Heino Finkelmann

Heino Finkelmann (born 1945, Gronau[1]) is a retired German organic chemist in the area of liquid-crystalline elastomers.[2]

Heino Finkelmann
Born	1945 Gronau (Leine), Germany
Alma mater	Technical University of Berlin
Known for	Polymer chemistry
Scientific career
Fields	Organic and Polymer chemistry
Institutions	Paderborn University Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Clausthal University of Technology University of Freiburg
Doctoral advisor	Horst Stegemeyer

Biography

After earning an engineering degree, Finkelmann graduated 1972 as chemist (Diplom) from Technical University of Berlin.[1] 1975 he earned his PhD at the Paderborn University under the supervision of Horst Stegemeyer.[3][1]

After three years of Postdoc under the guidance of Helmut Ringsdorf at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Finkelmann habilitated from 1978 to 1984 at the Clausthal University of Technology with the group of Günther Rehage.[1]

From 1984 to 2010 Finkelmann was appointed Full Professor and Director of the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg.[1][4][5]

One of his famous works is the concept of the side chain nematic elastomers.[6]

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions

• 1984: Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize from the Society of German Chemists[5][7]
• 2000: Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize[5]
• 2003: Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society[5]
• 2004: Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Toulouse[5][8]
• 2006: George William Gray Medal of the British Liquid Crystal Society[9][5][2]

References

1. "Lebenslauf Prof. Dr. Heino Finkelmann" [CV Prof. Dr. Heino Finkelmann]. chemie.uni-freiburg.de (in German). Universität Freiburg. 10 March 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-31. Retrieved 2019-07-13.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Heino Finkelmann". degruyter.com (in German). Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender Online. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
3. "Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Heino Finkelmann". Archived from the original on 2004-07-03. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
4. "uni'leben, die Zeitung der Universität Freiburg" (PDF). Freiburger Uni-Magazin (in German). Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, der Rektor, Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer: 11. 2010. ISSN 0947-1251.
5. Ansgar Komp, Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer, Kirsten Severing (2010-02-01). "Heino Finkelmann: 65 Years of Devotion to Science". Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 211 (3): 373–374. doi:10.1002/macp.200900669.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. Mark Warner, Eugene Michael Terentjev,Liquid Crystal Elastomers, Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-852767-1 (Hbk.), ISBN 978-0-19-921486-0 (Pbk.) p. 126
7. "GDCh-Preise - Carl-Duisberg-Gedächtnispreis". gdch.de (in German). Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh) / German Chemical Society. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
8. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, ed. (2004-10-05). "Freiburger Unimagazin – ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG" (PDF). Freiburger Uni-Magazin (in German). Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany: Promo Verlag GmbH: 18. ISSN 0947-1251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
9. "Gray Medal". blcs.eng.cam.ac.uk. British Liquid Crystal Society. 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-13.