Gerhard Ertl from Daytona Beach, FL

About:

Born:

10 October 1936 • Bad Cannstatt

Known for:

Surface chemistry

Work:

Company:

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich faculty • Humboldt University of Berlin faculty

Position:

Physicist

Education:

Studied at:

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Academic degree:

Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences • Professor

Area of science:

Piano

Specialty:

Director

Skills & Activities:

Award:

Nobel laureate in Chemistry • Knight Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Achieved status:

Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Preference:

Christianity

Gerhard Ertl