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Gerhard Ertl

German physicist

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Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, which has helped explain how fuel cells produce energy without pollution, how catalytic converters clean up car exhausts and even why iron rusts, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

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Born
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Place of birth
Stuttgart wd
Citizenship
Germany wd
Occupation
physicist, chemist, university teacher wd
Education
University of Stuttgart, University of Paris, LMU Munich, University of Stuttgart, Technical University of Munich, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium, Leibniz University Hannover wd

Awards wd

  • Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (2008)
  • Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2008)
  • Faraday Lectureship Prize (2007)
  • Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (2008)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2007)
  • Otto Hahn Prize (2007)
  • Alwin Mittasch Prize (1990)
  • Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (2014)
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1998)
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1991)
  • Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin (2009)
  • Bunsen Medal (1992)
  • Carl Engler Medal (1996)
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal (1985)
  • Liebig Medal (1987)

Questions

When was Gerhard Ertl born?
Gerhard Ertl was born on 10 October 1936 in Stuttgart.
Where did Gerhard Ertl study?
Gerhard Ertl was educated at University of Stuttgart, University of Paris, LMU Munich, University of Stuttgart.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Gerhard Ertl · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q60066 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Prof Ertl-Portrait.jpg by Wolfram Däumel (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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