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Invited Speaker: Matthias Epple

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Matthias Epple

01.10.1984-31.07.1989: Study of Chemistry at the Technical University of Braunschweig

01.10.1988-30.06.1989: Diploma Thesis (TU Braunschweig). Advisor: Prof. Dr. H.K. Cammenga. Subject: Thermal Analy­sis, Investigation of Solid State Reactions of Silver Complexes and Naph­thalene-trans-Azobenzene Mixtures.

01.08.1989-05.03.1992: PhD Thesis (TU Braunschweig). Advisor: Prof. Dr. H.K. Cammenga. Subject: Investigation of Solid State Reactions and Solid-Solid Phase Transformations with Time- and Temperature-Resolved X-Ray Powder Diffractometry.

08.05.1992: Graduation to PhD (grade "summa cum laude")

01.01.1993-31.12.1993: Postdoctoral Studies at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, with Prof. Dr. J. C. Berg. Subject: Secondary Fiber Recovery from Wastepaper by Flotation Processes. Surface Chemical Investigations.

01.01.1994 - 08.12.1997: Postdoctoral Studies ("Habilitation") at the Department of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry, University of Hamburg, with Prof. Dr. A. Reller.

6-11/1995, 5/1996, 7/1996: Postdoctoral Studies at the Royal Institution, London, and at the synchrotron source at Daresbury with Prof. Dr. Sir J. M. Thomas.

08.12.1997: Habilitation in "Solid State Chemistry" at the University of Hamburg

10.06.1998: Privatdozent ("Lecturer") for Inorganic Chemistry

01.05.-31.12.1998: Guest Professor for Solid State Chemistry at the University of Augsburg

since 01.04.2000: Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Ruhr-University of Bochum

since 01.10.2003: Full Professor (Chair of Inorganic Chemistry) at the University of Duisburg-Essen

Awards

June 1984: Award by the "Chemical Industry Fund" as best chemistry student of the Albert-Schweitzer highschool

01.06.1990-31.05.1992: Grant for Doctoral Studies by the "Chemical Industry Fund"

1992: "Graduate student award" by the Hoechst AG

01.01.1993-31.12.1993: Postdoctoral Grant by the "Deutsche Forschungs­gemein­­schaft"

01.01.1994-31.12.1996: Research Grant for "Habilitation" by the "Deutsche For­schungsgemeinschaft"

1995: "Netzsch-GEFTA Young Scientist Award" of the German Thermoanalytical Society (GEFTA)

1998-2000: Heisenberg Grant by the "Deutsche For­schungs­gemein­­schaft" (DFG)

1998: "Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Award" by the "Deutsche For­schungs­gemeinschaft"

2004: Fellow of the Program for the Invitation of Foreign Scientists to Japanese Institutes by the Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment (JJAME Fellowship)

2007: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

Main Current Research Interests

  • Reactivity of solid compounds, mechanistic studies with dynamic in situ methods, thermo­chemical characterization, preparation of solid materials with defined morpho­logical properties, solvent-free syntheses
  • Application of synchrotron-based methods
  • Development and application of biomaterials: polymers, ceramics, metals, composites; in close collaboration with physicians
  • Study of biominerals with high-end solid-state chemical methods
  • Biomimetic crystallization of inorganic materials, pathological crystallization phenomena
  • Synthesis and functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles