Group head
Chair of Particle-Based Materials Chemistry (PBMC)
Curriculum vitae
| Since 04/2025 | Full Professor (W3, Chair) for Particle-Based Materials Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany |
| 04/2020 – 03/2025 | Associate Professor (W2) for Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany |
| 03/2024 – 04/2025 | Vice Director Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC Würzburg, Germany |
| 07/2014 – 02/2024 | Head of Group Particle Technology Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC Würzburg, Germany |
| 10/2013 – 06/2014 | Co-group Leader Particle Technology and Interfaces Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC Würzburg, Germany |
| 12/2010 – 09/2013 | Research Associate Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC Würzburg, Germany |
| 11/2015 – 01/2020 | Habilitation in Chemistry – Materials Science Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, JMU Würzburg, Germany |
| 12/2010 – 09/2013 | PhD in Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, JMU Würzburg, Germany |
| 2005 – 2010 | Studies in Earth Science (BSc) and Materials Science (MSc) in Munich, Salzburg, Ulm and Oxford |
| 2008 – 2017 | Research stays in Austria, UK, The Netherlands, France, Ireland |
| 04/2025 | FAU internal career promotion W2 to W3 |
| 11/2023 | ERC Consolidator Grant (2 Mio. €, 5 years) |
| 11/2017 | Appointed as Emil-Fischer-Fellow of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Würzburg (Junior-Professor equivalent) |
| 03/2017 | Selected as scholar in the BMBF NanoMatFutur grant compentition to establish a young investigator group: grant worth 1.8 Mio. € (5 years) |
| 11/2016 | Alfred Kärcher Foundation: Funded project of the year 2016 |
| 05/2016 | Max-Buchner research scholarship |
| 12/2014 | Deutscher Studienpreis der Körber-Stiftung Award |
| 11/2014 | Hugo-Geiger-Preis (3rd prize) (Fraunhofer) Award |
| 11/2014 | Rektor-Max-Meyer-Preis (University Würzburg) Award |
| 11/2013: | Re-Water Braunschweig Zukunftspreis, Group Award |
| 07/2012 | Selected scientist to attend the 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting |
| 04/2011 – 09/2013 | Kekulé scholarship Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) |
| 03/2010 – 09/2010 | Scholarship of Evonik Industries |
| 03/2010 – 09/2010 | Foreign exchange scholarship:Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 10/2006 – 09/2008 | Various scholarships of the TU Munich |
| 02/2006 – 10/2010 | Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
for a detailed CV please email karl.mandel@fau.de