Kurt Schaffner#
| Membership Number: | 526 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1999 Emeritus Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie (MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie since 2003), Mülheim an der Ruhr
- 1976 - 1999 Scientific Member, Director, and Member of the Kollegium of the Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim an der Ruhr
- 1971 - 1976 Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva
- 1970 - 1971 Titularprofessor ETH
- 1964 - 1970 Privatdozent ETH
- 1958 - 1971 Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH, Zürich
- 1957 - 1958 Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. H. Conroy, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Photochemistry
- Photobiology
- Organic chemistry
- Analytical instrumentation and spectroscopy
Honours and Awards
- 1957 Silver Medal of ETH
- 1965 Swiss Chemical Society Award with Werner Medal
- 1968 Ruzicka Award, ETH Zürich
- 1986 Member, Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Düsseldorf
- 1989 Member, Academia Europaea
- 1990 Havinga Medal, Leiden
- 1991 Doctor honoris causa, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona
- 1993 Member, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle
- 1994 Member, New York Academy of Sciences
- 1995 M. L. Dewey and C. H. Kelly Award, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- 1997 European Society for Photobiology Award
- 2001 Theodor Förster Award, Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft und Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
