Professional Life and Work Experience |
Since 2018 |
Head of Fraunhofer IWKS and professor (head of the research group materials and resources) at the Technical University of Darmstadt |
2013 - 2018 |
Professor (chair holder chemical materials synthesis) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany |
2006 - 2013 |
Head of the Laboratory for Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science & Technology Dübendorf, Switzerland |
2008 - 2013 |
Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland |
2007 - 2008 |
Private lecturer PD, University of Augsburg, Germany |
2003 - 2006 |
Head of Solid State Chemistry Group, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research Dübendorf, Switzerland |
2003 |
Visiting professor, University of Caen, France |
1999 - 2003 |
Research scientist/assistant professor (C1 position) at the Solid State Chemistry, Physics Department, University of Augsburg, Germany |
1996 - 1999 |
Employment, Paul Scherrer Institut PSI, Villigen, Switzerland |
1988 |
Employment, St. Cosmas Pharmacy, Endoklinik, Hamburg, Germany |
International Recognition and Activities |
2020 |
Member of the Advisory Council of the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung BAM (BAM is a senior scientific and technical Federal institute with responsibility to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) |
2020 |
Appointment to the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) |
2020 |
Member of the Board of Materials Valley e.V. |
2020 |
Appointment to the Environment and Climate Advisory Council of Alzenau |
Since 2016 |
Advisory board member and spokesperson Science and Technology, KIT, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft |
2016 - 2019 |
President of the European Thermoelectric Society ETS |
2015 - 2017 |
Board of Directors, Materials Research Society MRS |
2014 |
Member of the International Max Planck Research School for Condensed Matter Science IMPRS-CMS |
2012 - 2013 |
Editor in chief and editorial board member of “Energy Quarterly”. Advisory Board Member MRS Book Series on Energy and Sustainability |
2012 |
Executive committee member of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) |
2011 - 2014 |
Swiss delegate in the EuCheMS Working Group on Solid State Chemistry |
2011 |
Kavli Foundation Lectureship Award |
2011 |
Curatorium member of the Freiburg Materials Research Centre FMF |
2008 - 2009 |
Swiss delegate in the EU programme commission NMP |
2008 |
Visiting professor, Case Western Reserve University and visiting scientist NASA Glenn Research Centre, Cleveland, USA |
2003 |
Visiting professor, University of Caen, France and visiting scientist, Laboratory CRISMAT, Caen, France |
Education |
2006 |
Venia legendi in “Solid State Chemistry” , Habilitation at the University of Augsburg, Germany |
1999 |
Ph.D. in Chemistry at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
1996 |
Diploma in Chemistry (1.0) University of Hamburg, Germany |
1988 |
Technical diploma in Pharmacy, School for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Lüneburg, Germany |
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