Born 30 September 1939, Rosheim, Bas-Rhin.
Training and professional career
- 1960-1966 : Researcher, CNRS
- 1966-1969 : Senior lecturer, University of Strasbourg
- 1970 : Professor without a chair, University of Strasbourg
- 1970-1979 : Full professor, University of Strasbourg
- Since 1972 : Visiting professor at various universities
- 1980-2010 : Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Chemistry of Molecular Interactions
Awards and honors
- 1981 : CNRS Gold Medal
- 1982 : Paracelsus Prize
- 1983 : Alexandre von Humboldt Prize
- 1984 : Prix du CEA, Académie des sciences
- 1984-2001 : Member of the Académie des sciences, the Institut de France and 33 foreign academies.
- 1985 : Rold-Sammet Prize
- 1987 : Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1989 : Karl Ziegler Prize
- 1994 : Ettore-Majorana Science for Peace Prize
- 1997 : Davy Medal, Royal Society
- 1997 : Lavoisier Medal, French Chemical Society
- Honorary doctorates from 21 universities
