University Education
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- Graduate studies in Chemistry at Georgetown University, USA (90-95) Ph.D. with M. T. Pope, Thesis: “Diphosphate Complexes of Polyoxotungstates and Polyoxomolybdates” (95)
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- Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany (86-89) M.Sc. with A. Walch, Hoechst AG, Thesis: “Encapsulation of Biologically Active Substances in Polyelectrolyte Microparticles” (89)
- Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry at Universität Giessen, Germany (83-86)
Research and Teaching Positions
- Professor of Chemistry at Jacobs University Bremen (since 07)
- Associate Professor of Chemistry at International University Bremen (02-07)
- Associate Professor of Chemistry at American University of Beirut, Lebanon (01-02)
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry at American University of Beirut, Lebanon (97-01)
- Postdoc with A. Tézé and G. Hervé at Université de Versailles, France (96/97)
- Postdoc with D. Gatteschi at Universitá di Firenze, Italy (95/96)
Fellowships and Awards
- President’s International Visiting Scientist Fellowship 2015, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Guest Professor of Henan Province (since December 2013)
- Fellowship of the Alfred Kastler Foundation (96-97)
- EU Postdoctoral Fellowship (95-96)
- Harold N. Glassman Dissertation Award, Georgetown University (95)
Visiting Professorships
- 5-12 December 2021, Visiting Professor, Strasbourg University, France
- July 2003 Visiting Professor, Florida State University, USA
- January 2002 Visiting Professor, Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- October – December 2001 Research Associate, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- August – October 2001 Visiting Associate Research Professor, Georgetown University, USA
Memberships
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- Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
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- Member of Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cluster Science