Education Experience

1998Habilitation, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt

1991Doctorate, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

1983-1988Degree in Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

Academic career

since 2007W3 Professor for Organic Chemistry at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Heidelberg University

2003-2007permanent C3 professorship for Organic Chemistry at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Stuttgart

2001-2003three-year contract for a C3 professorship for Organic Chemistry at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Stuttgart

2000Heisenberg fellowship by the German Research Foundation

1999-2000Substitute Professorship for Organic Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Marburg

1999Heisenberg fellowship by the German Research Foundation

1995-1998Habilitation grant by the German Research Foundation

1993-1995Liebig fellowship by the Chemical Industry Fund

1991-1993Postdoctoral grant by the German Research Foundation

1989-1991research associate, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

Awards and distinctions

2010Hector Research Prize 2010

2007Prize by the departmental student committee for the best lecture at Heidelberg University's Faculty of Chemistry in 2007

2002ORCHEM Prize for Natural Scientists

2001Karl Ziegler Fellowship

1989Dr. Otto Röhm Memorial Prize