Biography

Higher Education and Degrees
1973-1979 Study of Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg; Diploma Thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. H. Plieninger: "Synthese von Tripyrrinsulfonsäuren und ihrer Metallkomplexe"
1978 Diplomchemiker
1979-1982 Doctoral Thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. R. Gleiter, University of Heidelberg: "Intramolekulare Cycloadditionen nichtkonjugierter Diene"
1982 Dr. rer. nat. (equivalent to PhD)
1989 Habilitation in Organic Chemistry, University of Heidelberg

Professional Career
1982-1984 Postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, with Prof. Dr. O. L. Chapman
1985-1990 Research Fellow at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Heidelberg
1990-1993 Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Technical University of Braunschweig
since 1993 Professor (chair) of Organic Chemistry at the University of Bochum
2001 Offer of a chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Marburg declined

Awards
1973 Award of a Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
1978 Viktor-Meyer Award of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Heidelberg
1982 Award of a Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Feodoy-Lynen Scholarship)
1988 Karl-Freudenberg Award of the Academy of Science, Heidelberg
1989 Award of a Heisenberg Scholarship (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
1990 Award of a Winnacker Scholarship (Hoechst AG)
2007 Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)

Editorial Boards and Professional Activities
1997 - 2001 Member of the Wiley-VCh Advisory Board
1998 - 2008 Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Organic Chemistry
2000 - 2009 Member of the Supervisory Board of the Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences
2001 - 2009 Chair of the DECHEMA (German Association of Chemical Engineers) committee “Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms”
since 2005 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
2006 - 2009 Member of the Editorial Board of the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
since 2015 Associate Editor of the Journal of Organic Chemistry