Education

1989 - 1994: Study of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich

1994 - 1998: Ph.D. student of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich

Scientific degrees

09/1994: M.Sc. (diploma), summa cum laude

01/1998: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), summa cum laude

01/2002: Habilitation (organic chemistry), venia legendi, Philipps University Marburg

Experience

10/1994 - 01/1998: Ph.D student of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich

12/1997 - 01/2002: Habilitation and head of NMR department, University of Marburg

06/1999 & 05/2000: Visiting professor at INSA/IRCOF University of Rouen, France

02/2002 - 08/2002: Associate professor and head of NMR department,                                                       Philipps University Marburg

09/2002 - 03/2005: Professor (C3) for organic chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-                                           Wilhelm-University Bonn

04/2005 - present:   Professor (C3) for organic chemistry, Univeristy of Regensburg

Functions & Memberships

2005 - 2006: Chairman GDCh section Regensburg

2008 - 2011: Board member of the Liebig Vereinigung                                                                      (Section Organic Chemistry, GDCh)

2008 - 2012: Mentor in the Mentor network of the University of Regensburg

2011 - 2015: Associate director of the Center for Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry                           and Biomedicine at Regensburg

2011 - present: Member of the technical committee on kinetics and                                                      reaction mechanisms of the DECHEMA

2015 - present: Chairman of the Regensburger NMR Center

2017 - present: GDCh selection committee for August-Wilhelm-von-Hofmann medal

2021 - present: Spokesperson: RTG 2620 "Ion Pair Effects in Molecular Reactivity"

Scholarships & Awards

1989-1994: Scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

06/1999 & 05/2000: Visiting Professor at INSA/IRCOF University of Rouen, France

2008: Thieme Chemistry Journal Award

2013: ERC Consolidator Grant "IonPairs@Catalysis"

2022: Novartis Lecturer (University of Illinois)