The challenge of advancing science
The most lasting biggest impact scientists make is likely not our own work but rather through the people we educate.
Education in the physical and life sciences is comprised from the text book knowledge that we transmit in the class room but also the practical skills that are taught. A huge part of becoming a scientist is the training conveyed during work on an original research problem as part of a doctoral thesis. Here, sound fundamental theoretical understanding, practical experimental skills are needed in addition to creativity, persistance and the ability to get over many difficulties and set-backs. Educators have to convey the wonder and joy of discovery to the younger generation.
To make a discovery or create a new substance never made before can give immense joy.
I teaching bioorganic chemistry as a Professor of Chemistry at the Free University of Berlin and the University Potsdam and train doctoral and postdoctoral scientists in the Department of Biomolecular Systems at the Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam.
The chance to work with bright young scientists is not just a challenge on a daily basis for both sides, but it keeps me honest and opens the chance for me to “learning by teaching” as not just the student but also the teacher profits.
Former coworkers now in academia:
Coworkers
Former coworkers now in academia:
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Associate Prof. Alexander Adibekian
Scripps Florida (USA)
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Professor Rodrigo Andrade
Temple Univ. (USA)
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Lecturer Gonzalo Bernardes
Cambridge Univ. (UK)
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Associate Prof. Siwarutt Boonyarattanakalin
Sirindhorn Inst. of Technology (Thailand)
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Instructor Adam Calow
Bristol Univ. (UK)
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Assist. Prof. Bastien Castagner
McGill Univ. (Canada)
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Assist. Prof. Jeroen Codee
Leiden Univ. (Netherlands)
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Principle Scientist Mayeul Collot
CNRS Strasbourg (France)
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Group Leader Martina Delbianco
MPI Potsdam (Germany)
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Assist. Prof. Jose DePaz
Univ. of Seville (Spain)
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Professor Matthew Disney
Scripps Florida (USA)
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Group Leader Kerry Gilmore
MPI Potsdam (Germany)
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Professor Ryan Gilmour
Univ. Münster (Germany)
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Associate Prof. Shinya Hanashima
Osaka Univ. (Japan)
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Professor Laura Hartmann
Universität Düsseldorf (Germany)
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Associate Prof. Sung You Hong
UNIST (South Korea)
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Senior Lecturer Mattan Hurevich
Hebrew Univ. (Israel)
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Assist. Prof. Jeyakumar Kandasami
IIT-BHU Varanasi (India)
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Assist. Prof. Takuya Kanemitsu
Showa Univ. (Japan)
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Research Officer David Kennedy
National Research Council (Canada)
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Associate Prof. Raghavendra Kikkeri
IISER Pune (India)
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Associate Prof. Daniel Daniel Kolarich
Griffith Univ. (Australia)
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Associate Prof. Yong-Uk Kwon
Ewha Womans University (Korea)
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Assist. Prof. Chian-Hui Lai
Kaohsiung Medical University (Taiwan)
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Assist. Prof. Paola Laurino
OIST (Japan)
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Lecturer Daniele Leonori
Manchester Univ. (UK)
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Associate Prof. Bernd Lepenies
Veterinary University Hannover (Germany)
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Assist. Prof. Chien-Fu Liang
National Chung Hsing Univ. (Taiwan)
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Assist. Prof. Xinyu Liu
Univ. of Pittsburgh (USA)
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Assist. Prof. Petra Menova
UCT Prague (Czech Republic)
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Teaching Prof. Nabyl Merbouh
Simon Fraser University (Canada)
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Associate Prof. Toshiki Nokami
Tottori University
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Professor Tyler McQuade
Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (USA)
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Assist. Prof. Shunsuke Oishi
Nagoya Univ. (Japan)
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Assist. Prof. Daniel Ratner
Univ. of Washington (USA)
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Assist. Prof. Lidong Shao
Shanghai Univ. of Electric Power (China)
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Associate Prof. Nicole Snyder
Davidson College (USA)
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Group Leader Pierre Stallforth
Hans Knöll Inst. (Germany)
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Associate Prof. Bridget Stocker
Univ. of Wellington (New Zealand)
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Assist. Prof. Hidenori Tanaka
Kochi Univ. (Japan)
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Lecturer Mattie Timmer
Victoria Univ. of Wellington (New Zealand)
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Lecturer Yu-Hsian Tsai
Cardiff Univ. (UK)
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Assist. Prof. Ivan Vilotijevic
Univ. Jena (Germany)
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Associate Prof. Cheng-Chung Wang
Academia Sinica Taipei (Taiwan)
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Associate Prof. Ping Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
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Professor Daniel Werz
TU Braunschweig (Germany)
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Professor Guozhi Xiao
Kunming Inst. Botany, CAS (China)
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Professor Tokio Yabe
Gifu Univ. (Japan)
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Professor You Yang
East China Univ. of Science and Technology (China)
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Assoc. Dean Jian Yin
Jiangnan Univ. (China)