Curriculum Vitae & Honors

Curriculum Vitae

1987-1992	Study of chemistry at Bayerische-Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg.
1992	Diploma thesis with Prof. Dr. F. W. Schneider, Würzburg.
1992-1994	Doctoral thesis with Prof. Dr. W. A. Herrmann, München.
1995-1996	Postdoc with Prof. T. J. Marks, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
1996-1999	Habilitation with Prof. Dr. D. Fenske, Karlsruhe.
1999-2001	Privatdozent at University of Karlsruhe.
2001-2008	Full Professor (C4) of Inorganic Chemistry at Freie Universität Berlin.
2007-2008	Director of the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Freie Universität Berlin.
2007-2008	Vice Dean for Research (Prodekan) of the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy at Freie Universität Berlin.
since 2008	Full Professor (W3) of Inorganic Chemistry at University of Karlsruhe.
2011-2013	Vice Dean for Chemistry (Prodekan) of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences.
2013-2015	Dean (Dekan) of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences.
2015-2016	Vice Dean for Chemistry (Prodekan) of the KIT-Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences.
since 2016	Member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Review Board.
2017-2018	Adjunct Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Honors

1992-1994	Kekulé-Promotionsstipendium of the Fonds der chemischen Industrie.
1995	Studienabschlußstipendium of the Fonds der chemischen Industrie.
1995-1996	Postdoktorandenstipendium of the DFG (German Science Foundation).
1996-1998	Liebig-Habilitationsstipendium of the Fonds der chemischen Industrie.
1998-1999	Habilitationsstipendium of the DFG (German Science Foundation).
2000-2001	Heisenbergstipendium of the DFG (German Science Foundation).
2000-2001	Karl-Winnacker-Stipendium of the Aventis Foundation.
2001	Karl-Ziegler-Stiftungs-Stipendium of the Karl-Ziegler-Stiftung.
2014	Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
2016	Terrae Rarae Award: In recognition of outstanding contributions to the coordination chemistry of the rare earth elements.
2019-2020	JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan (short term).
2020	Fellow of the European Academy of Science (EurAsc).
2020-2025	Reinhart-Koselleck-Project of the DFG