Born May 09, 1965 in Potsdam, Germany
     Married, four children

Employment History

July 2021 − June 2024	Faculty of Science Research Chair in Fundamental Science - Physical Sciences
March − April 2024	Acting Department Head
January 2019 − June 2023	Associate Head (Graduate Studies)
March 2013 −	Professor of Chemistry
April 2006 − March 2013	Associate Professor of Chemistry
July 2003 − March 2006	Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
	Research interests: theoretical and computational chemistry, density functional theory (DFT), theoretical actinide molecular sciences, quantum-chemical method development, solar energy conversion (dye-sensitized solar cells, singlet fission, polymer photovoltaic etc.), solvation models, environmental chemistry (heavy metals such as Hg, crude oil components), materials modelling (conducting polymers, 2D materials, etc.) External funding, current: NSERC (Discovery Grant), NFRF, Department of Energy (USA), Faculty of Science (University of Manitoba) External funding, previous: NSERC (Discovery Grant; SPG-SC Grant), Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), The EJLB Foundation, NATEQ/FCAR Teaching interests: physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, quantum chemistry, computational chemistry, general chemistry Professional affiliations:     − American Chemical Society (ACS), member     − Canadian Society for Chemistry, member (MCIC)
August 2001 − June 2003	Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
March 2000 − July 2001	Computational Chemist, Staff Member, Computational Science and Engineering Department (CSE), CCLRC (Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils) Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
	− Maintenance, development and application of the GAMESS-UK code     − Focus on high performance computing and supercomputing
January 1997 − February 2000	Postdoc with P. Jeffrey Hay and Richard L. Martin at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
January 1998 − February 2000	Seaborg Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, LANL
	− Modelling of actinide chemistry from first principle quantum mechanics     − Close cooperation with experimental researchers at LANL
September−December 1996	Postdoctoral fellow with Tom Ziegler, University of Calgary
January 1992 − April 1996	Teaching Assistant in the laboratory component of the first year chemistry course, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary
September 1990 − April 1991	Scientist at the Central Institute for Physics of the Earth (CIPE - now Geoforschungszentrum - GFZ), Potsdam, Germany
	− Basic research concerned with seismic noise, Prof. Dr. P. Borman
November 1983 − April 1985	Compulsory military service
1983 and 1985 (five months total)	Scientific assistant at CIPE (now GFZ), Potsdam, Germany

Ph.D. Studies

September 1991 − September 1996

University of Calgary, Department of Chemistry, Prof. Dr. T. Ziegler Project: Development and application of methods for the quantum mechanical calculation of relativistic effects, NMR chemical shifts, and ESR g-tensors Thesis title: Relativity and Magnetic Properties. A Density Functional Study (Title picture / download thesis, courtesy of Tom Ziegler)

University Education

April 1991 − July 1991	Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
	Study of chemistry First and second year courses in general, inorganic, and organic chemistry
1985 − 1990	Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, study of physics
	Comprehensive training in mathematics, theoretical, and experimental physics
May−July 1988 and February 1990	"Joint Institute for Nuclear Research", Dubna, former USSR (today Russian Federation)
	Program development and model calculations on metal surfaces and edges
September 1989 − July 1990	Research Thesis, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Prof. Dr. P. Ziesche
	Project: Jellium model, metal surfaces and edges Thesis title: Calculation and discussion of electronic properties of jellium edges and surfaces (in German)
July 1990	"Diplom" in physics (the German university Diplom is comparable to the MSc degree)

University Scholarships

September 1993	Department of Chemistry Graduate Scholarship
September-December 1995	Graduate Faculty Council Scholarship, University of Calgary
November 1995	University of Calgary Fee Scholarship

High School Education

1983	Abitur
1979 − 1983	High School "Hermann von Helmholtz", Potsdam, Germany

Languages

German	native language
English	excellent knowledge of the language
Russian	basic knowledge (write, read)
French	basic knowledge

Publications

Publications	Approximately 136 peer-reviewed publications in journals or conference proceedings/ edited books.
Invited Talks	Author or co-author of about 41 invited talks or plenary lectures at international conferences; about 32 invited talks at universities and companies.

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