लेखक: Johann Weis

Professor Dr. Norbert Auner Studied chemistry at the Technical University in Darmstadt, where he received his Ph.D. After finishing his habilitation in Münster he moved to the Technical University of Munich where he worked as Assistant Professor. In 1993 he was appointed Full Professor at the Humboldt-University in Berlin and since 1997 he is working the the Goethe-University in Frankfurt. His research interests mainly focus on synthetic methods in organometallic and inorganic chemistry. Professor Dr. Johann Weis is Senior Vice President Corporate R&D of Wacker Chemie Gmb H, Munich, and a Member of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg, where he holds a lectureship for Industrial Inorganic Chemistry. He was born in Murnau and did all his studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, including his thesis under the supervision of Professor Dr. Wolfgang Beck. After his studies he joined with Wacker Chemie Gmb H in 1972 and worked in the Division Silicones for 30 years.