Peter Wasserscheid (born 23 October 1970, in
Würzburg) is a German chemist and
professor for
chemical reaction engineering at the
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Together with
Matthias Beller Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.
People
Notable people named Matthias include the following:
In religion:
* Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot
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he won the
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (german: link=no, Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft), in short Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to ...
in 2006.
Personal background
Wasserscheid studied chemistry at the
RWTH Aachen from 1991 to 1995 before he did his
doctorate in the work group of Professor
Wilhelm Keim. After
postdoctoral research at
BP in
Great Britain he habilitated at the
RWTH Aachen. Since October 2003, Wasserscheid holds the chair of
Chemical engineering at the
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Wasserscheid is also a founder member of the company Solvent Innovation GmbH and Scientific Supervisor in this company since 2001.
Wasserscheid is married and has 3 children.
Work
The focus of Wasserscheids work is
ionic liquids where he is a pioneer, particularly in the region of developing halogenfree ionic liquids.
Awards
*1996:
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Preis of the RWTH Aachen for the diploma thesis
*1999:
Borchers-Plakette of the RWTH Aachen for the
dissertation
*2000:
Carl-Zerbe-Preis
*2001:
DECHEMA-Preis of the
Max-Buchner-Forschungsstiftung
*2003:
Innovationspreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft
*2006:
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (german: link=no, Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft), in short Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to ...
External links
Homepage*
References
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CV Wasserscheid
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1970 births
Living people
Scientists from Würzburg
21st-century German chemists
Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
RWTH Aachen University alumni
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners