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Manfred T. Reetz

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Manfred T. Reetz
Reetz in 2008
Born(1943-08-13)13 August 1943
Hirschberg, Gau Lower Silesia, Germany (now Jelenia Góra, Poland)
Died23 April 2026(2026-04-23) (aged 82)
CitizenshipGermany
EducationUniversity of Göttingen (PhD, 1969)
University of Michigan
Washington University
AwardsLeibniz Prize (1989)
Nagoya Gold Medal Award (2000)
Centenary Prize (2002)
Ziegler Prize (2005)
Prelog Medal (2006)
Arthur C. Cope Award (2009)
Tetrahedron Prize (2011)
Otto Hahn Prize (2011)
IKCOC Prize (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
Institutions Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
Ulrich Schöllkopf

Manfred Theodor Reetz (13 August 1943 – 23 April 2026) was a German chemist and professor of organic chemistry, who served as director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research from 1991 until 2011. His research focused on directed evolution, enzymes in organic chemistry, and stereoselective biocatalysis.[1]

Life and career

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Reetz was born in Hirschberg, Gau Lower Silesia on 13 August 1943, and immigrated to the US in 1952.[2][3] After studying chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Michigan, he returned to Germany to obtain his Ph.D. under Ulrich Schöllkopf at the University of Göttingen. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Marburg where he completed his habilitation in 1978. After two years at the University of Bonn, he returned to Marburg as full professor in 1980. In 1991 he was appointed director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim, a position that he held until 2011.[2][1]

Reetz died on 23 April 2026, at the age of 82.[4]

Honors and awards

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Among the awards that Reetz received are the Leibniz Prize (1989),[2] the Nagoya Gold Medal Award of Organic Chemistry (2000),[2] the RSC Centenary Prize (2002),[5] the Karl Ziegler Prize [de] (2005),[6] the Prelog Medal [de] (2006),[7] the ACS Arthur C. Cope Award (2009),[8] the Tetrahedron Prize (2011),[9] the Otto Hahn Prize (2011),[3] and the International Kyoto Conference on New Aspects of Organic Chemistry (IKCOC) Prize (2012).[10] He was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1997.[11] He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005.[12]

Selected publications

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  • Reetz, Manfred (2016). Directed evolution of selective enzymes : catalysts for organic chemistry and biotechnology. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-31660-1. OCLC 958482460.

References

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  1. 1 2 "75th Birthday: Manfred T. Reetz". ChemistryViews. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Organische Synthese" [Organic Synthesis]. Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (in German). 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 "M. Reetz Receives Otto Hahn Prize". ChemistryViews. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Frank Neese: "The Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (Fundation under Private Law) Mourns the Loss of its Long-Standing Director Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Manfred T. REETZ". kofo.mpg.de, 4 May 2026. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "RSC Centenary Prizes". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Karl-Ziegler-Stiftung" [Karl Ziegler Foundation]. Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (in German). Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Frühere Prelog-Lektoren und deren Laudatien" [Previous Prelog Lecturers]. ETH Zürich. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Arthur C. Cope Award". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  9. ↑ Taylor, Richard J.K. (2012). "The 2011 Tetrahedron prize for creativity in organic chemistry". Tetrahedron. 68 (37). Elsevier BV: 7529. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2012.07.050. ISSN 0040-4020.
  10. ↑ "M. Reetz Wins IKCOC Prize". ChemistryViews. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "Mitgliederverzeichnis - Prof. Dr. Manfred T. Reetz" [Member Directory - Prof. Manfred T. Reetz]. Leopoldina (in German). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Manfred Reetz". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020.
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