Personal record
Education and Scientific Positions
| Oct 1979 | - | Aug 1984 | Undergraduate study of chemistry at Universität zu Köln |
| Sep 1984 | - | Dec 1984 | Visting researcher at McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada) |
| Jan 1985 | - | Mar 1989 | Research assistant (Universität zu Köln with Professor D. Cremer) |
| Apr 1989 | - | Apr 1990 | Postdoctoral researcher (University of Washington, Seattle, with Professor E.J. Heller |
| Jun 1990 | - | Jun 1991 | Postdoctoral researcher (Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville with Professor R.J. Bartlett) |
| Aug 1991 | - | Sep 1995 | Research assistant (Universität Karlsruhe with Professor R. Ahlrichs) |
| Oct 1995 | - | Sep 2001 | Associate professor (C3) of theoretical chemistry (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) |
| Since Oktober 2001 | Full professor (C4) of theoretical chemistry (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) | ||
Academic Degrees
| August 1984 | Diploma in chemistry |
| February 1988 | Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in theoretical chemistry |
| January 1994 | Habilitation in theoretical chemistry |
Fellowships and Awards
Universitätspreis of the Universität zu Köln (1988)
Postdoctoral fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (1990-1991)
Liebig-Habilitationsstipendium of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (1991-1993)
Dozentenstipendium of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (1995-2000)
Carl-Duisberg-Gedächtnispreis of the Gesellschaft deutscher Chemiker (1996)
Medal of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (1997)
Akademiepreis of the Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (2003)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (2005)
Elected member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (2009)
Fellowship of the Gutenberg Forschungskolleg der Universität Mainz (2011-2016)
Elected foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (2018)
Elected member of the Academia Europaea (2024)
Lise-Meitner Lecture, Lise-Meitner Center for Computational Chemistry, Israel (1998)
Kapuy Lecture, Eötvös-Lorand University Budapest, Hungary (2005)
Coulson Lecture, University of Georgia, Athens, USA (2006)
Scrocco Lecture, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy (2013)
Festschrift and symposium (OPERA 2020 ) on the occasion of 60th birthday