Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinrich Hartwig Höcker

 
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinrich Hartwig Höcker

Professor emeritus for Textile Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, and former Director of the German Wool Research Institute (DWI) at RWTH Aachen University

E-Mail: hoecker@dwi.rwth-aachen.de

Born on October 18, 1937 in Halle/Westfalen.

1957 Abitur in Bielefeld

1957– 1963 Studied chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University (Dipl.-Chem.)

1965 Awarded doctorate as Dr. rer. nat. under W. Kern, University of Mainz

1966 – 1968 Harkness scholarship of the Commonwealth Fund of New York and Research Associate at Stanford University, Stanford, Cal., USA, under P.J. Flory

1968 – 1973 Assistant at Mainz University

1972 Habilitation for organic chemistry at the University of Mainz

1975 – 1982 Co-editor of the journal Die Makromolekulare Chemie/Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics and, up to 1999, editor of this and related journals (Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Macromolecular Symposia, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations) and up to 2001, member of the Executive Editorial Board

1973 – 1978 Professor (C 2) at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Mainz

1978 February to September, Professor (C 3) at the Institute of Organic Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

1978 – 1985 Professor (C 4) for Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Bayreuth

1985 - 2003 Professor (C 4) for Textile Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University

1986 - 2003 Director of the German Wool Research Institute (DWI) at RWTH Aachen University

2000- Editor of the electronic journal, e-Polymers

2007- Member of the Board of kunststoffland NRW e.V. and Chairman of the Scientific Committee
Subjects Polymer chemistry, biomaterials, protein chemistry, fibre chemistry

Memberships Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts, member of acatech, German Academy of Science and Technology and member of the executive board, Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Honours Doctor honoris causa from Aurel Vlaicu University, Arad, Romania, Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Herman F. Mark Medal from the Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology, Vienna, Honorary member of the German Society for Biomaterials, Honorary member of the Scientific Council of the AiF (Confederation of Industrial Research Associations), Honorary member of DWI at RWTH Aachen University, Cross of Merit First Class from the Federal Republic of Germany.