Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. Martin Jansen

Name: Martin Jansen Born: 5 November 1944

Main areas of research: preparative solid-state chemistry, crystal chemistry, materials research, structure-property relationship of solids

Since 1998, he has been a member of the scientific council of the Max Planck Society and a director at the Max Planck Institute for solid-state research in StuttgartHe has developed a concept for plan- ning solid state syntheses, combining computational and experimental tools, that is pointing the way to rational and efficient discovery of new materials.

Academic and Professional Career since 1998 Director at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart and Honorary Professor at the University of Stuttgart, Germany

1987 - 1998 Professor (C4) and Director of the Institute at the University of Bonn, Germany

1981 - 1987 Professor (C4), Chair B for Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Hannover, Germany

1978 Habilitation at the University of Gießen, Germany

1973 Promotion (Ph.D.) at the University of Gießen, Germany

1966 - 1970 Study of Chemistry at the University of Gießen, Germany

Honours and Awarded Memberships (Selection)

2019 Otto-Hahn-Prize

2009 Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

2009 Georg Wittig - Victor Grignard Prize, Société Chimique de France

2008 Member of acatech (National Academy of Science and Engineering)

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1 2007 Karl Ziegler Award, Germany

2004 Honorary Doctorate of the Ludwig Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany

2004 Science Award of the Stifterverband for the German science system, Germany

2000 Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

2000 Member of Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

2000 Member of Academia Europaea

1996 Alfred Stock Memorial Award

1996 Member of North Rhine-Westphalia Academy of Scienc, Humanities and Art, Düssedorf (since 1998 corresponding member), Germany

1989 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award, Germany

Major Scientific Interests

Jansen's group puts its main emphasis on basic research in the field of preparative solid state chemistry with the goal of developing modern materials. Classes of materials currently under investigation include oxides and nitrides of metals and nonmetals as well as fullerenes, e.g., new binary and ternary oxides, ionic conductors, structural oxide ceramics and pigments, amorphous inorganic nitridic covalent networks, or endohedral fullerenes and fullerides. Be- sides employing traditional solid state synthesis methods, a large number of alternative techniques is used, e.g., the sol-gel process, synthesis under high pressure, via an rf-furnace, at low temperatures in liquid ammonia, by electrochemical methods, or by low-temperature atomic beam deposition. Optimizing the syntheses of new materials is only a first, though crucial step, however. In addition, their chemical and physical properties, in particular optical, electrical and magnetic behavior, are analyzed both at high and low temperatures. This pro- vides the basis for placing the results in the proper context regarding structure-property rela- tionships and modern concepts of bond theory. A long-term goal of the department is to in- crease the predictability of solid state chemistry, i.e., to predict the existence of not-yet syn- thesized compounds, calculate their properties, and finally provide prescriptions for their synthesis. This work involves both theoretical and synthetic aspects. On the theoretical side, structure candidates are determined by studying the energy landscapes of chemical systems using global exploration techniques, while on the preparative side kinetically controlled types of reactions that allow low-temperature synthesis of (possibly metastable) compounds are being developed.

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