Staff

Prof. Dr. Philipp Vana, MBA

Group Leader

Georg-August-University of Göttingen
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Tammannstraße 6, Room 3.124
D-37077 Göttingen, Germany

Tel. +49 (0)551 39 12753
Fax +49 (0)551 39 12709

e-mail: pvana@uni-goettingen.de

Date and Place of Birth

10. Feb. 1971, Vienna, Austria

Affiliations
April 2015 – March 2019Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
April 2014 – March 2015Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
since April 2010Full Professor (W3) for Macromolecular Chemistry at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
Sep. 2008 – March 2010Heisenberg-Professor (W2) for Functional Polymers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
May 2006 – Aug. 2008Independent Senior Research Associate (self-employment within the frame of a DFG-funded research grant) Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
November 2005One-month research stay at the Institute for Chemical Research of the Kyoto University, Uji, Japan. Research Group: Prof. Takeshi Fukuda
April 2003 – April 2006Senior Research Associate, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany. Research Group: Prof. Michael Buback
March 2001 – March 2003Research 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
July 1996 – Feb. 2001Research Associate, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria. Research Group: Prof. Oskar. F. Olaj
Sep. 1999 – April 2000Military Service in the Austrian Army, Computer Specialist, National Defence Academy, Vienna, Austria
July 1995 – June 1996Junior Research Associate, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria.

Education

February 2008Privatdozent, venia legendi for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen. Thesis: ‘The RAFT Polymerization: From Kinetics to Complex Macromolecular Architecture’
March 2003Master of Business Administration (MBA), for General Management, Danube University Krems, Austria
February 2000Diplomierter Wirtschaftstechniker, postgraduate studies of Economics and Law at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria
May 1999Doktor 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
July 1996Magister 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
19962. Diploma examination in Chemistry, with first class honours. University of Vienna, Austria
19931. Diploma examination in Chemistry, with first class honours. University of Vienna, Austria

Prizes, Fellowships, and Declined Offers
2018Hermann F. Mark Medaille of the ‘Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Chemie und Technik (OFI)’
2010Offer for Full Professor (W3) of Technical Chemistry of Polymers at the University of Leipzig / The Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification (declined)
2010Offer for Full Professor (W3) of Technical Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen (declined)
2008Karl-Winnacker Fellowship of the Aventis Foundation
2008Heisenberg-Professorship (DFG) for Functional Polymers
2006‘Reisestipendium’ of the ‘Reimund-Stadler-Stiftung’ of the Macromolecular Division of the ‘Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker’ (GDCh)
2005Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2003Promotion Award of the ‘Dr.-Otto-Röhm Gedächtnisstiftung’
2001 – 2003Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund

Editorial Service
  • Editor of the ‘Polymers’ Open Access journal
  • 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 ‘J’ Open Access journal

Memberships
  • 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”

Stefanie Kindler

Office

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 23140
e-mail: stefanie.kindler@chemie.uni-goettingen.de

Dr. Florian Ehlers

Senior Researcher

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 33128
e-mail: florian.ehlers@chemie.uni-goettingen.de

Dr. Holger Gibhardt

Senior Researcher

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 23134
e-mail: hgibhar@gwdg.de

Sandra Lotze

Chemical Technical Assistant

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 12596
e-mail: slotze@gwdg.de

Jannis Gottwald

Chemical Technical Assistant

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 12596
e-mail: jannis.gottwald@chemie.uni-goettingen.de

Vanessa Braun

Experimental Investigations of Polymer Surfaces and Production of Certain Polymers

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 14367
e-mail: vanessa.braun@stud.uni-goettingen.de

Dr. Yingying Cai

Polymer-guided Self-assembly of Plasmonic Nanostructures

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 10804
e-mail: yingying.cai@uni-goettingen.de

Robert Dallinger

Synthesis of Acrylic Block Copolymers for Sustainable Adhesive Coatings

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 14270
e-mail: robert.dallinger@stud.uni-goettingen.de

Luise Fanslau

Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 14270
e-mail: luise.fanslau@stud.uni-goettingen.de

Leon Kollenbach

Polymer Electrodes Based on Stable Radicals

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 14367
e-mail: leon.kollenbach@stud.uni-goettingen.de

Daniel Kösters

Gas Permeability of Cellulose Derivative Composites

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 14367
e-mail: daniel.koesters@stud.uni-goettingen.de

Enno Meyer

Examination of Termination Kinetics of Radical Copolymerizations

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 33138
e-mail: emeyer2@gwdg.de

André Rellmann-Sprink

Advanced Acrylate Adhesive Glues with Complex Polymer Architecture

Tel.: +49 (0)40 88899 7118
e-mail: andre.rellmann-sprink@tesa.com

Jessica Schneider

Depolymerization of RAFT Polymers

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 14270
e-mail: jessica.schneider01@stud.uni-goettingen.de

Max Günter Schönrock

Polymer-functionalized gold nanorods via aqueous RAFT-copolymerization for molecular imprinted polymers

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 14270
e-mail: m.schoenrock@stud.uni-goettingen.de

Qingyuan Song

Polymer-Hybrid Nanomaterials

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 10804
e-mail: qingyuan.song@stud.uni-goettingen.de

Anatoly Zuev

Investigation of the thermal stability of RAFT polymers and their degradation products

Tel.: +49 (0)551 39 14270
e-mail: anatoly.zuev@stud.uni-goettingen.de

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