Group head

Professorship for
Inorganic Chemistry
The Supraparticle Group

Logo: The Supraparticle Group

Prof. Dr. Karl Mandel

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professorship for Inorganic Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Mandel)

Room: Room A 2.20
Egerlandstraße 1
91058 Erlangen

Curriculum vitae

Career

Since 04/2020

and

 University Professor for Inorganic Chemistry
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany

Since 07/2018

and

 BMBF NanoMatFutur Group Leader
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU),
Germany (since 2020)
Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg (JMU), Germany (2017-2020)
Since 07/2014 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

Education

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

Awards and Scholarships

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