Manfred Eigen#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 304 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Manfred Eigen passed away February 6, 2019.
Positions Held
- 1982 - 1993 President of the German National Merit Foundation
- 1964 Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
- 1953 Researcher at Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
- 1951 - 1953 Researcher at the Institute of Physical Chemistry
- 1951 Ph.D. at the University of Göttingen, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Sound absorption
- Thermodynamic properties of water and aqueous solutions
- Fast ionic reactions
- Theory of electrolytes
- Thermal conductivity
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Wilhelm Exner Medal
- 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute of Human Virology in Baltimore
- 2001 Honorary member of the Ruhr University Bochum
- 1994 Helmholtz Medal (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
- 1992 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
- 1967 Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1967
(with Ronald G. W. Norrish and George Porter)
- 1967 ACS Linus Pauling Medal
- 1966 Foreign Associate at National Academy of Sciences
- 1965 ACS Harrison Howe Award
- 1964 Member of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 1964 Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1963 ACS John Gamble Kirkwood Medal
- 1962 Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics
- 1956 Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein Prize
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Member of Scientific Council of the German Federal Republic
- Member of Pontifical Academy of Science
- Member of Academia Europea
