porous solids, organic-inorganic hybrids, surfactants, self-assembly, nanoparticles, metal oxides, semiconductor materials, analytical methods for nanomaterials

General and Inorganic Chemistry (BSc), Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - AC-III (BSc), Solid-State Chemistry

Inorganic Material Chemistry (MSc), Smart Materials (MSc), Surface Science and Heterogeneous Catalysis

1993–1999; Chemistry Diploma, University of Bielefeld

1999-2001; Dr. rer. nat.: Physical Chemistry, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces; University of Potsdam

since 2020; Chair for Inorganic Chemistry: Molecular and Material Science, Leibniz-University Hannover 

2007-2020; Full Professor of Solid State Chemistry: Functional Inorganic Materials, University of Konstanz 

2003-2007; Emmy Noether Research Group Leader, University of Bochum (2003-2004), Technical University of Berlin (2005-2006), Germany

2002; Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. G. A. Ozin, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 

1999-2001; Doctoral studies (Dr. rer. nat.) in the group of Prof. Dr. M. Antonietti, Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany