3 July 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- "uni'leben, die Zeitung der Universität Freiburg" (PDF). Freiburger Uni-Magazin (in German). Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, der Rektor, Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer: 11. 2010. ISSN 0947-1251. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- Komp, Ansgar; Sanchez-Ferrer, Antoni; Severing, Kirsten (29 December 2009). "Heino Finkelmann: 65 Years of Devotion to Science". Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. Wiley. 211 (3): 373–374. doi:10.1002/macp.200900669. ISSN 1022-1352.
- Mark Warner, Eugene Michael Terentjev,Liquid Crystal Elastomers, Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-852767-1 (Hbk.), ISBN 978-0-19-921486-0 (Pbk.) p. 126
- "GDCh-Preise - Carl-Duisberg-Gedächtnispreis". gdch.de (in German). Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh) / German Chemical Society. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, ed. (5 October 2004). "Freiburger Unimagazin – ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG" (PDF). Freiburger Uni-Magazin (in German). Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany: Promo Verlag GmbH: 18. ISSN 0947-1251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- "Gray Medal". blcs.eng.cam.ac.uk. British Liquid Crystal Society. 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.