Background
Maier, Wilhelm Friedrich was born on May 25, 1949 in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. Son of Michael and Elfriede Maier.
Maier, Wilhelm Friedrich was born on May 25, 1949 in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. Son of Michael and Elfriede Maier.
Graduate Chemical Engineer, OHM Polytech., Nürnberg, Germany, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Philipps U., Marburg, Germany, 1978.
Assistant professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1981-1988; professor of chemistry, U. GH Essen, Germany, since 1988; professor of chemistry, Max-Planck-Institute für Kohlenforschung, Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany, since 1992.
Member Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (Carl Duisberg Gedächtnis prize 1993), American Chemical Society, Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle.
Married Cornelia Bunsmann, August 25,1980.