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