Walter Thiel (1949-2019)

Alois Fürstner; Benjamin List; Tobias Ritter; Ferdi Schüth; Frank Neese

doi:10.1002/anie.201915463

Walter Thiel (1949-2019)

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2020 Jan 20;59(4):1382-1383. doi: 10.1002/anie.201915463. Epub 2020 Jan 9.

Authors

Alois Fürstner¹, Benjamin List¹, Tobias Ritter¹, Ferdi Schüth¹, Frank Neese¹

Affiliation

¹ Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

PMID: 31917510
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915463

Abstract

On August 23, 2019 Walter Thiel passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. Thiel was a giant in the field of Theoretical Chemistry and has left deep marks as an outstanding scientist and as a wonderful human being. With Walter Thiel, the scientific community has lost a visionary scientific leader and an important voice of reason.