Scientific Interests

i) Synthesis and properties of functional polymers, ii) Polymerization in organized phases and nanodroplets, iii) Amphiphilic block copolymers, iv) Crystallization control of polymers, v)
Mesoporous materials, vi) Sustainable chemistry, vii) Natural carbon materials

Other scientific responsibilities

Editorial board member of "Colloid & Polymer Science", "Reviews in Molecular Biotechnology", "New Journal of Chemistry", "Progress in Polymer Science", "Langmuir" "Chemistry of Materials", "Soft Matter"; Executive Board Member of Macromolecular Journals of Wiley-VCH and of the RSC Journal Board, Member of the president board of the "Berlin-Brandenburgischer Verband für Polymerforschung", Vice Sekretar of the “Class of Natural Sciences” of the BBAW, Member of the board of trustees of the "Fonds of the Chemical Industry", ca. 400 scientific papers, 20 patents.

Awards

1981 Member of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes"
1983 Scholarship of the funds of the chemical industry of Germany
1984 Adolf-Todt-Scholarship
1986 Science Award of the "Freunde der Universität Mainz"
1988 Science Award of the "Böhringer-Ingelheim-Foundation"
1990 Gerhard-Hess prize of the German science foundation
1992 Faculty award of the funds of the chemical industry of Germany
1997 Honorary degree (Dr. sci. h. c.) of Clarkson University Potsdam/New York
1998 Guest Professor in Lovain La Neuve/Belgium
2000 Member of the "Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften" (BBAW)
2003 Goldschmidt-Elhuyar-Award of the Real Sociedad Espanola de Quimica
2005 Honorary Guest Professor at Hefei University/P. R. China
2005 Alfrey Turner visiting professorship at Michigan Molecular Institute
2005 Guest Professor at Paris V/Jussieu in Paris/France
2005- ISI World Top 50 Material Science, H-Index 67
2006 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry/UK
2007 Römer Lecture LMU München, Staudinger-Durrer Lecture ETM Zürich
2008 ERC Advanced Grant
2008 Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement