Heinz Langhals was Born in Altena/Westf, Germany. He is a Professor of organic and macromolecular chemistry at the University of Munich/Germany (LMU). He completed his Post-doctorate at Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris (Marc Julia) and at the University of Zürich/Switzerland (Hanns Fischer). He is a Guest Professor at ENS de Cachan/Paris (France) and at JKU University in Linz (Austria). He was received the award for industrial innovation in energy and environment "INDUSTRIEPREIS 2015 Energie & Umwelt".