Wiberg studied chemistry at the
Technical University of Karlsruhe (TH Karlsruhe) since 1921 and completed his doctorate in 1927. He was an academic student of
Stefan Goldschmidt and wrote his doctoral thesis on "Über den Abbau von Aminosäuren und Dipeptiden durch Hypobromit" ("On the degradation of amino acids and dipeptides by hypobromite"). In 1931, he completed his habilitation at the TH Karlsruhe. In 1951 he became a full professor and director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at LMU Munich. ==Research==