Academic Background

1982                 Diploma in chemistry at the Universität Saarbrücken

1985                 Ph.D. Universität Würzburg (Prof. Dr. W. Adam)

1985 – 1986     PostDoc at Columbia University, New York, USA (Prof. Dr. R. Breslow)

1990                  Habilitation at the Universität Frankfurt (Prof. Dr. G. Quinkert)

1992 – 1997     Associate Professor at the Universität Heidelberg

since 1997        Full Professor at the Universität zu Köln

Awards

1991–1996       Dozenten-Stipendium of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie

1995                  Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

1995                  Annual award for chemistry of the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen

2000                  Visiting Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

2007                  Visiting Professor, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan

2007                  Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore

2016                  Distinguished Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan

2019                  Horst-Pracejus Prize of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker