Fritz Kühn

Education

• 1985 - high school diploma
• WS 1986/87 - SS 1991 - Studied chemistry at the Technical University of Munich Intermediate diploma November 1988.
• Aug. 1991 - Nov. 1994 - Diploma thesis (main diploma January 1992 ) and doctorate in the working group of Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. WA Herrmann
• April 1995 - March 1996 - Postdoctoral research associate at Texas A & M University in College Station (USA) in the working group of Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. FA Cotton
• Apr 1996 - July 2000 - Habilitation at the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich
• June 2005 - March 2006 - Acting representative of the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich.
• April - November 2006 - Principal Researcher at the Instituto Technológico e Nuclear (ITN) in Sacavém near Lisbon.
• from December 2006 - Professor of Molecular Catalysis at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Garching b. Munich.
• Oct. 2007 - Dec. 2015 - Acting representative of the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich.

Awards and Scholarships

• 1985: Prize from the Rockermaier Foundation for special achievements in the Abitur examination
• 1991 - 1994: Doctoral scholarship from the Hermann Schlosser Foundation (DEGUSSA AG)
• 1995 - 1998: Scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• 1999: Otto Roelen Medal from DECHEMA for the development of novel catalysts
• 2003: Hans Fischer Prize from the Hans Fischer Society
• 2008: Visiting professor at the National University of Singapore, Singapore
• 2012: Science Award from Lianoning Province (China)

Memberships in scientific societies

• Since 1999 Membership in the GdCH (Society of German Chemists)
• Since 2003 Member of the ACS (American Chemical Society)
• Since March 2007 International representative of the chemistry department at TUM (CH-TUM)
• Since 2010 Dean of the CH-TUM Graduate School
• Since 2012 Board member of TUM-Create (Singapore)
• Since 2012 Board member of the TUM Graduate School
• Since 2016 Dean of Studies at CH-TUM

Current research focuses

• Catalytic oxidation reactions
  
• Catalytic hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation as well as hydrosilylation
  
• Heterogenization of homogeneous catalyst systems
  
• Medicinal chemistry
  

Publications

• Papers published or accepted: 469 with 16,950 citations; H-index: 64 (as of September 14, 2021, Scopus)