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I was born on 10 October 1936 in Bad Cannstatt which is part of the city of Stuttgart in the southwest of Germany.
German chemist, who received the 2007 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his pioneering work in the discipline of surface chemistry.

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Who has had the luck to receive the Nobel Prize as a surprise birthday present? The answer is Gerhard Ertl, born in 1936.
In his youth he was interested in music, chemistry, and physics, and started university in Stuttgart followed by Paris and Munich. The door to research opened itself in his diploma thesis. His courage showed itself early on when he was a PhD student, and led him to the novel field of surface science and so to heterogeneous catalysis where he became one of the great pioneers.
He discovered at an atomic level the mechanisms and kinetics of ammonia synthesis and CO oxidation. He identified the “active centers” of catalysts—and his line of thought shaped current heterogeneous catalysis that is so important for modern industry and society. Time after time he set out basic concepts for solving important scientific and technical problems—with patience and without any fuss. Typical for Gerhard Ertl!

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Gerhard Ertl

German physicist (born 1936)

Gerhard Ertl (German pronunciation:[ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁtˈʔɛʁtl̩]^ⓘ; born 10 October 1936) is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, which has helped explain how fuel cells produce energy without pollution, how catalytic converters clean up car exhausts and even why iron rusts, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

His work has paved the way for development of cleaner energy sources and will guide the development of fuel cells, said Astrid Graslund, secretary of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces. The Nobel academy said Ertl provided a detailed description of how chemical reactions take place on surfaces. His findings applied in both academic studies and industrial development, the academy said. “Surface chemistry can even explain the destruction

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Summary

In 2007, there was a big step made in chemistry by Gerhard Ertl. His contribution has paved the way for developing the cleaner energy sources. So that he was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with the study of chemical process on solid surfaces.

Background

Gerhard Ertl, a German physicist and a professor emeritus at the department of physical chemistry was born in Stuttgart. He studied at the Technical University of Stuttgart in Stuttgart, majoring in physics from 1955 to 1957. And then in 1961, he obtained his Diploma in physics at the Technical University. He received his Ph.D degree in 1965. He married Barbara and they have two children and several grandchildren. As a Christian, He always likes to play the piano and sometimes playing with his cat.

Career

He became an assistant and lecturer at Technical University of Muich. Then he became a professor at Institute for physical chemistry. At Free University of California Institute of Technology, he became a professor in 1986. He was director at the Fritz Haber Institure of the MPG from 1986 till his re