Ferdi Schüth is a German

Germany

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 chemist

Chemist

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He was born 8 July 1960 in Allangen/Warstein

Warstein

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He studied chemistry at the University of Münster

University of Münster

The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...

 from 1978 till 1984 and law from 1983 till 1988. After finishing his phd thesis on inorganic chemistry at the University of Münster

University of Münster

The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...

 in 1988 he did a postdoctoral studies in the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

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 in Minneapolis. He did his habilitation

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 in 1995 at the University of Mainz. After being professor for inorganic chemistry at the University of Frankfurt am Main from 1995 till 1998 he became director at the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung Mülheim/Ruhr.

In 2003, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

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 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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which is the highest honour awarded in German

Germany

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In July 2007, he was elected Vice-President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).