caption doctoral_advisor influenced birth_place nationality work_institutions birth_date doctoral_students prizes article_title name alma_mater
dieter seebach rudolf criegee elias james corey karlsruhe , germany german university eth zurich of karlsruhe -lrb- th -rrb- university of giessen 31 october 1937 dieter enders , paul knochel marcel prize -lrb- 2004 -rrb- benoist prize -lrb- 2000 -rrb- the ryoji noyori dieter seebach
 dieter seebach university of karlsruhe -lrb- th -rrb- harvard university
dieter seebach

dieter seebach is a german chemist known for his synthesis of biopolymers and dendrimers , and for his contributions to stereochemistry .
he was born on 31 october 1937 in karlsruhe .
he studied chemistry at the university of karlsruhe -lrb- th -rrb- under the supervision of rudolf criegee and at harvard university with elias corey finishing in 1969 .
after his habilitation he became professor for organic chemistry at the university of giessen .
after six years he was appointed professor at the eth zurich where he worked until he retired in 2003 .
