Curriculum Vitae |
2023 | Visiting professorship at the School of Chemistry and Life Science, Hanoi University of Science and Technology Vietnam |
since 2021 | Group leader “Polymer Chemistry and Catalysis“ at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) |
2020 | Habilitation at the University of Rostock - Doctor rerum naturalium habilitatus (Dr. habil.) / Privatdozent (venia legendi) |
2017 - 2020 | Junior Research Group leader at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT), (Head of Department: Prof. Udo Kragl) |
2015 - 2016 | Group leader at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT) in the Department of Polymer Chemistry and Catalysis (Prof. Udo Kragl) |
2013 - 2014 | Associate research scientist at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT) in the group of Prof. Udo Kragl working in the development of polymerization catalysts, monomers and processes on a joint project with Henkel AG. |
2012 | Postdoctoral research associate at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT) in the group of Prof. Matthias Beller working in the development and applications of new organometallic catalysts for photocatalytic water reduction |
2008 - 2011 | Doctor of Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland, in the group of Prof. Antonio Togni. Doctoral dissertation: "New Rhenium-Catalyzed Reactions: From Asymmetric Hydrogenation to Trifluoromethylation” |
2005 - 2007 | Master of Sciences (Chemistry) at the National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, in the group of Prof. Ricardo Fierro. Master thesis entitled: “New Organometallic Titanium Compounds with Chalcogen-Ether Type Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization and Use in Styrene Polymerization”. |
1999 - 2004 | Bachelor in Chemistry at the National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. Undergraduate thesis: "Synthesis of a Novel Organometallic Compound With Possible Application in Stereoselective Catalysis" Awarded: Meritorious Mention (National University of Colombia, 2005), National Contest of Best Undergraduate Thesis, 3rd Place in the area of Natural Sciences (National University of Colombia, 2006). |