Curriculum Vitae

born in Biedenkopf, Germany, 15th of October 1962

June 1982    ”Abitur” at the ”Gymnasium am Löhrtor” (grammar school) in Siegen, Germany

April 1983 – May 1988    Studies of chemistry at the Technical University at Aachen, Germany

January 1989 – August 1991   Ph.D. thesis in the research group of Prof. Dr. P. Paetzold with the thesis entitled Aza-closo-dodecaborane(12)

September 1991 – August 1992   Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. Josef Michl, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

October 1992 – July 1998   ”Habilitation” at the Technical University at Aachen

since July 1998    ”Privatdozent”

since December 1998    married to Dr. Pia Wennek

September 1999 – December 2002   Heisenberg scholarship holder at the Chair of Organometallics & Materials Chemistry, Prof. Dr. R. A. Fischer, Ruhr-University Bochum

since January 2003   Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan, Departement of Chemistry, Saskatoon, Canada

Honours and Scholarships

August 1991    ”Wilhelm-Borchers” medal of the Technical University at Aachen

September 1991 – August 1992   Postdoctoral fellow of the ”Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft”

March 1998   ADUC-Award 1997 for ”Habilitanden”

July 1999    Heisenberg scholarship of the ”Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft”