Curriculum

• Born in Germany, raised in France, Germany and USA
• Studies of Chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and the E.H.I.C.S. (Ecole des Hautes Etudes des Industries Chimiques de Strasbourg; now ECPM) in Strasbourg, France
• PhD at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, with Prof. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins (now University of Leipzig) on organometallic compounds with metal-phosphor double bonds (Mo, Nb, Ta)
• Postdocs with Prof. J. Strähle (University of Tübingen, Germany), Prof. J.-M. Lehn (University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France), and Profs. D. Fenske and R. Ahlrichs (Karlsruhe, Germany)
• Habilitation with Prof. A. F. Williams (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
• Emmy-Noether-Programm II by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), Karlsruhe
• Research Professorship of the SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation), University of Basel, Switzerland

Stipends + Grants:

• Erasmus Grant (European Union)
• Landesgraduierten-Grant (Baden-Württemberg)
• Post-Doc-Grant (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
• Emmy-Noether-Programm II (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) (this is not only for women.... :-) !!!)
• Förderprofessur (Swiss National Science Foundation)
• Several additional grants through the Swiss National Science Foundation, Portland Cement Stiftung, Swiss Secretariat for Education and Research