Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bernt Krebs

Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth: 26 Nov. 1938

1963 Diploma Thesis, University of Göttingen

1965 Dr. rer. nat. Thesis, University of Göttingen
“Reactions and Crystal Structure of Trithiocarbonic Acid”

1965-1966 Postdoc
Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

1969 Habilitation Thesis, University of Göttingen
“Crystal Chemistry of Transition Metal Oxygen Compounds”

1969-1971 University Lecturer, University of Göttingen

1971-1973 Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Kiel

1973-1977 Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bielefeld

1977-2004 Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Münster

1980-1981 Dean, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Münster

1981-2010 Visiting Professorships at:
StateUniversity of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
University of Strasbourg, France
Nagoya University, Japan

Honours and Awards

1992 Max Planck Research Award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
1996 Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz
1996 Member of the Académie Européenne des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres, Paris
1997 Wilhelm Klemm Award (German Chemical Society)
1997 Member of the Academy of Sciences New York
1999 Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, German Academy of Sciences, Halle/Saale
2000 Member of the Academia Europaea, London
2001 Egon Wiberg Award Lecture, University of München
2004 Corresponding Member of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006 Honorary Doctorate Dr. rer. nat. h. c., University of Mainz

Some Professional Activities

1979-2004 Member, Scientific Board of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, (ZIF), Bielefeld
1985-1992 Chairman, Research Program of the DFG “New Phenomena in the Chemistry of Metallic Elements with Closed Inner Electronic States”
1985-1989 Scientific Council of the Kernforschungszentrum Jülich
1986-2010 Editorial Board Member in different peer-reviewed journals: Chemische Berichte, Inorganic Chemistry, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, European Journal of Inorganic and Solid State Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
1987-1989 Consultant to the Swedish National Board for Technical Development
1989-1993 German National Committee of the International Union of Crystallography
1992-1998 Member of Referee Board for Inorganic Chemistry, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1994-2003 Chairman and Member in different EU COST Management Committees (D8, D21)
1994-2005 Selection Committees, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
1998-2004 Chairman of Referees for Inorganic Chemistry, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2001-2004 Commission on Structural Chemistry of the International Union of Crystallography
2000-2001 Central Evaluation Committee for several Max Planck Institutes, Max Planck Society
2001-2006 Fachbeirat Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Mülheim
2003-2006 Evaluation Committee, Bulgarian Ministry of Science
2008 Speaker Section Inorganic Chemistry, German Academy of Sciences

Memberships

Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Royal Society of Chemistry as FRSC CChem (RSC)
Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie (DBG)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallographie (DGK)
American Crystallographic Association (ACA)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte (GDNÄ)