Prof. Dr. Jörg Kärger

Curriculum Vitae

Born 1943 in Erfurt

Education

1962 - 1967
1970

Studying Physics at Leipzig University
Ph. D. in Physics at Leipzig University

Professional Career

1970 - 1977
1977 - 1982
1978
1982 - 1989
1989 - 1994
1994 - April 2009
since April 2009

Scientific co-worker, Leipzig University
Senior scientific co-worker, Leipzig University
Habilitation ("Promotion B")
Lecturer, Leipzig University
extraordinary Professor, Leipzig University
Professor with full chair (Interface Physics), Leipzig University
Professor emeritus, Leipzig University

Professional Activities and Memberships

1996 - 1999
1996 - 1999
1997 - 2000
2002- 2006

Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences at Leipzig University
President of the German Zeolite Association
Member of the Board of FEZA (Federation of European Zeolite Associations)
Ombudsman of Leipzig University

Editorship

www.diffusion-fundamentals.org (since 2003)
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (European Editor 2004-2008)

Membership in Editorial Boards

Zeolites (1992 - 1997) Adsorption (since 1993) Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (since 1993)

Honours

1978
1980
1986

1993

2000
2005

Gustav-Hertz-Award of the German Physical Society
Leibniz-Medal of the German Academy of Sciences
Donald-W.-Breck Award of the International Zeolite Association (together with H. Pfeifer, D. Freude and M. Bülow)
Max Planck Research Award of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation
and the Max-Planck-Society
Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences
Theodor-Litt-Award of Leipzig University

Research Interest

Experiment (in particular by NMR techniques) and theory of mass transfer and matter conversion in complex systems