Biographies

Former members of the Commission

Prof. Gerhard WEGNER

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

Born 1940 in Berlin, Germany

1965 Ph.D. in chemistry, University of Mainz

1970 Habilitation (professorial qualification) in Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz

1971 - 1974 Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz

1974 - 1984 Director, Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany

1984 - present Director, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

Memberships:

Member of the Board of Directors, DECHEMA, Frankfurt
Member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz
Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

1996 - 2002 Vice-President, Max Planck Society