Place of birth:

Neuss / Germany

Education:

1991

Abitur at the Quirinus-Gymnasium Neuss

1994

Vordiplom in Chemistry at the University of Düsseldorf

1997

Diplom in Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg
Thesis: Free stable silicon-carbon dianions
Supervisor: Prof. L. S. Cederbaum

2001

Ph.D received from the University of Heidelberg
Thesis: Unusual anionic systems stabilized by their electrostatics and spin state
Supervisor: Prof. L. S. Cederbaum

2007

Habilitation in Theoretical Chemistry at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry of the University of Frankfurt/Main
Thesis: Quantum chemical methods for the description of large and medium-sized molecules: theory and application

Professional
Career:

2001-2003

Post-Doc at the University of California at Berkeley in the Theoretical Chemistry group of Prof. M. Head-Gordon

2003 - 2009

Independent junior research group leader in the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Frankfurt

since Feb. 2009

Heisenberg-Professor in the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Frankfurt

Honors and Awards:

2001

Sophie Bernthsen Award of the University of Heidelberg for outstanding Ph.D. thesis

2001-2008

Fellow of the Emmy Noether Programme of Excellence of the DFG

2007

Hellmann Award of the German speaking Theoretical Chemistry Community

2008

Hermann Willkomm Award of the University of Frankfurt for an outstanding Habilitation in the natural sciences

2009

The Outstanding Young German Scientist Award of the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center of Computational Quantum Chemistry

since 2009

Heisenberg fellow of the DFG