Herbert W. Roesky
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Herbert Roesky, (b November 6, 1935), is an internationally renowned inorganic chemist.
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He obtained his doctorate from Göttingen and worked at Du Pont in the US before returning to his alma mater where he retired in 2004. He is primarily known for his pioneering work on fluorides of both transitional and normal metals. He is also the recipient of several prizes, i.e. the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the Alfred-Stock-Prize, the Grand Prix de la Foundation de la Maison de la Chimie, the Wilkinson Prize and the ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry.
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