Helmut Ringsdorf

Ringsdorf was born in Gießen, People's State of Hesse in 1929.^[2][3]

Ringsdorf died on 20 March 2023, at the age of 93.^[4]

Ringsdorf took undergraduate studies in chemistry, Politics and Geology at the universities at Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Freiburg.^[2][3]

In 1956, Ringsdorf wrote his master's thesis under Hermann Staudinger and, in 1958, wrote his doctoral dissertation under Staudinger and Elfriede Husemann [de]. He was Staudinger's last student.^[5]

• 1959, Teaching Assistant, university of Freiburg, Germany, Polymer Chemistry.
• 1960, Research Associate, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn/United States, Polymer Science.

• 1962–1967, Assistant Professor University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
• 1967–1968, Associate Professor University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
• 1969–1970, Professor of Polymer Science, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
• 1971–1994, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
• 1973–1975, Dean of Science University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
• 1988–2003, Adjunct Professor of Poly. Sci., Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
• 1994–2000, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy, University of London, London, United Kingdom
• 1995–2000, Courtauld Visiting professor, University of California, Los Angeles United States
• 2001–2005, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Cardiff/Wales, United Kingdom

• 1960, Carl Duisberg Fellowship – Duisberg Foundation, Bonn
• 1969, K. Winnacker Award – Farbwerke Hoechst, Frankfurt
• 1980, H.F. Mark Award for Polymer Science – Austrian Chemical Society, Vienna
• 1981, JSPS-Fellowship for Polymer Science – Jap. Soc. for Promotion of Sci., Tokyo
• 1982, R.T. Major Lectureship – University of Connecticut
• 1985, H. Staudinger Award for Polym. Sci. – German Chemical Society
• 1986, Semon Lectureship – University of Kent
• 1987, Frontiers in Chemistry Lectureship – Case Western Reserve University
• 1987, Mobay Lectures/P. Debye Lectureship – Cornell University
• 1988, Chaire Francqui University of Liège
• 1989, IMS-Distinguished Lectureship – University of Connecticut
• 1990, CMSE- Distinguished Visiting Scholarship – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1990, IBM-Research Centre Lectureship IBM, San José
• 1990, O.K. Rice Lectures – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 1991, German-Dartmouth Distinguished Professorship – Dartmouth College, Hanover
• 1992, A. von Humboldt Award Ministere Français de la Recherche
• 1992, C.B. Purves Lectures – McGill University
• 1992, G. Smets Chair in Polymer Science – Universities of Leuven
• 1992, Melvin Calvin Lectureship – University of California, Berkeley
• 1993, Chevalier l'ordre des Palmes Acad. – Palmes Acad., Paris
• 1993, Doctor Honoris Causa – Université Paris, Paris-Sud
• 1993, Japanese Polymer Award Society of Polymer Science, Tokyo
• 1993, Miles Lectureship – University of Pittsburgh
• 1994, ACS-Award in Polymer Chemistry – American Chemical Society
• 1994, G.M.J. Schmidt Lecture Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• 1994, Rothschild Professor – Curie Institute, Paris
• 1994, Ziegler-Natta Lectureship – Italian Chemical Society
• 1995, Doctor Honoris Causa – University of Dublin, Trinity College
• 1995, Pirkey Lecture – University of Texas
• 1996, A. Cruikshank Lecture Award in Chemical Sciences – Gordon Conferences
• 1996, Aggarwal Lectures – Cornell University, Ithaca
• 1996, Centenary Lectureship Award – Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
• 1996, Distinguished Professorship – Kyoto University
• 1996, Otto M. Smith Lecture – Oklahoma State University
• 1996, Pierre Duhem Lectures – University of Bordeaux, France
• 1996, Rushmer Lecture – University of Washington
• 1997, E. Gordon Young Memorial Lectureship – The Chemical Institute of Canada
• 1997, Eminent Scientist of RIKEN, RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Tokyo)
• 1998, Distinguished Shipley Lecturer – Clarkson University
• 1999, Doctor Honoris Causa – ETH Zurich
• 2000, Honored Member of the Liquid Crystal Society – LC-Society; Shinshu University, Japan
• 2000, Rohm and Haas Polymer Lecturer University of California, Berkeley
• 2001, Friendship Award of the P.R.China – Beijing, P.R.China
• 2002, Prize for Technology a. Appl. Science – C.F.-Pastor-Foundation, Aachen/München, Germany
• 2003, Abbé-Lectureship – University of Jena, Jena, Germany