Curriculum Vitae
Rüdiger Faust, born 1963 in Germany, received his Diploma in Chemistry from the University of Dortmund (Diploma thesis: "Synthesis and NMR Spectroscopy of Tetrastannacyclo-hexanes", Professor T. N. Mitchell). He then joined K. Peter C. Vollhardt at the University of California at Berkeley, USA, and was awarded a PhD in Chemistry in 1993 (PhD Thesis: "On the role of Delocalization in Benzene").
After a postdoctoral stint with François Diederich at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland, he moved as a lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry to the University of Heidelberg, Germany. In 1998 he accepted an appointment as Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at University College London. In 2003 he moved to the University of Kassel as full professor in Chemistry of Mesoscopic Systems.
Professor Faust has been awarded Kekulé- (1989-1992) and Liebig-fellowships (1995-1996) from the German Chemical Industry Foundation (Fonds der chemischen Industrie) and a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, 1987-1988). He is a fellow of the German National Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes). Professor Faust is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry as well as the German and the American Chemical Societies
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| GEBURTSDATUM | 22. JANUAR 1963 | |
| GEBURTSORT | DORTMUND, GERMANY | |
| SCHULBILDUNG | 1969 – 1982 | Grundschule / Gymnasium Abschluss: Abitur am Käthe-Kollwitz Gymnasium zu Dortmund |
| STUDIUM | 1982 – 1989 | Chemie an der Universität Dortmund Abschluss: Diplom (sehr gut) |
| 1983 – 1984 | Grundwehrdienst | |
| 1988 – 1989 | Auslandssemester University College London | |
| PROMOTION | 1989 – 1993 | University of California at Berkeley, USA Abschluss: Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (unbenotet) Betreuer: Prof. Dr. K. Peter C. Vollhardt |
| BERUFLICHES | 1993 – 1995 | Postdoktorand ETH Zürich Betreuer: Prof. Dr. François Diederich |
| 1993 – 1998 | wissenschaftlicher Assistent am pharmazeutisch- chemischen Institut der Universität Heidelberg | |
| 1998 – 2003 | Senior Lecturer am University College London, UK | |
| seit 2003 | Ordentlicher Professor (C4) Universität Kassel Lehrstuhl „Chemie mesoskopischer Systeme“ | |
| AUSZEICHNUNGEN | 1986 – 1989 | Stipendiat der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 1987 – 1988 | Stipendiat des DAAD | |
| 1989 – 1993 | Kekulé-Stipendiat des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie | |
| 1995 – 1996 | Liebig-Stipendiat des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie | |
| ÄMTER | Chair des Scientific Steering Committee des Joint Nanotechnology Centers Universität Kassel/Universityof Shanghai, China | |
| Stellv. Direktor CINSaT, dem Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology der Universität Kassel | ||
| Mitglied der nationalen Expertenkommission Lebensmittelsicherheit des Bundesinstituts für Risikobewertung (BfR) Berlin | ||
| Panel Member Nanotechnology im EU-FP7 | ||
| Prodekan des Fachbereichs Naturwissenschaften | ||
| Mitglied Fachbereichsrat Naturwissenschaften, (05 - 08) | ||
| Stellv. geschäftsführender Direktor Institut für Chemie | ||
| Vorsitzender des Ortsverbands Kassel der GDCh | ||
| MITGLIEDSCHAFTEN | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, American Chemical Society, | |