© Tiss: Karl Kirchner

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Karl Kirchner was appointed as University Professor for Base Metal Catalysis at TU Wien with effect from 1 April 2020. He is assigned to the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window (E163) in the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window.

Karl Kirchner studied Technical Chemistry at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate in 1987 for his thesis on "Outer-sphere redoxkinetics substitutionally unstable iron complexes in acetonitrile, opens an external URL in a new window". Between 1988 and 1991, he spent the years abroad at Washington State University (USA) and then at Stanford University (USA), working with the Nobel Prize winner, Henry Tauber. In 1994, he obtained his habilitation, thus qualifying him to teach in the n the field of Organometallic Chemistry, with his habilitation on "Synthesis and reactivity of 4-cyclopentadienone ruthenium complexes, opens an external URL in a new window".

Since January 2020, he has been the Head of the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien as well as the Head of the Research Unit Inorganic Chemistry (E163-01). His scientific home is based in the Research Group for Organometal Chemistry and Catalysis, opens an external URL in a new window, where he is also Head of.

Publications by Karl Kirchner in the database Dimensions, opens an external URL in a new window and in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window.