Background

Linker was born on November 1, 1963 in Mainz, Germany; the son of Wilhelm and Ursula (Thorn) Linker.

Education

Linker graduated from Technische Universität Darmstadt in 1988. Three years later he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemistry from the University of Basel in 1991.

Career

Linker began his career as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edmonton in 1991 and held it for a year. In 1993, he took a position of an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Wuerzburg, where he worked until 1997. Since 1998, Torsten has been an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Stuttgart.

Achievements

• Linker was a Recipient of Jubiläumsstiftung award in 1995.

Works

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• book

  • Radikale und Radikalionen in der Organischen Synthese (German Edition) 1999

Membership

Linker is a member of German Chemical Association and American Chemical Society.

Interests

• chess, playing the piano

Connections

On March 1, 1990 Torsten Linker married Ursula Riedner. They have 3 children.

Father:

Wilhelm Linker

Mother:

Ursula (Thorn) Linker

Spouse:

Ursula Riedner

child:

Tobias Linker

child:

Patrick Linker

child:

Stephanie Linker