Dr Kneip studied chemistry at the Universities in Bonn and Muenster. After obtaining his doctorate he entered the Beilstein Institute in 1985. In 1990 he joined the BASF Group Information Centre. As head of the search group Performance Chemicals, he is responsible for the worldwide provision of all aspects of information in this area within BASF. In addition he is responsible for BASF Group's information portal and tools that assist endusers to exploit information.
Within the Patent Documentation Group (PDG) he is active in
the Working Group Internal Management of Information.
heinz-gerd.kneip@basf-ag.de