Main Research Fields
Electroorganic Synthesis, Supramolecular Sensing, Energy Storage Systems, Oxidative Coupling Reactions, Synthesis of complex molecular targets
Scientific Career
2010 | Full professor (W3) for Organic Chemistry at JGU Mainz |
2004 | Associate Professor for Organic Chemistry (C3, since 11/08: W2), University of Bonn |
1998 | Assistant Professor (Habilitand / various fellowships, 03/04: C1), WWU Münster in the group of Prof. Dr. D. Hoppe |
1997 - 1998 | Post-doc, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (USA) Supervisor: Prof. Dr. J. Rebek, Jr. |
1996 | Ph.D. Thesis at the University of Bochum/Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. T. Reetz |
1994 | Diploma Thesis at University of Constance. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. W. Pfleiderer |
1990 - 1994 | Studies of Chemistry at University of Constance |
Scholarships, Awards and Honors
Since 2007 | Jury of the scientific youth contest “Jugend forscht” |
2008 | Nicolas-August-Otto Award (Innovationspreis der Stadt Köln), 2. Preis |
2008 | University Invention Award “Patente Erfinder” of State NRW, 2. Preis |
2003 | Nachwuchswissenschaftlerpreis des Förderkreises der Westfälischen-Wilhelms-Universität |
2003 | Stipend of the Hellmut Bredereck Foundation of the GDCh |
2001 | Award of Dr. Otto Röhm Memorial Foundation |
2001 | Bennigsen-Foerder-Award of State Nordrhine-Westfalia |
2001 - 2002 | DFG-Habilitationsstipendium (Fellowship for assistant professors) |
1998 - 2000 | Liebig-Fellowship of Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
1997 - 1998 | NATO-Stipend of the DAAD |
1997 | Otto-Hahn-Medal of the Max-Planck-Society |
1994 - 1996 | Kekulé-Stipend of Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
1990 - 1994 | Fellowship of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |