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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Inorganic Molecular Chemistry |
| Keywords | Catalysis, Energy, Green Chemistry, Nitrogen Fixation, Sustainability |
| Honours and awards | 2021: Gabor Samorjai Award for Creative Work in Catalysis 2020: Linus Pauling Medal 2019: Eni Environmental Solutions Prize 2017: ACS Catalysis Lectureship for Advancement in Catalysis Science 2016: Winner Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2015: Japan Society for Coordination Chemistry Award for Creative Work 2009: Arthur Cope Scholar Award 2006: Camile Dreyfus Teacher Scholar 2004: David and Lucile Packard Fellow |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Princeton |
| Institution | Princeton University |
| Institute | Department of Chemistry |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Karl Wieghardt | Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/09/2009 |
Programme(s)
| 2008 | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Paul Chirik is an inorganic chemist who has made significant and highly innovative contributions in the areas of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Catalysis. He has advanced our understanding of nitrogen fixation in Biology and Chemistry, and has developed new iron catalysts for organic transformations. In Germany, he will work on the Electronic Structure of his new catalysts. |