Curriculum Vitae

07/2017 – today Full Professor at Technische Universität Darmstadt

12/2016 Offer of Professorship (W3, Chemical Technology) at Technische Universität Darmstadt

12/2016 Offer of Professorship (W2, Chemical Technology) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum

10/2014 – 03/2015 Guest Professor at Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt

10/2012 – 06/2017 Group Leader with Prof. R. Palkovits, Heterogeneous Catalysis and Chemical Technology, RWTH Aachen University

12/2010 – 09/2012 Postdoc with Prof. R. Palkovits, Heterogeneous Catalysis and Chemical Technology, RWTH Aachen University

12/2010 – 01/2011 Research Stay with Prof. F. Schüth/R. Palkovits at Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany

08/2009 – 09/2009 DAAD Fellow with Prof. G. Yushin at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta/GA, USA

08/2007 – 11/2010 PhD thesis (summa cum laude, 17.05.2011) at Dresden University of Technology, „Novel highly porous organic frameworks and fiber materials for application in adsorption and catalysis“, Advisor: Prof. S. Kaskel

10/2002 – 07/2007 Academic studies of chemistry at Dresden University of Technology, Diploma thesis: „Synthesis and characterization of porous poly(phenylene silanes)“, Advisor: Prof. S. Kaskel

Fellowships & Awards

2025 Award for Sustainability & Interdisciplinarity of the Association of Friends of the Technical University of Darmstadt e.V. (for the “Sustainable Laboratories” Inititative)

2023 Fellowship of the Forum of Interdisciplinary Research of TU Darmstadt

2017 Innovation Award of RWTH Aachen University

2015 DECHEMA Lecturer Award (Hochschullehrer-Nachwuchs-Preis)

2014 Scholarship of the Max Buchner Research Foundation

2012 Scholarship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI)

2009+2012 DAAD Scholarship

Commissions of Trust

2024 – today Vice Chair of the Board (elected) of the Functional Materials Section (FUMA, DECHEMA)

2024 – today Commission of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS, appointed member)

2024 – today Vice Chair of the Examination Commission M.Sc. Energy Science and Engineering

2024 – today Senate representative for appointment procedures at TU Darmstadt

2024 Mentor in the CheMento programme of GDCh

2023 – today University Assembly of the TU Darmstadt (elected member)

2023 – 2026 Fellowship of the Forum for Interdisciplinary Research (FiF) at TU Darmstadt

2022 – 2027 Vice Chair of the Advisory Board of the Zeolites Division of DECHEMA

2022 Organiser of the 33rd German Zeolite Conference, 23 – 25 March 2022, DECHEMA, Frankfurt am Main (150 participants)

2021 – today Advisory board of the Interdisciplinary Study Programs (ISP) of TU Darmstadt

2021 – 2023 Working group “Internationalisation” of the Department of Chemistry at TU Darmstadt

2020 – 2023 Working group “Anti-discrimination” of the Department of Chemistry at TU Darmstadt

2019 – 2023 Senate Teaching Committee of TU Darmstadt

2019 – today Faculty Council of the Department of Chemistry (elected member)

2019 – today Study Committee of the Department of Chemistry at TU Darmstadt

2019 – 2025 Dean of Studies of the Department of Chemistry at TU Darmstadt

2019 – today Organizer of the Southwest German Catalysis Course (annual) in cooperation of TU Darmstadt, KIT, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

2018 – 2021 Editorial Board Member of the journal Materials (MDPI)

2018 – 2021 Editorial Board Member of the journal Materials (MDPI)

2018 Co-Author of of the “Key Topic Collection for Catalysis Teaching” of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS)

2015 – today Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG)

2014 Co-Author of 4th edition of the syllabus “Chemical Technology at Universities” of the DECHEMA

2011 – today Reviewer for international scientific journals such as: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Small, Chem. Rev., ChemSusChem, Green Chem., Catal. Sci. Technol., J. Catal., Carbon, Microporous Mesoporous Mater., ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., Macromol. Rapid Commun., ACS Macro Lett., Adsorpt. Sci. Technol.

Membership in Scientific Societies

2016 – today Member of the German Association of University Professors (DHV)

2012 – 2017 Founding Member and Representative of YounGeCatS

2011 – today Member of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS)

2011 – today Member of DECHEMA – Society of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

2007 – today Member of German Chemical Society (GDCh)