UniSysCat member Prof. Markus Antonietti, who is director of the colloid chemistry department at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, has been awarded with a Honorary Fellowship of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS). Prof. Antonietti was selected for his contribution to the progress of chemistry in general as well as to the development of chemistry in China. He is now one of 60 Honorary Fellows, 20 of whom are from Europe and five from Germany.
"This award is important to me because knowledge and education enable mutual understanding and put enemy images into perspective," says Antonietti. With the Honorary Fellowship, the CCS pays tribute to a series of outstanding innovations and achievements of Antonietti such as the synthesis of new polymers and sol-gel chemistry, porous polymers and carbon materials, crystallization control, green chemistry and, more recently, carbon-negative materials and processes, energy storage and artificial photosynthesis (raw materials from CO2 and light).
Moreover, the CCS acknowledges Antonietti's cooperations with China. "He has visited China many times for academic purposes and scientific research collaboration, and has established two Sino-German cooperation partner groups and two international cooperation joint laboratories there. Moreover, he was awarded an Honorary Chair by the University of Science and Technology of China, Zhejiang University and Fuzhou University."
The Chinese Chemical Society is an academic organization formed by Chinese Chemists of their own accord with the purpose of uniting Chinese Chemists at home and abroad to promote the development of chemistry in China. It was founded in 1932 and currently has 75,000 members, 60 of whom are honorary members. CCS Honorary Fellows have been appointed since 2009 and are limited to a total of 100 individuals.