Personal Data

Birth date/place: November 20, 1969, Bochum, Germany

Employment

2018- Department Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Millsaps College, USA

2014- Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Millsaps College, USA

2014- Affiliate Faculty, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, USA

2009 Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Millsaps College, USA

2003 Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Millsaps College, USA

2003 Faculty and Research Associate, Arizona State University, USA

2001 Research Associate, Arizona State University, USA

1996 Teaching Assistant, University of Cologne, Germany

Education

Doctorate in Organic Chemistry (Dr. rer.nat.), University of Cologne (Köln), Germany, 2000 ("summa cum laude") (with A. G. Griesbeck)

Dissertation: Memory of Chirality via Triplet-1,7-biradicals: Diastereo- and enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrrolo[1,4]-benzodiazepines through Decarboxylative Photocyclization of Anthranilic Acid Building Blocks

Dipl. Chemist (M.S.), University of Cologne (Köln), Germany, 1996 (with A. G. Griesbeck)

Diplom Thesis: Synthesis and Photochemistry of N-protected, C-activated a-Amino Acids

cand. Chemist, University of Cologne (Köln), Germany, 1993

Research Experience

Postdoctoral Studies at Arizona State University, Irreversible Photooxidants, Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Applications of DNA cleaving compounds, Laser flash photolysis, 2001-2003 (with Ian R. Gould)

Ph. D. Thesis, Synthesis of photochemically active compounds, synthesis of target compounds via photochemical key steps, amino acid chemistry, photochemistry of donor-acceptor couples, electron transfer, 1996-2000 (with Axel G. Griesbeck)

Diploma Thesis, Amino acid coupling reactions, photochemistry of phthalimide, 1996 (with Axel G. Griesbeck)

Research Laboratory Course, Synthesis of precursors of Corrphycen, 1995 (in E. Vogel Group)

Affiliations

Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)

GDCh Fachgruppe Photochemie

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Inter-American Photochemical Society (I-APS)

European Photochemical Society (EPA)

Mississippi Academy of Science (MAS)

Awards

Kurt Alder Award 2001, University of Cologne, Germany

Distinguished Professor Award, Millsaps College 2014

Sabbatical Award, Millsaps College 2015/16

Faculty Mentor Award, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Mississippi Academy of Science, 2019

Academic Activities

Lab Assistant: Training of Biology and Medicine Students 1998-1999

Researcher DFG-Project 'Photochemie: Aminosaeuren' 1995-1999

Education Superviser, Coordination of the Training of Biology and Medicine Students, 3 Hours per Week Class Teaching 1999-2000, University of Cologne, Germany

Member of Local Organizing Committee: 15. Vortragstagung der GDCh-Fachgruppe Photochemie, Köln (Germany), 19.-21. November 1997

Member of Local Organizing Committee: 13th Winter Conference of the Inter-American Photochemical Society, Tempe, AZ, USA, Jan 2-5 2002

Teaching Experience

Millsaps College, since Fall 2003, see Teaching link

General Organic Chemistry, CHM 231, Arizona State University, Spring 2003

Education Superviser, Coordination of the Training of Biology and Medicine Students, 3 Hours per Week Class Teaching 1999-2000, University of Cologne, Germany

Lab Assistant: Training of Biology and Medicine Students 1998-1999