Dr. Karlheinz Schmidt, DFG

Curriculum vitae

1945              Born in Witten (Germany)

1965              University entrance diploma Bochum (Germany)

1965-1966      Military duty

1966-1970      Chemistry studies at University of Göttingen (Germany)

1970                     Diploma in chemistry; Title of diploma thesis: “Vibrational spectra and normal coordinate analysis of transition metal chalcogen compounds” (diploma supervisors: Prof. Achim Müller, Prof. Hans-Georg Wagner)

1970-1973      Postgraduate student in Göttingen und Dortmund (Germany)

1973                     Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.); Title of doctoral thesis: “On the problems of calculating molecular constants from vibrational spectroscopic data”, doctoral advisers: Prof. Achim Müller, Prof. Bernhard Schrader

1973-1976                 Postdoc in Dortmund (Germany)

Fields of research: Preparation, characterisation and force constants of small transition metal chalcogenides and of metal ammine and cyano complexes, theory of molecular vibrations

University teaching position in spectroscopy, chemical applications of group theory

since 1976        Research funding and consultation activities at DFG (German Research Foundation) in Bonn:

1976-1989    DFG Division „Scientific Instrumentation and Information Technology“:

Programme manager/director, responsibilities: chemistry and biology

              1989-2000      DFG Division „Natural Sciences“:

                            1989-1993: Programme director “Inorganic and Physical Chemistry”

1993-2000: Programme director “Inorganic chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry and Physics of Polymers, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical Chemistry”

              1999-2001      Coordinator of the DFG Task Group “From Molecule to Material”

              since 2001     Head of DFG Division “Chemistry and Process Engineering”

since 1990     International research funding and consultation activities in chemistry

since1990         Charter member of the "Chairmen and Directors of European Research Councils’ Chemistry Committees" (CERC3)

                        2001-2004 CERC3 Joint Secretariat (together with Annie Dalbéra, CNRS)

since 2004        Coordinator of the European research funding network “ERA-Chemistry”

since 2004        Member of the IUPAC Task Group: "International research funding in the chemical sciences"; since 2006 Chairman of this Task Group

• 26 Publications in international journals (Spectrochimica Acta A, Journal of Molecular Structure, Journal of  Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Letters, Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A, Inorganic Chemistry, JCS Dalton Transactions, Journal de Chimie Physique, Coordination Chemistry Rewiews),
• Book contribution in S. J. Cyvin "Molecular Structures and Vibrations" (Elsevier 1972)
• 5 Lectures at international conferences

1966       Fellowship of the German Academic National Foundation

1974       Liebig Fellowship of the VCI (Association of the Chemical Industry in Germany)

2005       Carl Duisberg medal of the GDCh (Association of German Chemists)

2006       IUPAC Fellowship