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Gerhard Ertl

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Gerhard Ertl (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈʔɛʁtl̩] ; born 10 October 1936) is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, which has helped explain how fuel cells produce energy without pollution, how catalytic converters clean up car exhausts and even why iron rusts, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. His work has paved the way for development of cleaner energy sources and will guide the development of fuel cells, said Astrid Graslund, secretary of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Ertl is the 137th most popular chemist (down from 118th in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from Germany (up from 656th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Chemist.

Gerhard Ertl is most famous for his research on the chemical reactions that take place in automobile engines.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Gerhard Ertl ranks 137 out of 602. Before him are Jaroslav Heyrovský, Richard R. Ernst, Joseph Proust, John Cornforth, Harold Urey, and Wilfrid Voynich. After him are Robert Burns Woodward, Paul Flory, Jean-Marie Lehn, Johan Gadolin, Michel Eugène Chevreul, and Julius Lothar Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Gerhard Ertl ranks 34. Before him are Virna Lisi, Ursula Andress, Richard Bach, Dennis Hopper, Günter Blobel, and Uwe Seeler. After him are Robert Downey Sr., Georges Perec, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Clark, Alan J. Heeger, and Roy Orbison.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Ertl ranks 528 out of 7,253. Before him are Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Caroline of Baden (1776), Walter Schellenberg (1910), Uwe Seeler (1936), and Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867). After him are Wassily Leontief (1906), Bruno of Cologne (1030), Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), Felix Klein (1849), and Walter Scheel (1919).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Gerhard Ertl ranks 25. Before him are Carl Bosch (1874), Hans Fischer (1881), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Manfred Eigen (1927), and Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780). After him are Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), Feodor Lynen (1911), and Georg Wittig (1897).

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