Horst Kessler

Horst Kessler (born 5 April 1940 in Suhl, Thuringia) is a German chemist and Emeritus Professor of Excellence at the Institute for Advanced Study at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).[1][2]

Horst Kessler
Born(1940-04-05)April 5, 1940
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen
Scientific career
InstitutionsTechnical University of Munich
Theses
  • Kupfersalzkatalysierte Diazomethanreaktion mit Aromaten (1966)
  • Nachweis innermolekularer Beweglichkeit durch NMR-Spektroskopie (1969)
Doctoral advisorEugen Müller
Doctoral studentsHartmut Oschkinat

Life and work

Horst Kessler was the son of Walter and Gertrude Kessler. He went to school from 1946-1958 in Suhl, and studied chemistry at the Leipzig University from 1958-1961. He became a student of Eugen Müller at the University of Tübingen, and completed his Master (Diplom) in 1963, thereafter his PhD at 1966. In 1969, he underwent habilitation in organic chemistry, entitling him to become a professor. He was briefly a University lecturer at Tübingen, then he obtained an organic chemistry lecturer position at the University of Frankfurt am Main. In 1989, he moved to the position of Professor of organic chemistry and biochemistry at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he was in charge of overseeing the installation of one of the four 900 MHz NMR spectrometers in Germany at that time.[3] At TUM, he was Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Biology and Earth Sciences from 1994-1996. From October 2008 onwards, he is a Carl-von-Linde Professor (Emeritus Professor of Excellence) at the Institute for Advanced Study at TUM.[2]

Kessler works in the area of bioorganic chemistry, in particular peptide synthesis, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. He also made contributions to magnetic resonance imaging.

Notable achievements

In 1996, Kessler became a member of the highly-selective Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities,[4] the largest of the eight state academies in Germany. In 2002, he was elected to membership of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina,[5] the highest academic honour awarded by an institution in Germany.

  • In 2015 he was awarded the R. Bruce Merrifield Award by the American Peptide Society.[6]
  • In 2008 he was jointly awarded the Josef Rudinger Memorial Award with Manfred Mutter by the European Peptide Society.[7]
  • In 2005 he was awarded the Burckhardt Helferich Prize for bioorganic chemistry.[8]
  • In 2002 he was awarded the Vincent du Vigneaud Award by the American Peptide Society.[9]
  • In 2001 he was awarded the Max Planck Research Prize awarded by the Max Planck Society.[10]
  • In 1997 he was awarded the Emil Fischer Medal awarded by the German Chemical Society.[11]

Kessler's Google Scholar profile shows that he has authored more than 600 articles and has an H-index of over 90 (as of February 2017),[12] including an article for stimulating cell adhesion on biomaterials[13] which had been cited over 1000 times.

References
  1. "Fakultaet fuer Chemie: Prof. Dr. Horst Kessler". Technical University of Munich. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. "IAS: Current Focus Groups". Technical University of Munich Institute for Advanced Study. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. stb. "Seit 1940 dynamisch. Horst Kessler 65" (PDF). Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) e.V. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. "Mitglieder Bayerische Akademic der Wissenschaft". Bayerische Akademic der Wissenschaft. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. "List of Members". Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. "Awards". American Peptide Society. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  7. "Josef Rudinger Memorial Award". European Peptide Society. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. "Institut fuer Organische Chemie -Burckhardt-Helferich-Preis". Universitaet Leipzig. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  9. "Awards". American Peptide Society. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  10. "Zwölf Wissenschaftler mit dem Max-Planck-Forschungspreis ausgezeichnet (Twelve scientists were awarded the Max Planck Research Prize)". Bild der Wissenschaft. Retrieved 17 February 2017. Der Max-Planck-Forschungspreis für Chemie geht an Horst Kessler vom Institut für organische Chemie und Biochemie der Technischen Universität München.
  11. "GDCh-Preise". Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) e.V. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  12. "Horst Kessler". Google Scholar. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  13. Hersel U, Dahmen C, Kessler H (2003). "RGD modified polymers: biomaterials for stimulated cell adhesion and beyond". Biomaterials. 24 (24): 4385–415. doi:10.1016/S0142-9612(03)00343-0. PMID 12922151.
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