Peter Roesky, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, has received the 2024 Marianne Baudler Award from the German Chemical Society (GDCh) “for his innovative and pioneering contributions to lanthanide chemistry. He has had a lasting influence on this field. He has not only synthesized numerous novel compounds, but has also described their successful applications, for example, in catalytic processes or in the production of luminescent and magnetic materials. Outstanding and versatile synthetic strategies, consistent structural and property investigations, and intelligent ligand design, which has recently provided access to spectacular multinuclear complexes, form the basis of his successes.”
We met with Peter Roesky in his office at KIT and discussed the inspiration behind his research, as well as his passion for molecules and teaching.
Peter Roesky born in Göttingen, Germany, in 1967, studied chemistry at the University of Würzburg, Germany, and received his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, in 1994. He then performed postdoctoral research with T. J. Marks at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. In 1999, he completed his habilitation at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and joined the Free University of Berlin, Germany, as a Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 2001. Since 2008, Peter Roesky has been a Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at KIT.
Among many other honors, Peter Roesky has received a Heisenberg Fellowship from the DFG (German Research Foundation) in 2000, a Fellowship from the Karl Ziegler Foundation in 2001, and the Terrae Rarae Award in 2016 in recognition of outstanding contributions to the coordination chemistry of rare earth elements.
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