Vita
John W. Gilje (University of Hawaii) and Tristram Chivers (University of Calgary) he finished his Habilitation at the University of Göttingen in 1991 in the group of Herbert W. Roesky. In 1995 he was appointed Full Professor (C4) of Inorganic Chemistry at the Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg. His main research interests are in organolanthanide and -actinide chemistry, silicon chemistry (silsesquioxanes and metallasilsesquioxanes), and fluorine chemistry. In close collaboration with colleagues in materials science, various new volatile precursors for semiconductors and phase-change materials have been developed. Prof. Edelmann's work is documented in over 430 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 2 books and several patents. In 2008 he was awarded the "Terrae Rarae 2008 Award" for his "eminent work in coordination chemistry of the rare earth elements". Since 2019 he works as Professor Emeritus at the Physics Department of the Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg.