Pekka Pyykkö#
| Membership Number: | 2447 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2007 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.chem.helsinki.fi/~pyykko |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1995-2000 Academy Professor at The Academy of Finland
- 1984- Professor of Chemistry at University of Helsinki. Emeritus Status granted November 2009-.
- 1974-1984 Associate Professor of Quantum Chemistry, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Fields of Scholarship
- Quantum Chemistry (mainly applications on the inorganic chemistry of heavy elements)
Honours and Awards
- Humboldt Prize 2002
- E.J. Nyström Prize 1998
- A.I. Virtanen Prize 1997
- decorated by the President of Finland (FVR R I), 1995
- Harry Elving Prize 1978
- Member of Academia Europaea 2007
- Member of European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Paris 1991
- Finska Vetenskaps—Societeten 1985
- Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1989
- Member of Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences in Uppsala 1990
- Palmes academiques (France) 2009
- Foreign member of Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien (Sweden) 2011
- Honorary Fellow of Chinese Chemical Society 2012
- Schrödinger medal 2012
