About Schmidt Bleek CV English
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek
Präsident of the Factor 10 Institute
Born 16. Juli 1932 in Bandung, Indonesien, German Citizenship, 5 children | |
Dipl.Chem. | 1958 Univ. Bonn, Max Planck Institut für.Chemie, Mainz |
Dr.rer.nat. | 1960 Univ. Mainz, MPI für Chemie, Mainz, Nuclear- and Radiation Chemistry |
1960-1974 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (until 1962) with Nobel Laureate F. S. Rowland at the University of Kansas, afterwards Faculty Member Universities of Kansas, Purdue, Tennessee. Teaching, Research, Public Service, Directing Master and PhD work. |
1970-1974 | Founding Director, Appalachian Resources Project, University of Tennessee |
1972-1974 | Founding Director, Environment Center, University of Tennessee System |
1974-1997 | Civil Servant Federal Environment Protection Agency (UBA), Berlin |
1974-1975 | Responsible for Fed. Environment Research, UBA |
1975-1982 | Responsible for Protection from Toxic Substances, UBA |
1982-1985 | Head, Chemicals Division, OECD, Paris |
1985-1988 | Director, Fed. Project on Early Detection of Env. Changes, Natl. Laboratory GSF, Munich |
1985-1988 | Director, Environment Bureau of the Economic Summit, GSF |
1988-1991 | Leader, Technology, Economy and Society Program, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria |
1992-1993 | Councilor, UBA, Berlin and Ministry of the Env, Bonn |
1993- July 1997 | Director, Dept. Of Material Flows and Eco-restructuring and Founding Vice President of the Wuppertal Institute (1994-1997) |
1994 - 2006 | Founding President, International Factor 10 Club |
since Jan. 1997 | Founding President, Factor 10-Institute, in Carnoules/Provence |
since 1998 | Founding Member, "Factor 10 Innovation Network" |
2001 | "Takeda World Environment Award", together with E. U. von Weizsaecker |
2003 – 2004 | Chair, Future Council, State of Northrhine Westfalia |
2004 – 2005 | Jury, World – EXPO, Nagoya |