Professor

• Advanced materials from renewable resources, such as cellulose and lignin
• Functional paper design and new applications for paper as construction materials
• Fluid dynamics and transport in paper-based materials
• Fundamentals on polymers at interfaces

Professional career

• 2008 – present Professor (W3, Chair for Macromolecular Chemistry & Paper Chemistry), Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Chemistry
• 2008 venia legendi (Microsystems Engineering; Chemistry & Physics of Interfaces), University of Freiburg, School for Applied Sciences
• 2007 – 2008 Substitute Professor (W3), University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering
• 2002 – 2008 Assistant Professor (Hochschulassistent, C1); Department of Microsystems Engineering, Univeristy of Freiburg
• 2002 – 2008 Head of Emmy-Noether Research Group, DFG, University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering
• 2000 – 2002 Postdoctoral Associate (with Prof. Matthew Tirrell), Deaprtament of Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara, USA
• 1999 Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Mainz, and MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz
• 1996 – 1999 Scientific Coworker (Doktorand), MPI for Polymer Research (with Prof. Jürgen Rühe)
• 1990 – 1996 Study of Chemistry, University of Mainz (Abschluss: Diplomchemiker)

Honors, fellowships & activities

• 2019 – present: Director Institute of Technical Chemistry & Macromolecular Chemistry, TU Darmstadt
• 2021 – present: Chair of the scientific board, Modellfabrik gGmbH, Düren
• 2019 – 2020 Spokesperson, TU Darmstadt Profilbereich “Vom Material zur Produktinnovation”
• 2016 – present: elected referee (Fachgutachter) of AiF
• 2015 – First prize TU Darmstadt Innovation Challenge “HIGHEST”
• 2013 – 2019 Vice-Spokesperson, TU Darmstadt, Profilbereich “Vom Material zur Produktinnovation, PMP”
• 2012 – present: 'Sonderfachgutachter', AiF
• 2011 – present: Principle Investigator, Excellence Cluster Smart Interfaces (CSI), TU Darmstadt
• 2010 – 2012 Director Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, TU Darmstadt
• 2010 – present: Spokesperson, Research Cluster SoftControl (LOEWE program)
• 2009 – present: Member, Editorial Board, Soft Materials
• 2008 – present: Member, Cluster Papierforschung, CPF
• 2004 – 2006 Fellow of the Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg gGmbH (Elitenachwuchsförderung Baden Württemberg)
• 2002 – 2008 Emmy-Noether-Fellow (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
• 2000 – 2002 Postdoctoral Fellowship (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
• 1999 Ph.D. in Chemistry, with distinction (summa cum laude)