Lecture by Prof. Felix Plamper

BIOGRAPHY

Academic education and degree

• 1998-2003 Study of Chemistry at the University of Bayreuth and Lund University, Sweden und Lund, (Scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
• 2003 Diploma in Chemistry, University of Bayreuth, Prof. A. Müller
• 2004-2007 Doctoral Studies, University of Bayreuth, Macromolecular Chemistry II, Prof. A. Müller (Scholarship from the German Chemical Industry Fund)

Scientific Degrees

• 12/2007 PhD (summa cum laude) in Chemistry, University of Bayreuth (Supervisor: Prof. A. Müller)
• 09/2014 Submission of Habilitation Thesis: “Architectural Effects on Polymer Complexation: Influence of Monomer Sequence, Polymer Topology and Electrostatics”
• 05/2015 Habilitation Lecture: “Plasmonic Effects in Colloidal Systems”
• 06/2015 VENIA LEGENDI in Physical Chemistry

Professional Career Post-Graduation

• 09/2007-07/2009 DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. H. Tenhu, Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
• 08/2009-09/2018 Research Assistant (Chair of Prof. W. Richtering), Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University
•  06/2011-06/2012 DFG “Own Position” (starting from the SFB 985 project: funded by central university resources until 06/2020; converted to a PhD position)
• 07/2017-09/2018 Heisenberg Fellow of the DFG
• 10/2018 W2 Professor, TU Bergakademie Freiberg; since 05/2023, Dean of Chemistry Programs at TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Awards

• 1997 Gold Medalist, International Chemistry Olympiad, Montreal, Canada
• 2008 Winner of the “Bayer MaterialScience” Prize
• 2015 Young Scientist Award of the GDCh Division of Macromolecular Chemistry

Scholarships

• German Academic Scholarship Foundation, German Chemical Industry Fund, DAAD, DFG