SPSJ Honorary Membership for Helmut Ringsdorf

摘要

Helmut Ringsdorf (emeritus professor, University of Mainz) has been awarded Honorary Membership of the SPSJ. This accolade is presented to a researcher over the age of 65 in recognition of their achievements in polymer science and technology and their contribution to SPSJ activities. Other Honorary Members include Robert H. Grubbs and Gerhard Wegner. Ringsdorf studied at the Universities of Frankfurt, Darmstadt, and Freiburg, and completed his PhD in Freiburg in 1958 under the direction of Hermann Staudinger. From 1960-1962, he was a postdoctoral fellow with Charles G. Over-berger and Herman F. Mark at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.