Curriculum Vitae von Prof. Dr. Klaus Meerholz

Professional Activities

• since 2011 Director Center of Organic Production Technologies (COPT) in NRW e.V.
• since 2009 Managing Director, Center for Organic Electronic Cologne (COEC) gGmbH
• 2008 - 2013 Director of the Chemistry Department, University of Cologne
• since 2007 Technology Transfer Officer of the Rectorate, University of Cologne
• since 2006 Editorial Board member of the Macromolecular Physical Chemistry
• 2006 - 2009 President of the Photochemistry division within the GDCh
• 2002 - 2005 Board member of the Photochemistry division within the GDCh  

Employment History

• since 02/02 W3-Professor (Chair), Physical Chemistry Department, University of Köln
• 09/99 – 01/02 Privatdozent (Associate Professor), Physical Chemistry Dept., LMU Munich
• 10/98 – 08/99 C3-Professor of Physical Chemistry, LMU Munich
• 09/98 Habilitation, Physical Chemistry Dept., (Prof. Christoph Bräuchle, LMU Munich), “Multifunctional Polymers with Photorefractive and Electroluminescent Properties”.
• 09/95 – 09/98 Habilitant (Assistant Professor), Physical Chemistry Dept., LMU Munich
• 09/93 - 08/95 Research Assistant Scientist, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona (Prof. Nasser Peyghambarian)
• 02/93 - 08/93 Postdoc, State University of New York at Buffalo (Prof. Paras N. Prasad)
• 08/91 - 02/93 Material Research Center, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 04/91 - 08/91 Centre d’Energie Atomique de Grenoble, France (Prof. Eric Vieil)

Education

• 06/92 Ph.D.-Thesis, University of Freiburg (Prof. Jürgen Heinze) “Conjugated Oligomers - Model Compounds for the Understanding of Charge Storage and Conductivity Mechanism in Conducting Polymers”, summa cum laude
• 03/85 - 08/87 University of Freiburg, Germany, Master of Chemistry (Diploma)
• 10/82 - 02/85 University of Bielefeld, Germany, Bachelor of Chemistry (Vordiplom)

Awards and Nominations

• Max-Dellbrück Award, University of Cologne 2014
• Willstätter Lecture (GDCh / Hebrew University) 2013
• Albertus-Magnus Award (category “Research”), University of Cologne 2011
• Nominee for the German Future Award (Deutscher Zukunftspreis) 2011
• Innovation Award of Nordrhein-Westfalen 2010
• Olympus Award 2009
• DSM Innovation Award 2009
• Innovation platform “Solution-Processed Organic Electronics” sponsored by the German Ministry of Science & Education (BMBF) 2007
• Innovation Award Cologne 2004
• Erich-Schott award 2002
• Visiting professor, Université Luis Pasteur, Strasbourg/France (2001 / 2002)
• Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein-Preis, Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft for Physical Chemistry 2000
• Award for best Habilitation, University of Munich 1999