Career
| 1981 - 1987 | Studied chemistry at the TU Munich, graduated with a diploma |
| 1987 - 2000 | Research assistant, assistant and habilitation scholarship holder (DFG) at the TU Munich |
| July 1990 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the TU Munich |
| 1990-1991 | Postdoc year at the Université de Bordeaux I as a Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| July 1997 | Habilitation at the TU Munich |
| 2000-2004 | Professor (C3) for Inorganic Chemistry at the TU Chemnitz |
| Since July 2004 | Professor (C4) of Inorganic Chemistry at the TU Kaiserslautern |
| 2006-2016 | Managing Director of the Center for Teacher Education (ZfL) at TU Kaiserslautern |
| 2008-2020 | Spokesperson for the state research focus NanoKat at TU Kaiserslautern |
| 2017-2020 | Dean of the Chemistry Department at TU Kaiserslautern |
| 2020-2022 | Vice President for Research and Technology at TU Kaiserslautern |
| Since 2023 | Vice President for Research and Innovation at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau and at RPTU in Kaiserslautern |
Research
My main research areas are (i) homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis with molecularly defined catalysts, (ii) N-donor ligands, (iii) porous materials with defined surface functionalities, (iv) mechanisms of catalytic 8x space reactions. In these subject areas, I have published around 215 scientific publications, guided 41 doctoral students to their doctorates and acquired research projects and third-party funding from industry, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the DFG and the EU amounting to well over 8 million euros.
Other current functions and memberships (selection)
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials (IVW)
Member of the Management Board of the Center for Simulation and Software-based Innovation
Member of the Coordination Council of the University of the Greater Region (UniGR)
Member of the Research Committee of Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences
Member of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
Member of the Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DECHEMA)