Curriculum Vitae

1977  

born in Gera

Abitur in Gera

Civilian service in Eisenach

University of Leipzig, Germany

University of Cambridge, UK
Master of Philosophy (MPhil), thesis: "Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of As(III) Imido Anions", supervisor: Dr. Dominic S. Wright

Ph.D. studies at the University of Leipzig, thesis: "Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Phosphorus-rich Main Group and Transition Metal Compounds", supervisor: Prof. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, grade: summa cum laude

University of California, Davis, Postdoctoral research in the group of Prof. Philip P. Power

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, Postdoctoral research in the group of Prof. Koop Lammertsma

University of Münster, Germany, leader of a junior research group affiliated with Prof. Werner Uhl

Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader at the University of Münster

University of Regensburg, Germany, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Scholarship of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst e.V.

Ph.D. Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)

Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Research Fellowship of the DFG (German Research Foundation)

Liebig Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie

elected member of the Junge Akademie

Emmy Noether Fellow of the DFG

COST Action CM0802 European Phosphorus Sciences Network (PhoSciNet)

International Research Training Group "Generation of Supramolecular Functional Cavities - Container Molecules, Macrocycles, and Related Compounds" (IRTG1444) of the University of Münster and the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC)

German Chemical Society (GDCh)

Young Chemists' Forum of the GDCh, Leipzig