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Curriculum Vitae

Experience & Education

since 04/2021 Professor for Inorganic Materials Chem­is­try
Department of Chem­is­try & Chemical Biology
TU Dort­mund Uni­ver­sity
11/2016 - 03/2021 Junior Professor for Materials Synthesis and Characterization
Department of Chem­is­try & Chemical Biology
TU Dort­mund Uni­ver­sity
11/2015 - 10/2016 Strategic Technology Expert
Corporate Technology Development
HARTING AG & Co. KG, Espelkamp
11/2014 - 10/2015 Independent Research Fellow
Faculty of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ruhr-University Bochum
07/2012 - 10/2014 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Advisor: Prof. Anthony K. Cheetham FRS
Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy
University of Cambridge
01/2012 - 06/2012 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
Advisor: Prof. Roland Fischer (now at TUM)
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ruhr-University Bochum
12/2007 - 12/2011 Doctoral Studies / Research Assistant
Advisor: Prof. Roland Fischer (now at TUM)
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ruhr-University Bochum
09/2009 - 12/2009 Internship
Research Laboratories
Südchemie AG, Heufeld
10/2006 - 11/2007 Preparatory Studies for the Doctorate
Faculty of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ruhr-University Bochum
10/2003 - 09/2006 Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry (B.Sc.)
Faculty of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ruhr-University Bochum
09/2002 - 06/2003 High School Education
(Allgemeine Hochschulreife)
Berufskolleg Olsberg
08/1999 - 06/2002 Vocational Education
(Chemisch-Technischer Assistent und Fachhochschlreife)
Berufskolleg Olsberg

Scholarships, Awards & Grants

2021 Teaching Award of the TU Dort­mund (Category 1, Lectures with more than 60 participants)
07/2018 Max-Buchner-Scholarship of DECHEMA
03/2018 MERCUR Start-Up Grant
01/2018 Material Cost Allowance of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
07/2017 Selected member of the Global Young Faculty V (MERCUR)
05/2017 Start-Up Grant of the DFG Priority Programme 1928 COORNETs
11/2014 – 10/2015 Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
09/2014 MOF2014 Kobe Poster Award
MOF2014 conference, Kobe, Japan
09/2014 DAAD Travel Grant
to visit the MOF2014 conference in Kobe, Japan
11/2013 - 10/2014 Feodor Lynen Fellowship
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2/2008 - 11/2010 Doctoral Scholarship
German Chemical Industry Funds
(Fonds der Chemischen Industrie)
9/2008 - 12/2011 Member of the Graduate School
Physical and Chemical Processes at Surfaces –
From Experiments to Theory
DFG Collaborative Research Center 558
“Metal-Substrate Interactions in Heterogeneous Catalysis”
04/2008 - 12/2011 Member of the Graduate School
Physical and Chemical Processes at Surfaces –
From Experiments to Theory
DFG Collaborative Research Center 558
“Metal-Substrate Interactions in Heterogeneous Catalysis”
04/2008 - 12/2011 Fellow of the Ruhr-University Research School
School for Excellent Doctoral Students at RUB
04/2008 - 11/2008 Doctoral Fellowship
Ruhr-University Research School
12/2006 Wilke Award
Faculty of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum