Curriculum Vitae:
- 1990
- Diploma (A. Haas, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
- 1992
- Promotion (A. Haas, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
- 1992 - 1994
- University of Oxford, G.B. (A.J. Downs)
- 1995
- Dissertation (D. Phil.) (A.J. Downs, Oxford)
- 1995 - 01/2003
- Universität Heidelberg
- 11/1999
- Habilitation
- 04/2001 - 07/2002
- Deputy Leader of the chair for the inorganic chemistry (W. A. Herrmann) at the TU Munich
- since 02/2003
- Professor (C4) at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 03/2004 - 08/2006
- Vice-Dean of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 08/2006 - 04/2008
- Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences I at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Picture: K. Limberg
Scholarships and Awards:
- 1993 - 1994
- Scholarship of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes"
- 1993
- "European Student Award" of the 3M Company
- 1995 - 1996
- Liebig-Scholarship of the "Fonds der Chemischen Industrie"
- 1997 - 1999
- DFG-Habilitanden-Scholarship
- 1998
- Annual award for "Habilitanden" of the consortium of German university professors for chemistry (ADUC)
- 11/1999 - 03/2001
- Heisenberg Scholar
- 12/2000
- Award of the "Dr. Otto Röhm Memorial Foundation"
- 02/2001
- Karl Winnacker Scholarship of the "Aventis Foundation"
- 11/2001
- Academy award for chemistry of the Academy of Science in Göttingen
- 03/2002
- Carl Duisberg memorial award of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- 06/2009
- Horst-Dietrich-Hardt award of the Saarland University
- 05/2014 - 06/2014
- Invited Guest Professor at the Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
- 2017
- KAIST Chemistry Distinguished Lectureship, Korea
- 2018
- Alfred Stock Memorial Prize of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- 2023
- "Mordecai and Rivka Rubin" Lecturer in the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion, Israel
Selected Functions:
- since 2009
- Editor of the Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie (ZAAC)
- since 2010
- Mentor of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- since 2011
- Elected board member of the Wöhler-Vereinigung (Inorganic Division of the GDCh)
- 2013 - 2018
- Speaker of the Collaborative Research Center 1109
- since 2013
- Board member of the Integrative Research Institute for Science (IRIS) Adlershof
- since 02/2013
- Ombudsman of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- since 2015
- Elected member of the DFG (German Research Foundation) Review Board on molecular chemistry
- since 2017
- Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
- since 2020
- Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI-CEC)
- since 2022
- Member of the Nominating committee for the Marianne-Baudler-Prize and the Wilhelm-Klemm-Prize of the GDCh (chairing since 2023)
- since 2023
- corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony