Arndt Simon

Arndt Simon (born 14 January 1940) is a German inorganic chemist. He was a director at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. He worked on his doctoral thesis in the group of Harald Schäfer from 1964–1966 and finished his habilitation in 1971.

Alkali Metal Suboxides Subnitrides of Alkaline Earth Metals Interstitial Atoms in Metal Clusters Intermetallic Compounds (Pauling-Simon Rule ) Structures and Phase Transitions in Molecular Crystals Structure Property Relations (Photo Cathodes, Amorphous Metals, Magnetic Order and Frustration, Spin Crossover, Spin Glasses) Superconductivity Apparatus Development (Guinier-Simon Camera, Area Detector Diffractometer)

Awards Simon was awarded a number of awards and honorary doctorates:

1972 Chemistry Award of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities 1987 Otto Bayer Award 1990 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 1998 Dr. rer.nat. h.c. of Technical University Dresden 2001 Dr. phil. h.c. of Stockholm University

He is also a member of several academies of sciences:

1989 Member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz (Corresponding Member since 1994) 1990 Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 1992 Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2003 Honorary Fellow of the Chemical Research Society of India