The Karl Ziegler Lectures
Karl Ziegler was a chemist, a Nobel Prize laureate, passionate art collector and Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. Karl Ziegler’s wife Maria and his daughter Marianne initiated this event in 1978 in order to commemorate Karl Ziegler and to honor outstanding scientists. It was the year of his 80th birthday which he did not live to see. The Karl Ziegler Guest Professors give lectures and interact with the scientists from Mülheim. 33 scientists have been selected up to this year.
| 1980 | Klaus Hafner, Darmstadt | |
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| 1981 | Dieter Seebach, Zürich/Schweiz | |
| 1982 | Malcolm L.H. Green, Oxford/Großbritannien | |
| 1983 | E.O. Fischer, München | |
| 1984 | Heinz A. Staab, Heidelberg | |
| 1987 | Wolfgang A. Herrmann, München | |
| 1988 | Manfred T. Reetz, Marburg | |
| 1993 | Barry M. Trost, Stanford/USA | |
| 1994 | Ryoji Noyori, Nagoya/Japan | |
| 1995 | Stephen L. Buchwald, Cambridge/USA | |
| 1996 | Alfons Baiker, Zürich/Schweiz | |
| 1997 | Eric N. Jacobsen, Cambridge/USA | |
| 1998 | Sir John Meurig Thomas, London/Großbritannien | |
| 1999 | Robert H. Grubbs, Pasadena/USA | |
| 2000 | Rutger A. van Santen, Eindhoven/Niederlande | |
| 2001 | John F. Hartwig, New Heaven/USA | |
| 2002 | Gerhard Ertl, Berlin | |
| 2003 | David A. Evans, Cambridge/USA | |
| 2004 | Pierre A. Jacobs, Leuven/Belgien | |
| 2005 | Kendall N. Houk, Los Angeles/USA | |
| 2006 | Hisashi Yamamoto, Chicago/USA | |
| 2007 | Avelino Corma, Valencia/Spanien | |
| 2010 | Scott Denmark, Urbana Champaign/USA | |
| 2011 | Peter Chen, Zürich/Schweiz | |
| 2012 | Matthias Beller, Rostock | |
| 2013 | Dieter Enders, Aachen | |
| 2015 | Stefan Grimme, Bonn | |
| 2016 | Erick M. Carreira, Zürich/Schweiz | |
| 2017 | Amir H. Hoveyda, Boston/USA | |
| 2018 | Kyoko Nozaki, Tokyo/Japan | |
| 2019 | Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht/NL | |
| 2022 | David Milstein, Rehovot/Israel | |
| 2023 | F. Dean Toste, Berkeley/USA | |
| 2024 | Véronique Gouverneur, Oxford/UK |
Pictures of the Karl Ziegler guest professors of the recent years
Prof. Dr. Bert Weckhuysen, 2019
Prof. Dr. Kyoko Nozaki, 2018
Prof. Dr. Amir Hoveyda, 2017
Prof. Dr. Erick Carreira, 2016
Prof. Dr. Stefan Grimme, 2015
