Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Veith


Curriculum Vitae

Michael Veith, born 09.11.1944, Prof. for Inorganic and General Chemistry at the University of the Saarland, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

Education in Chemistry and Post-Doctoral/Professional Positions:

University of Munich 1964 - 1971.

University of Karlsruhe 1971 - 1978.

University of Braunschweig 1979 - 1984

University of Saarbrücken 1984 - today

INM Scientific Director 2005 - today

Degrees:

1969 Dipl.-Chem.

1971 Dr. rer. nat. (Thesis) with Prof. Dr. N. Wiberg.

1977 Habilitation, Priv.-Doz., University of Karlsruhe.

1979 Professor for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Braunschweig.

1984 Full Professor for Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Saarbrücken.

Visiting Professor:

1981 Universit‚ de Bordeaux I, Talence, France.

1987 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

1990 Universit‚ Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

1993 Universit‚ de Nice, Sophia Antipolis, France

since 2000 annual  Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, DEA Multinational de Chimie Moléculaire

Awards:

1978 Heisenberg-Scholarship

1978 Winnacker-Scholarship

1982 Academy Prize for Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen.

1991 Leibniz-Preis from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in Bonn.

1994 "Victor Grignard-Georg Wittig" Lecturer at several universities in France

2004 Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite

        Member of  "Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle

        Fellow of the Royal Chemical Society

2006  Corresponding member of  "Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz"

2008 Dr. h. c. Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse

2009 Wilhelm Klemm Award