Curriculum Vitae | ||
Date of birth: | January, 25th 1972 | |
Place of birth: | Neuss/Germany | |
Education | ||
1991 | Abitur at the Quirinus-Gymnasium Neuss | |
1994 | Vordiplom in Chemistry at the University of Düsseldorf | |
1997 | Diplom in Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg Thesis: Free stable silicon-carbon dianions Supervisor: Prof. L. S. Cederbaum |
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2001 | Ph.D received from the University of Heidelberg Thesis: Unusual anionic systems stabilized by their electrostatics and spin state Supervisor: Prof. L. S. Cederbaum |
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2007 | Habilitation in Theoretical Chemistry at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry of the University of Frankfurt/Main Thesis: Quantum chemical methods for the description of large and medium-sized molecules: theory and application |
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Professional Career | ||
2001-2003 | Post-Doc at the University of California at Berkeley in the Theoretical Chemistry group of Prof. M. Head-Gordon | |
2003-2009 | Independent junior research group leader in the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Frankfurt | |
2009-2011 | Heisenberg-Professor in the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Frankfurt | |
2009-2011 | Managing Director of the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Frankfurt | |
2011-2017 | Member of the Hellmann-Jury of the AG Theoretische Chemie | |
since 4/2011 | Chair of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry at the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing at the University of Heidelberg | |
2012-2017 | Dean of Chemistry Studies at the Faculty for Chemistry and Earth Sciences of the University of Heidelberg | |
since 1/2014 | Member of the Managing Board of Directors of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing | |
since 1/2016 | Managing Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing | |
since 2017 | Member of the Managing Board of the Collaborative Research Center N-Heteropolycycles as Functional Materials (SFB 1249) | |
2018-2021 | Coordinator of the European Training Network Computational Spectroscopy in Natural Science and Engineering (COSINE) | |
since 1/2020 | Member and Spokesperson of the Reaserch Council of Field of Focus II of the University of Heidelberg | |
since 1/2020 | Member of the Commission for Research and Strategy of the University of Heidelberg | |
since 1/2020 | Elected Member of the Review Board for Chemistry of the German Science Foundation | |
Honors and Awards | ||
2001 | Sophie Bernthsen Award of the University of Heidelberg for outstanding Ph.D. theses | |
2001-2008 | Fellow of the Emmy Noether Programme of Excellence of the DFG | |
2007 | Hellmann Award of the German speaking Theoretical Chemistry Community | |
2008 | Hermann Willkomm Award of the University of Frankfurt for an outstanding Habilitation in the natural sciences | |
2009 | The Outstanding Young German Scientist Award of the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center of Computational Quantum Chemistry | |
2009-2011 | Heisenberg fellow of the DFG | |
2015 | Annual Award of Heidelberg University for outstanding achievements as Dean of Studies | |
2021-2022 | Fellow of the Marsilius Kolleg of Heidelberg University | |
Memberships | ||
Member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie | ||
Member of the Bunsengesellschaft | ||
Member of the American Chemical Society | ||
Honarary Member of the Israeli Chemical Society |