TEACHING EXPERIENCE since 2005 Multiple lecture courses and lab classes in general organic chemistry, natural product synthesis, synthetic methods, and catalysis, TU Kaiserslautern fall term 2008 Lecture Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry, University of Toronto 2005 Synthetic Methods in Organic Synthesis, lecture course, RWTH Aachen 2002 - 2004 Organometallic Catalysis, lecture course, University of Wuppertal April 2000 - Aug. 2004 Current Topics in Organic Chemistry, seminar, MPI Mülheim Jan. 1995 - Sep. 1997 Supervision of the practical inorganic chemistry course for biology students (laboratory, seminars, colloquia), Technical University of Munich SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Nov. 2008 AstraZeneca Award for Organic Chemistry Sept. - Oct. 2008 Visiting Professorship at the University of Toronto Oct. 2007 Novartis Young Investigator Award Mar. 2007 Carl-Duisberg prize of the German Chemical Society Nov. 2004 - Oct. 2009 Research award of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie: „Dozentenstipendium“ Sept. 2004 Heisenberg scholarship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft April 2004 Leo-Lectureship of Leo Pharma / TU Denmark Mar. 2003 Jochen-Block prize of the DECHEMA for catalysis research Nov. 2002 Academy prize of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences Jan. 2002 Thieme literature prize Sept. 2001 Liebig scholarship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie Jan. 1998 - Dec. 1998 Postdoctoral research scholarship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Nov. 1997 - Dec. 1997 Postdoctoral research scholarship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie Jun. 1995 - May 1997 Kekulé Ph.D. scholarship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie Jan. 1993 - Sep. 1994 National scholarship for undergraduate studies: Begabtenförderung der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes