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. |
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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. |
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since 2008 |
Full Professor (W3) of Inorganic Chemistry at University of Karlsruhe. |
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2011-2013 |
Vice Dean for Chemistry (Prodekan) of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences. |
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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. |
| 2023-2026 | Chair of the Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry of the GDCh |
| 2023-2026 | Spokesperson of the DFG funded collaborative research center 1573. |
| Honors | |
| 1992-1994 | Kekulé Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. |
| 1995 | Studienabschlußstipendium of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. |
| 1995-1996 | Postdoc Fellowship of the DFG (German Research Foundation). |
| 1996-1998 | Liebig-Habilitation Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. |
| 1998-1999 | Habilitation Fellowship of the DFG (German Research Foundation). |
| 2000-2001 | Heisenberg Fellowship of the DFG (German Research Foundation). |
| 2000-2001 | Karl-Winnacker-Stipendium of the Aventis Foundation. |
| 2001 | Fellowship of the Karl Ziegler Foundation. |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Frank H. Spedding Award for Research in Rare Earth Science |
| since 2022 | Scout of the Henriette Herz-Scouting-Program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. |