Scientific Researcher and Prospective Groupe Leader

Date/place of birth: 12.01.1984, Zeitz Nationality: German 04/2003 - Abitur at the Christopherus Gymnasium Droyßig - Advanced studies in English and Biology 04/2003 - 12/2003 - Basic military service in the German Bundeswehr as a medic 10/2004 - 03/2011 - Study of Nanostructure and Molecular Sciences at the University of Kassel - Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Siemeling - Diploma thesis about N-heterocyclic carbenes as anchor groups for self-assembled monolayers 01/2012 - 02/2021 - Dissertation at the Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) - Doctoral supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Caro - Doctoral thesis about the preparation and characterization of nanoporous membranes with optimized pore structure for the separation of practice-relevant binary gas mixtures 06/2016 - 01/2019 - Lead scientist for an industry-funded (Evonik Creavis GmbH) research project at the LUH 01/2019-12/2021 - Subproject leader and LUH's lead scientist for a research and development project about Metal-Organic Frameworks-containing Mixed-Matrix-Membranes for separation purposes in cooperation with Evonik Creavis GmbH and EMI Twente B.V. - Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi funding code O3ET1557A) 03/2021-09/2023 - Postdoc at the Leibniz University Hannover - Working on NLO and opto-optical switching of guest-loaded SURMOF layers 12/2021 - Certified projekt manager (DIN69900 ff.) 01/2023-09/2023 - Research and development scientist (part time) with Aspens GmbH - New anti-cancer drugs with MOF-nanocarriers since 11/2023 - Scientific researcher and prospective groupe leader at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS - Energy Storage Systems - Cell Concepts and Prototypes