Herbert W. Roesky

Herbert Walter Roesky (6 November 1935 – 5 December 2025) was a German inorganic chemist. 

Roesky was a visiting professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in India and at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Kyoto University in Japan. He also taught classes at Texas A&M University and University of Texas at Austin. He was the Vice President of the German Chemical Society during 1995, and last he was the President of the Academy of Sciences of Göttingen. 

Roesky was seen as a possible candidate for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2025.

Roesky died on 5 December 2025 at the age of 90."In Memoriam – Prof. Herbert W. Roesky (1935–2025)" . eurasc.eu. Retrieved 11 December 2025.

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