Curriculum Vitae

1981 – 1984 BSc in Chemistry and Physics University of Utrecht, Netherlands

1984 – 1986 MSc in Chemistry University of Utrecht, Netherlands

1986 – 1990 PhD in Organic Chemistry University of Utrecht, Netherlands   Organolithium Chemistry – Prof. Dr. Lambert Brandsma

1991 – 1992 Postdoctoral Researcher at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

  Ab Initio calculations – Prof. Dr. Paul von Ragué Schleyer

1992 – 1993 Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, USA

  Superbase chemistry – Prof. Dr. Andrew Streitwieser

1993 – 1995 Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Konstanz, Germany

  Main group metal sandwich complexes – Prof. Dr. H.-H. Brintzinger

1995-1998 Habilitation in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

  University of Konstanz, Germany

1998-2004 Lecturer at the University of Konstanz, Germany

1999 & 2003 Guest Lecturer at the University of Cape Town, South Africa

2004-2010 Associate Professor for Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

  University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

2011-2012 Chair of Molecular Inorganic Chemistry – University of Groningen,   Netherlands

2012-now Chair of Inorganic and Oranometallic Chemistry – FAU

Awards & Fellowships

1991 H. J. Backer Prize 1990 by the Royal Dutch Chemistry Society (KNCV) for the best PhD thesis in organic chemistry in the Netherlands

1991 & 1993 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship – Germany

1992 NATO Fellowship – NWO, Netherlands

1994 Human Capital & Mobility Fellowship – European Union

1995 Marie Curie Fellowship – European Union

2017 Schlenk Lecture Award – University of Tübingen & BASF

2020 Main Group Chemistry Award – Royal Society of Chemistry