Main Research Fields
Polymer Synthesis, Inorganic and organometallic polymers, phosphates and polyphosphates, ring opening polymerization, metathesis polymerization, anionic polymerization, biomedical materials, tissue engineering, (mini)emulsion polymerization, protein-polymer conjugates
Scientific Career
Since 2012 | Junior group leader at the MPIP in the group of Prof. Dr. Katharina Landfester and the JGU in Mainz |
Since 2011 | Junior Faculty of the Max Planck Graduate Center (MPGC) |
2011 - 2009 | Postdoctoral stay at the EPF Lausanne (Feodor Lynen Fellow, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Harm-Anton Klok) |
2008 | Research stay at the University of Bristol in the group of Prof. Ian Manners |
2009 - 2006 | PhD Thesis at JGU Mainz (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Holger Frey) |
2006 - 2001 | Study of chemistry at JGU Mainz (“Diplom Chemiker”) |
Scholarships, Awards and Honors
2011 | Feodor Lynen Return-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
2009 | MAINZ PhD award |
2009 | DSM Science and Technology Award (3rd place) |
2009 | Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
2007 - 2009 | Member of Materials Science in Mainz (MAINZ), graduate school of excellence |
2005 - 2004 | DAAD fellowship for exchange students |