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Herbert W. Roesky | |
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 Roesky in 2011 | |
| Born | (1935-11-06)6 November 1935 Laukischken, Gau East Prussia, Germany |
| Died | 5 December 2025(2025-12-05) (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
Herbert Walter Roesky (6 November 1935 – 5 December 2025) was a German inorganic chemist.
Life and career
Herbert Walter Roesky was born in Laukischken, Gau East Prussia on 6 November 1935. He obtained his doctorate from Göttingen and worked at Du Pont in the United States before returning to his alma mater where he retired in 2004. He is primarily known for his pioneering work on fluorides of both transition and p-block metals. He was a visiting professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Kyoto University, and he was also a Frontier Lecturer at Texas A&M University at College Station, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Iowa at Iowa City. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences at Göttingen, the New York Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associé étranger de l’Académie des Sciences, and the Academia Europæa in London.
He served as the Vice President of the German Chemical Society during 1995, and last he was the President of the Academy of Sciences of Göttingen.
More than 1000 peer-reviewed papers, articles, patents, and books record his research activity in the areas of inorganic chemistry and materials science. He was also the recipient of several prizes, i.e. the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the Alfred Stock Memorial Prize, the Grand Prix de la Foundation de la Maison de la Chimie, the Wilkinson Prize and ACS awards in Inorganic and Fluorine Chemistry. In 2025, Roesky was highlighted by Chemistry World as the top-predicted candidate for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, receiving the most votes in their annual poll.[1]
Roesky died on 5 December 2025, at the age of 90.[2]
References
- ^ "The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live". Chemistry World. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "In Memoriam – Prof. Herbert W. Roesky (1935–2025)". eurasc.eu. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
External links
- Homepage at University of Göttingen
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