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Prof. Dr. Philipp Vana, MBA
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Georg-August-University Göttingen
Tammannstrasse 6, Raum 407
D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)551 39 12753
Fax +49 (0)551 39 3144
E-mail: pvana@uni-goettingen.de
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Curriculum vitae
Date and place of birth: 10. Feb. 1971, Vienna, Austria
Scientific Record
| since April 2010 |
Full Professor (W3) for Macromolecular Chemistry at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
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| Sep 2008 - March 2010 |
Heisenberg-Professor (W2) for Functional Polymers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
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| May 2006 - Aug 2008 |
Independent Senior Research Associate (self-employment within the frame of a DFG-funded research grant) Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
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| November 2005 |
One-month research stay at the Institute for Chemical Research of the Kyoto University, Uji, Japan. Research Group: Prof. Takeshi Fukuda
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| Apr. 2003 – Apr. 2006 |
Senior Research Associate, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany. Research Group: Prof. Michael Buback
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| Mar. 2001 – Mar. 2003 |
Research Fellow, (Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund), Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Research Group: Prof. Thomas P. Davis
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| Jul. 1996 – Feb. 2001 |
Research Associate, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria. Research Group: Prof. Oskar. F. Olaj
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| Sep. 1999 – Apr. 2000 |
Military Service in the Austrian Army, Computer Specialist, National Defence Academy, Vienna, Austria
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| Jul. 1995 – Jun. 1996 |
Junior Research Associate, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria.
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Education
| February 2008 |
Privatdozent, venia legendi for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen. Thesis: 'The RAFT Polymerization: From Kinetics to Complex Macromolecular Architecture'
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| March 2003 |
Master of Business Administration (MBA), for General Management, Danube University Krems, Austria
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| Feb. 2000 |
Diplomierter Wirtschaftstechniker, postgraduate studies of Economics and Law at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria
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| May 1999 |
Doktor rer. nat., (equiv. to PhD), graduation with
first class honours. Institute of Physical Chemistry, University
of Vienna, Austria. Thesis: ‘The termination rate coefficient
of free radical polymerization and its chain-length
dependence’. Supervisor: Prof. O. F. Olaj
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| July 1996 |
Magister rer. nat., (equiv. to MSc), graduation with first class honours. Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria. Thesis: ‘The influence of carbon tetrachloride on the polymerization of styrene – stationary and pseudostationary investigations’. Supervisor: Prof. O. F. Olaj
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| 1996 |
2. Diploma examination in Chemistry, with first class honours. University of Vienna, Austria
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| 1993 |
1. Diploma examination in Chemistry, with first class honours. University of Vienna, Austria
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Prizes, Fellowships, and Declined Offers
| 2010 |
Offer for Full Professor (W3) of Technical Chemistry of Polymers at the University of Leipzig / The Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification (declined)
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| 2010 |
Offer for Full Professor (W3) of Technical Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen (declined)
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| 2008 |
Karl-Winnacker Fellowship of the Aventis Foundation
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| 2008 |
Heisenberg-Professorship (DFG) for Functional Polymers
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| 2006 |
'Reisestipendium' of the 'Reimund-Stadler-Stiftung' of the Macromolecular Division of the 'Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker' (GDCh)
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| 2005 |
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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| 2003 |
Promotion Award of the 'Dr.-Otto-Röhm Gedächtnisstiftung'
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| 2001 - 2003 |
Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund
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Editorial Service
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the 'Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics' journal
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the 'Macromolecular Theory and Simulations' journal
- Member of the Editorial Board of the 'Polymers' Open Access journal
Affiliations
- American Chemical Society
- Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie
- DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- Deutscher Hochschulverband
- Subcommittee of the IUPAC Macromolecular Division on "Modelling of Polymerization Kinetics and Processes"
Task group leader: 'Towards a Holistic Mechanistic Model for Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerizations: Dithiobenzoates as Mediating Agents'
Task group member: 'Critically evaluated termination rate coefficients for free radical polymerisation'
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