Scientific vita

2003 - : Professor for Physical Chemistry and Biophysical Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin

2001-2002 Investigador Coordenador (Full Professor) at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica der Universidade Nova de Lisboa

2000 Agregação no Grupo e Disciplina Química e Biológica

1998 apl. Professor for Physical Chemistry, Universität Essen

1992 Habilitation in Physical Chemistry, Universität Essen

1989-2000 Research group leader, Max-Planck-Institut f. Strahlenchemie, Mülheim

1987-1989 Research associate, Max-Planck-Institut f. Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen

1986 Post-doc, Department of Chemistry (T.G. Spiro) Princeton University, USA

1985 PhD Chemistry (A. Weller), MPI f. Biophys. Chem. Göttingen/Univ. Göttingen

1981 Diploma in Chemistry, Universität Göttingen

Awards and Honours

2003- Visiting Professor, ITQB/Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

1998 Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional de LaPlata, Argentina

1993 Heisenberg fellowship 1990 Bennigsen-Foerder Award

1989 ADUC Award

1985 Otto Hahn Medal of the Max-Planck Society

Current scientific functions

2016– Chair of the Einstein-Center for Catalysis

2012– 2017 Vice chairman of the SFB1078

2007- Vice Chairman of the „Cluster of Excellence: UniCat“

2000- Member of the Advisory Board of The Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Research interests

Structure, dynamics, and function of biomolecules (redox enzymes, photoreceptors), electron transfer, interfacial processes of immobilised proteins; vibrational spectroscopy, (resonance) Raman, IR, SE(R)R, SEIRA, spectroelectrochemistry, spectra calculations