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German chemist (born 1945)

Born1945 (age 79–80)

KnownforPolymer chemistry
Liquid crystalline elastomer

AwardsEPS Europhysics Prize (2003)
Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize (2000)

Heino Finkelmann
Born	1945 (age 79–80) Gronau, Lower Saxony, Germany
Alma mater	Technische Universität Berlin
Known for	Polymer chemistry Liquid crystalline elastomer
Awards	EPS Europhysics Prize (2003) Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize (2000)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Paderborn University Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Clausthal University of Technology University of Freiburg
Doctoral advisor	Horst Stegemeyer

Heino Finkelmann (born 1945^[1]) is a German chemist who works with liquid-crystalline elastomers.^[2]

After earning an engineering degree, Finkelmann graduated 1972 as chemist (Diplom) from Technische Universität Berlin.^[1] In 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

1 2 3 4 5 "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.
1 2 "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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Komp, Ansgar; Sanchez-Ferrer, Antoni; Severing, Kirsten (29 December 2009). "Heino Finkelmann: 65 Years of Devotion to Science". Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 211 (3). Wiley: 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.

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