Wolfgang Kaim

-  coordination chemistry of unsaturated ligands with organic, organometallic and inorganic electrophiles (main group and transition elements); mixed valency; complexes with non-innocent ligands; organic radicals; charge, electron, and spin transfer processes; metal complexation of quinonoid cofactors
-  methodical emphasis on UV/Vis/NIR and EPR spectroscopy, (spectro-)electrochemistry

born 1951 in Bad Vilbel (Germany)

1970 - 1974	Studies of chemistry and physics at the Universities of Frankfurt/Main and Konstanz
1974	Diplom Thesis („with distinction") in physical organic chemistry with E. Daltrozzo, Konstanz
19.12.1974	Diplom-Chemiker-Hauptexamen, Prädikat "mit Auszeichnung"
10.02.1978	Ph.D. Thesis („summa cum laude") in main group organometallic chemistry with Hans Bock, Frankfurt
1978 - 1979	Postdoctoral year in metal-metal multiple bond research with F.A. Cotton at Texas A&M University
1981 - 1987	Hochschulassistent at the University of Frankfurt
11.10.1982	Habilitation for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Frankfurt ("Coordination Chemistry of Reduced Heterocycles")
18.08.1987	Appointment as full professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart
3.11.2003	Appointment as adjunct professor at Northern Illinois University (USA)
27.4.2005	Appointment as visiting professor at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou (China)
2006	Guest professor at the University of Chile at Santiago
2007	Guest professor at the University of Concepcion (Chile)
2012	IIT Bombay Review Paper Award 2012
2013	Dr. Luis Federico Leloir-Preis for International Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (Argentina)
2014	Alfred-Stock Gedächtnispreis of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
2016-17	Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (India)

Fellowships

1978-1981: Liebig-Fellowship (postdoctoral)

1982-1987: Winnacker-Fellowship

1987: Heisenberg-Fellowship

for a list of all 600+ publications please use this link.