Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Martin Jansen
  
  
Personal Data
Date of Birth:November 5, 1944
Place of Birth:Pellworm, Germany
Married to Monika (Loh) Jansen, 3 children 
  
  
Education
Elementary: Pellworm1951 – 1955
Secondary: Hermann Tast High School, Husum1955 – 1964
University: University of Gießen1966
Dissertation Title: "About Oxomanganates and Oxocobaltates of the Alkaline Metals"1973
Habilitation: Venia legendi for Inorganic Chemistry1978
  
  
Professional Experience
Offer of a professorship at the University of Karlsruhe (declined)1981
Full Professor at the University of Hannover1981
Offer of professorships at the TH Darmstadt (declined) and the University of Bonn1987
Full Professor at the University of Bonn1987
Offer of a professorship at the ETH Zurich (declined)1988
Director at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart1998 – 2012
Guest Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids2012 – 2020
  
Scientific Societies 
• Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker 
• Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft 
• Bunsengesellschaft 
• DECHEMA 
• Gesellschaft deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte 
• Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft 
• wiss. Mitglied der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 
• Materials Research Society (USA) 
• American Association for the Advancement of Science 
• Research in Earth Sciences 
  
Committees
• Member of the "Engeres Kuratorium des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie"1992 – 1999
• Elected evaluator of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"1994 – 1997
• Head of the "Fachausschuß für Anorganische Chemie der Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"    1997 – 2000
• Member of the "Kuratorium Angewandte Chemie"2000 – 2008
• Member of the "Kuratorium der Universität Bonn"2003 – 2009
• Member of the "Minerva-Weizmann Committee"2005 – 2008
  
Editorial Boards 
• Angewandte Chemie 
• Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 
• European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 
• Journal of Solid State Chemistry 
• Solid State Sciences 
• Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 
• Chemistry of Materials 
  
  
Honours
• Best Dissertation 1972/73, Justus-Liebig-University1973
• Award of the Justus-Liebig-University1978
• "Dozentenstipendium" from the Fonds of the Chemical Industry1979
• Otto-Bayer Award1987
• Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Award1989
• A. Stock-Memorial Award1996
• Member of the "Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften", Düsseldorf1996
  corresponding membersince 1998
• Honorary Professor, University of Stuttgart1998
• Member of the "Academia Europaea"2000
• Member of the "Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften"2000
• Member of the "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina"2000
• Honorary Member of the Materials Research Society of India2002
• C. N. R. Rao Award Lecture2003
• Egon-Wiberg Lecture2004
• Wissenschaftspreis des Stifterverbandes der Deutschen Wissenschaft2004
• Honorary Doctorate of the Ludwig Maximilian-University of Munich2004
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry2005
• Honorary Fellow of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)2006
• Wolfgang-Paul-Plakette der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn2007
• Karl-Ziegler-Award2007
• Distinguished lecture of the Texas A&M University2008
• Georg Wittig - Victor Grignard Award of the Societé Chimique de France2009
• Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry2009
• International Medal for Materials Science, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)2011
• Sheik Saqr Materials Lecture, ICMS Bangalore2016
• Otto-Hahn-Preis (Gemeinsamer Preis der Stadt Frankfurt, der GDCh und der DPG)2019
• 1st CNR Rao Materials Lecture, JNCASR2020
• Honorary Professor, University of Cologne2022
Go to Editor View