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
Curriculum Vitae (Download)
| DATE OF BIRTH | 22. JANUAR 1963 | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | DORTMUND, GERMANY | |
| PRIMARY EDUCATION | 1969 – 1982 | Primary School / Gymnasium Degree: Abitur |
| SECONDARY EDUCATION | 1982 – 1989 | Chemistry at the University of Dortmund, Germany Degree: Diplom (sehr gut, i.e. first class) |
| 1983 – 1984 | Military Service | |
| 1988 – 1989 | Semester abroad University College London | |
| PROMOTION | 1989 – 1993 | University of California at Berkeley, USA Degree: doctor of philosophy (PhD) in chemistry Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Peter C. Vollhardt |
| PROFESSIONAL | 1993 – 1995 | Postdoctoral Studies at the ETH Zürich, CH Supervisor: Prof. Dr.. François Diederich |
| 1993 – 1998 | Postdoc Pharmaceutical-Chemical Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany | |
| 1998 – 2003 | Senior Lecturer University College London, UK | |
| since 2003 | Full professor (C4) University of Kassel, Germany Chair „Chemistry of Mesoscopic Systems“ | |
| AWARDS | 1986 – 1989 | Fellow of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 1987 – 1988 | DAAD-Fellow | |
| 1989 – 1993 | Kekulé-Fellow des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie | |
| 1995 – 1996 | Liebig-Fellow des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie | |
| OFFICES | Chair Scientific Steering Committees of the Joint Nanotechnology Centers between the Universities of Kassel and Shanghai, China | |
| Member of the National Expert Panel on Food Safety, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Berlin | ||
| Vice-Dean Faculty of Physical Sciences. Universität Kassel | ||
| Deputy Director Institute of Chemistry, University of Kassel | ||
| Chair Regional Section of the Germany Chemical Society | ||
| MEMBERSHIPS | CINSaT, Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology, University of Kassel German Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry | |