MPG

Born on July 4, 1949 in Schwäbisch Hall. Study of physics in Karlsruhe, doctorate Constance Univ. (1976), German Habilitation in experimental physics TU Munich (1986), Heisenberg Scholarship, head of a junior research group at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (1986), head of Laboratory for Exotic Nanomaterials in the Frontier Research Program at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research RIKEN Wako/Japan (1991), Consulting Professor Stanford Univ. (1992), Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (since 1993), Professor of Chemistry (by Courtesy) Univ. of Florida/Gainesville (since 1998), Temasek Professor, National University of Singapore (2000-2003).