Publications by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wittko Francke
Short biography
| 1940 | born on November 28, 1940 in Reinbek |
| 1960 | Abitur at the Sachsenwald-Schule in Reinbek |
| 1960-1968 | Chemistry studies in Hamburg |
| 1973 | Doctorate with Kurt Heyns in Hamburg |
| 1979 | Habilitation in Hamburg |
| 1979-1985 | Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Hamburg |
| 1980 | Carl Christiansen Memorial Award |
| 1985 | Call to the University of Giessen (rejected) |
| 1985-2006 | Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Hamburg |
| 1986-2002 | Member of the Academic Senate and Council of the University of Hamburg |
| 1987-1993 | Councillor (6 years) and President (1 year) of the International Society of Chemical Ecology |
| 1989-2013 | Board member of Journal of Chemical Ecology |
| 1990 | Call to the University of Heidelberg (rejected) |
| 1990-2000 | Chairman of the YEER-Jury (Young Europeans Environmental Research Competition) |
| 1991-2004 | Board member of European Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| 1991-2010 | Co-author of the Beyer-Walter Textbook of Organic Chemistry, co-editor since 1998 |
| 1992-1994 | Director of the Institute for Organic Chemistry at the University of Hamburg |
| 1994-1999 | Dean of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hamburg |
| 1995 | Honorary Medal of the International Society of Chemical Ecology |
| 1996 | Otto Wallach Medal of the GDCh |
| 1996-2004 | Chairman of the Liebig Association of the GDCh |
| 1996-2008 | Member of the Technical-Scientific Advisory Board of the GKSS Research Centre (today: Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research) |
| 1997 | Honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1998-2011 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany |
| 1998-2013 | Board member and Editor-in-Chief of Chemoecology |
| 2000-2004 | Reviewer of the DFG |
| 2003-2006 | Dean of Academic Affairs of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hamburg |
| 2004-2006 | Director of the Institute for Organic Chemistry at the University of Hamburg |
| 2005 | Karl Escherich Medal of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie" (German Society for General and Applied Entomology, DGaaE) |
| 2005 | Honorary doctorate from Lund University, Sweden |
| 2013- | Associate Editor of Journal of Chemical Ecology |
| 2016 | Honorary Member of the International Society of Chemical Ecology |
| 2020 | Died on December 27, 2020 in Hamburg |
Relations
- Wittko Francke is the Son of Helene Francke-Grosmann and Alfred Francke
Further information
- Obituary
- Entry in the Hamburg Catalog of Professors
- Laudatio for Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.. Wittko Francke on the occasion of the award of the Karl Escherich Medal 2005 of the German Society for General and Applied Entomology on March 21, 2005 in Dresden
Publications
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