Gerhard Ertl

Also known as Gerhard Ludwig Ertl, Gerhard L. Ertl, Gerhard L Ertl, G. L. Ertl, G L Ertl, G. Ertl, G Ertl, Ertl

German physicist

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Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and chemist who also works as a university teacher. Born in Stuttgart in 1936, he has resided in Germany and worked in Munich. His professional interests include physics and chemistry. He was educated at the University of Stuttgart, the University of Paris, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and the Technical University of Munich. His doctoral advisor was Heinz Gerischer, who also influenced his work.

Ertl has received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, the Faraday Lectureship Prize, and the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille. He is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences. He has been employed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Leibniz University Hannover, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Freie Universität Berlin. He speaks German and identifies with Christianity.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2007
“for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Gerhard
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Stuttgart
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: Leibniz University Hannover
Employer: Freie Universität Berlin
Languages spoken: German
Religion: Christianity
Doctoral advisor: Heinz Gerischer
Field of work: chemistry
Image: Prof Ertl-Portrait.jpg
Work location: Munich
Residence: Germany

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Commons category: Gerhard Ertl
date of birth: 1936-10-10
member of: Royal Society of Edinburgh
Commons gallery: Gerhard Ertl
influenced by: Heinz Gerischer
name in native language: Gerhard Ertl
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
interested in: physics

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Encyclopedic overview

Gerhard Ertl ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈʔɛʁtl̩] ; born 10 October 1936) 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.

His work has paved the way for development of cleaner energy sources and will guide the development of fuel cells, said Astrid Graslund, secretary of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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