Curriculum vitae
| Studies of chemistry | October 1986 – January 1991 at the RWTH Aachen |
Diploma thesis | March 1991 – August 1991 in the department of inorganic chemistry, RWTH Aachen, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. G. E. Herberich (Synthesis, metallation and functionalization of pentadienylboranes) |
Ph.D. studies | September 1991 – February 1994 in the department of inorganic chemistry, RWTH Aachen, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. G. E. Herberich (A novel approach to boratabenzenes) |
Teaching experience | Instructor in the undergraduate inorganic chemistry lab course from September 1991 – August 1994 |
Postdoctoral stay | August 1994 – September 1995 in the department of chemistry, University of Southampton, England, in the group of Prof. Philip Kocienski (Synthesis and applications of oxacyclic chromium- and tungsten carbene complexes in organic synthesis; synthesis of a fragment of the polyether ionophore salinomycin); supported by the DFG |
Independent research | January 1996 – December 2000 independent research directed to the "Habilitation" at the University of Dortmund (Group of Prof. Dr. P. Eilbracht); supported by Fonds der Chemischen Industrie and DFG |
Habilitation | Appointment as "Privatdozent" in January 2001; Subject of the thesis: "An olefin-metathesis based approach towards C- Glycosides and functionalized pyran derivatives" |
Professional status | January 2001 – Mai 2001: scientific co-worker; department of chemistry, University of Dortmund 2014: Call for a full professorship at the University of Bremen (declined) |
| Academic services | Member of the faculty board, Faculty of Science (2008 - 2018; 2020 - ) |
Fellowships and awards | Borchers-Plakette des Vereins der Freunde und Förderer der RWTH (1994) |
Memberships | • Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GdCh) (since 1991) |