Prof. Dr. Günter Wächtershäuser holds a doctorate in chemisty from the University of Marburg (Germany). He was trained as a patent attorney at a German law firm and at Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, USA.

After founding the firm in 1970, Prof. Dr. Wächtershäuser successfully handled a large number of cases in all fields of patent prosecution and litigation.

Complementing his work as a German and European patent attorney, Prof. Dr. Wächtershäuser has significantly contributed to science with an explanatory theory of biochemistry, which projects to the origin of life. His work has been published in prestigious journals like "Science", "Nature", and “PNAS”.

1991 Evening lecture at Nobel Symposium, Stockholm,

1993 Nobel Symposium Lecture, Karlskoga,

1993 Annual Award of the Academy of Sciences of Bavaria,

1994 Honorary professor for evolutionary biochemistry at the University of Regensburg,

1996 Entry into the Marquis "Who's Who in the World",

1998 Second Sol Spiegelman Lecture, Urbana, Illinois,

1999 Bonn Chemistry Award