With the H.F. Mark Medal, named after the Austrian-American chemist Hermann Franz Mark (1895 - 1992), the OFI honors individuals for outstanding achievements in the field of plastics and polymer technology. This year, the award went to Prof. Dr. Michael R. Buchmeiser, holder of the Chair of Macromolecular Materials and Fiber Chemistry at the Institute of Polymer Chemistry (IPOC) at the University of Stuttgart, at a ceremony in Vienna. Other award winners were Roman Eberstaller (SUNPOR Kunststoff GmbH) and Prof. Wolfgang Stadlbauer (FH Upper Austria).
Prof. Buchmeiser received the award for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of polymer synthesis. "With more than 450 publications and over 50 patent applications, Prof. Buchmeiser is an extremely successful scientist in his field of research," emphasizes OFI Managing Director DI Udo Pappler. The award winner gave a deeper insight into his main research areas - polymers, high-performance fibers, energy storage - in a panel discussion with his laudator Prof. Walter Kaminsky from the University of Hamburg, and OFI Managing Director Udo Pappler.
The H. F. Mark Medal joins a host of other awards Prof. Buchmeiser has already received for his research, including the "Novartis Research Prize" and the "Otto Roelen Medal". The scientist, who is also the spokesperson for the Collaborative Research Centre “Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Defined Directing Geometries” (SFB 1333) at the University of Stuttgart, was delighted to receive the award: "Being awarded the H. F. Mark Medal is a great honor for me and a great acknowledgement of our previous scientific work, which is also the basis of SFB 1333," says Buchmeiser.
| Contact | Prof. Dr. Michael R. Buchmeiser, Institute of Polymer Chemistry (IPOC), Chair of Macromolecular Materials and Fiber Chemistry, Tel. +49 711 685 64075, E-Mail |
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