Research Interests

  • Solid-state and materials chemistry of nitrides and oxonitrides
  • High-temperature and high-pressure synthesis, precursor chemistry
  • Functional materials (e.g. luminescent, optical, NLO)

Short CV

  • Studied chemistry, Hannover university
  • 1986 PhD, Hannover university
  • 1987-1988 Guest scientist, MPI for solid-state research, Stuttgart
  • 1988-1993 Scientific assistant (C1), Bonn university
  • 1992 Habilitation (inorganic chemistry), Bonn university
  • 1993-1998 Professor (C4) and chair, Bayreuth university
  • 1996 Leibniz award of the DFG
  • 1998-2006 Professor and chair inorg. solid-state-chemistry (C4), LMU Munich
  • Since 2006 Professor and chair inorg. solid-state-chemistry (W3), LMU Munich
  • 2007 Wilhelm-Klemm award, GDCh
  • 2018 Liebig Memorial Medal, GDCh