- Wilhelm Keim
Wilhelm Keim (*
December 1 1934 inOberhausen ,Germany ) is a German chemist and ProfessorEmeritus for Technical Chemistry and former director of the "Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry" atRWTH Aachen inGermany .Wilhelm Keim was one of the key figures in the development of the "SHOP" – process (
Shell higher olefin process ). SHOP-olefines have a broad range of applications in industrial chemistry, e.g. for the modification ofpolyethylene as ethylene-alpha-olefine-copolymere, as source for synthetic fatty alcohols or olefine sulfonates.He studied chemistry at the Münster and Saarbrücken University. He earned his
PhD degree from "Max-Planck-Institute für Kohlenchemie" inMülheim an der Ruhr , having studied underKarl Ziegler . After several years in the chemical industry he became Professor at theRWTH Aachen , where he was the director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol chemistry. He retired in 2001.Keim has received numerous prestigious honours including member of board of the Degussa AG, member of the board of directors of the
GDCh (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker) till 1996, chairman of the board of the DGMK Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle e.V., honorary professor of the technical university in Dalian (China), honorary professor of the university in Hangzhou (China), adjunct professor Dharan King Fahd University (Saudi Arabia),University of Lille , France, Dr.Honoris Causa , member ofAcademia Europaea , and honorary member of theDECHEMA .Publications
* Grundlagen der industriellen Chemie : techn. Produkte u. Prozesse / Wilhelm Keim; Arno Behr ; Günter Schmitt, ISBN: 3-7935-5490-2 (Salle) ; 3-7941-2553-3 (Sauerländer)
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