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Curriculum Vitae

1979 - 1984   Study of Chemistry at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany  
1983 - 1984 Experimental Work for the Diploma Thesis Dehydroretinale; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Hopf
1984 - 1986 Experimental Work for the Ph.D. Thesis Sterisch und elektronisch modifizierte Retinoide; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Hopf
1986 Graduation (Dr. rer. nat.)
1986 - 1987 Postdoctoral Fellow at ETH Zürich, Switzerland
1987 - 1988 Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A.
1989 - 1992 Experimental Work for the Habilitation Thesis Regio- und  Stereoselektivitätsprobleme bei Additionsreaktionen von Organocupraten at the Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt (with Prof. Dr. K. Hafner).
1993 Habilitation in Organic Chemistry
1994 - 1998 Associate Professor for Organic Chemistry at the University of Bonn
1996 - 2000 Project Manager in the Sonderforschungsbereich 334 (Wechselwirkungen in Molekülen) at the University of Bonn
Since 1998 Full Professor for Organic Chemistry at the University of Dortmund
2002 Organisation of the International Symposium of Modern Organocopper Chemistry in Dortmund
2004 Organisation of the Chemiedozententagung 2004 in Dortmund  
2005 - 2009 Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry  
2006 - 2013 Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Organic Chemistry  
2007 Guest Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium)  
2009 Guest Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (U.S.A.)  
2009 Guest Professor at the the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (France)  
Scholarships: Ph.D. Scholarship (FCI, 1984-1986), Graduation Scholarship (FCI, 1986), Postdoctoral Scholarship (DFG, 1986-1988), Liebig-Scholarship (FCI, 1989-1992), Habilitation Scholarship (DFG, 1992-1993), Heisenberg-Scholarship (DFG, 1994).  
Awards: Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz-Award (1991), Annual ADUC-Award for Habilitations (1993), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship (2003, 2009 and 2015).