

born July, 14th 1966
married with Sigrid Engel
three children:
Merlin, Tristan, Artus
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Studies |
1976 - 1985 |
Grammar School (Holbein-Gymnasium Augsburg) |
| 1985 - 1991 |
Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München) |
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Diploma-Dissertation |
1991 | "The Phenylsilyl-Group ("Silabenzyl"-Group) as Substituent in Phosphorus Ylides and Related Compounds" Diploma work with Prof. H. Schmidbaur |
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PhD Thesis |
1991 - 1993 |
"Volatile Silyl-Amines, -Hydrazines, und -Hydroxylamines: Synthesis, Properties and Structural Chemistry" |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
1993 - 1994 | Technische Universität München New precursors for the gas phase deposition of b-silicon carbide (cooperation with Prof. S. Veprek, Technische Universität München) |
| 1994 - 1996 | University of Edinburgh Marie-Curie-Fellow of the European Union (with D.W.H. Rankin) gas electron diffraction, low temperature crystallography |
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Habilitation |
1997 - 2000 |
"ß-Donor-acceptor-interactions in the chemistry of the p-block elements" |
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Awards and fellowships |
1994 | Marie-Curie-Fellowship of the European Union |
| 1994 | DFG Postdoctoral Fellowship | |
| 1996 |
Bavarian Habilitation Prize (Bavarian Ministry of Science and Arts) |
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| 1996 | DFG Habilitation Stipend | |
| 1999 | ADUC-Jahrespreis für Habilitanden | |
| 2000 | Heisenberg Fellowship | |
| 2006 | Elected Member of the EPSRC College | |
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Offers for positions |
2001 - 2002 |
Technische Universität Berlin |
| 2002 |
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
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| 2007 |
Universität Bielefeld |
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Visiting Professor |
2001 - 2002 | Visiting Professor at the Technische Universität Berlin |
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Editorial Activities |
2003 | |
| 2008 | Research Letters in Inorganic Chemistry (Editorial Board since 2008) | |
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Memberships |
1988 | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) |
| 1992 |
Fachgruppe für Magnetische Resonanzspektroskopie in der GDCh |
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| 1995 | Wöhler-Vereinigung für Anorganische Chemie | |
| 1996 | Bund der Freunde der TU München | |
| 1999 | Deutscher Hochschulverband | |