

Education & Work:
Since 04/09 Senior Manager Global Planning&Controlling Inorganics Division at BASF-SE
06/06-03/09 Project Leader in Global Polymer Research (Foams) at BASF-SE
09/05-06/06 Postdoctoral Research in the group of W.T.S. Huck at the University of Cambridge
12/03-09/05 Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Scherf
Research period at the University of Durham in the groups of Prof. Monkman and Prof. Bryce
10/03-12/03 Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology
05/03-10/03 Diploma thesis at the Georgia Institute of Technology / University of Wuppertal
carried out in the groups of Prof. Bunz / Prof. Scherf
Theme: Microwave assisted synthesis of Polyarylsystems
10/01 - 03/03 ''Hauptstudium'' in Chemistry at the University of Wuppertal
08/01 Prediploma in Chemistry
10/99 - 09/01 ''Grundstudium'' in Chemistry at the University of Wuppertal
08/98 - 07/99 A-Level at the Bergisches Kolleg Wipperfürth
07/97 - 08/98 Employee at the Bayer-AG Wuppertal (Quality Assurance)
08/94 - 06/97 Apprenticeship as ''Chemielaborant'' at the Bayer-AG
Awards:
Postdoctoral Fellowship of the DFG (2006)
GBFU - Award (2005)
Travel fellowship of the DFG (2004)
Travel fellowship of the GDCh (2004)
Fellowship of the e-fellows (since 2004)
Fellowship of the VCI-Foundation (2004-2005)
Bookprice of the University of Wuppertal (2004)
Fellowship of the Fritz ter Meer Stiftung (2001-2003)
Stock-paket of the Bayer-AG