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Main Research Fields
Physics of Soft Matter Interfaces
Scientific Career
1986 | Diploma thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. H. Spitzer,German Electron-Synchrotron, Hamburg |
1986 - 1989 | Group of Prof. Dr. E. Bamberg, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt |
1989 | PhD at the University of Frankfurt |
1989 - 1990 | Group of Prof. Dr. P.K. Hansma, University of California, Santa Barbara, with a fellowship of the German Research Foundation |
1990 - 1996 | Group of Prof. Dr. E. Bamberg, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt |
1995 | Habilitation in Biophysical Chemistry at J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt |
1996 - 2000 | University Professor (C3) at the Institute of Physical Chemistry,Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
2000 - 2002 | University Professor (C4) for Physical Chemistry at the University Siegen |
Since 2002 | Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, Polymerphysics |
Scholarships, Awards and Honors
1996 | Heisenberg Fellowship |
2008 | Tewkesbury Lecture Award in Melbourne, Australia |
2008 | ICI distinguished Lecturer, University of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2011 | Lectureship Award, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, The Chemical Society of Japan Honorary Professor at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Technical University Darmstadt, adjunct Professor at the University of Siegen |