Biography
1958
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born in Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1976 - 1982 |
studies of chemistry at the Technische Universität München |
| 1982 |
Diploma in chemistry (“summa
cum laude”), diploma thesis “Formation of an anionic carbyne complex
of tungsten” Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University of
Munich
(Supervisor: Prof. Dr. E.O. Fischer) |
| 1984 |
Dr. rer. nat. doctoral thesis (“summa
cum laude”) “New ways to anionic ketenyl-
and carbyne complexes of group 6 transition metals starting from neutral carbyne-carbonyl
complexes”, Technical University of Munich (Prof. Dr. E.O. Fischer) |
| 1992 |
Habilitation (facultas
docendi) in chemistry from the Technical University of Munich, “Metal-centered
coupling reactions of C1 ligands”
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| 1992 |
Supervisor of the research group
of Professor M.L.H. Green in Oxford |
| 1993 |
Associate Professor of
Inorganic Chemistry at the Humboldt-University of Berlin
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| 2005 |
Full professor of Inorganic
Chemistry at the University
of Bonn |
| 2007 - 2009 |
Director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bonn |
2009 - 2012
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Chairman of the Chemistry Department, University of Bonn |
| 2011 |
Member of the Advisory Board of Organometallics |
| 2012 - 2014 |
Director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bonn |
| since 10.2016 |
Director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bonn |
Memberships
- Member of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- Member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Universitätsprofessoren und Professorinnen für Chemie
- Member of the Wöhler Vereinigung für Anorganische Chemie
- Member of the American Chemical Society
Awards
1994
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Lecturer Award of the Chemical Industry
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| 2005 |
Award for best Teaching in the Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2016 |
Wacker Silicone Award 2016 |
Research area
molecular inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry
Research
Our research is focused on the syntheses, characterization and reactivity studies of unprecedented metal complexes featuring unusual bonding motives (e.g.
triple bonds of transition metals with Si-Pb), molecular main-group
element compounds in unusual oxidation states, coordination compounds
containing “electron-rich” metal centers or ligands.
Analytical methods, such as IR, Raman and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, single crystal X-ray diffraction, Mößbauer spectroscopy and cyclic voltammertry are used for the characterization of the compounds. In addition, quantum chemical methods are employed to analyze the bonding and electronic structure of the target molecules.
Research projects
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Triple bonds of transition metals with silicon, germanium, tin and lead
- Molecular chemistry of silicon, germanium, tin and lead in low oxidation states
- Coordination and organometallic chemistry of “electron- rich” alkynes
- Quantum chemical studies on the structure, bonding and reactivity of
transition metal complexes and molecular compounds of the main-group
elements
- Transition metal chemistry of π-basic ligands
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