Curriculum Vitae
since 2018 Full membership in the Helmholtz-Institute Münster (HIMS) since 2018 Member of the supervisory board of the of the "WWU Weiterbildung gGmbH" 2015 - 2016 Spokesman of the Deans of the WWU 2014 - 2016 Dean of the faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy 2013 - 2016 Member of the "Studienkommission" of the German Bunsen-Gesellschaft 2013 - 2015 Head of the Board "Center for Nonlinear Science" (CeNoS) since 2012 Professor (W3) for "Theory of complex systems" at the WWU 2010 - 2012 Professor (W2) for "Theory of complex systems" at the WWU 2010 Offer of a professorship (W3) at the University of Bielefeld for
"Theoretical Physics" (declined)2007 - 2015 Head of the IT-steering committee (IV-Lenkungsausschuss) of the
WWUsince 2007 Additional membership in the faculty of physics 1999 - 2007 Professor (C3) for Theoretical Physical Chemistry at the WWU
(faculty of chemistry)1998 Habilitation in Theoretical Physics at the university of Mainz
Title: Dynamik glasbildender Systeme auf mikroskopischer Skala1993 - 1999 Member of the scientific staff of the MPI for Polymer Research in
Mainz (group of Prof. H.W. Spiess)1991 - 1993 Postdoc at the MIT in Cambridge, USA, with Prof. R. J. Silbey 1988 - 1991 PhD thesis at the MPI f. Medizinische Forschung in Heidelberg
with Prof. U. Haeberlen and Prof. H. Horner
Title: Tieftemperaturdynamik beim Translations- und Rotationstunneln1983 - 1988 Studies of physics (Diplom) and mathematics (Vordiplom)
at the universities of Dortmund and Heidelberg
Title of the diploma thesis: Untersuchung des ferroelektrischen
Phasenübergangs von Triglycinsulfat mittels Deuterium-
kernresonanzspektroskopie + Nichtlineare spektrale
Analyse von NMR-Daten zur Reduktion des TotzeiteffektsStipends and Awards
2014 Student's Award for Excellent Teaching (Goldener Brendel) 1991 - 1993 Feodor-Lynen stipend 1985 - 1988 Member of the "Stiftung des Deutschen Volkes" 1980, 1981 First prize in the "Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik"