Prof. Dr.rer. nat., Dr. h.c. phil. Roland A. Fischer
Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry Department of Chemistry, Lichtenbergstrasse 4 Catalysis Research Centre, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Strasse 1 Technical University Munich D-85748 Garching, Germany [email protected] https://www.amc.ch.tum.de/
Curriculum Vitae Personal Data
27. 08. 1961 born in Rosenheim, married with Ursula Fischer, four children
Education
1981 - 1986 Study of Chemistry (Dipl.-Chem.) at Technical University Munich (TUM) 1989 Promotion, Dr. rer. nat.; Mentor: Prof. W. A. Herrmann, TUM: "Contributions to the Coordination Chemistry of Alkynes at Rhenium: Synthesis, Structures and Reactivity“ 1989 - 1990 Post-Doc with Prof. H. D. Kaesz, University of California, Los Angeles "MOCVD of Pt- and Cu thin films" 1995 Habilitation, Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Chemistry) at TUM "Transition Metal substituted Alanes, Gallanes and Indanes: Synthesis, Reactivity, Structures: molecular sources for Chemical Vapour Deposition of binary intermetallic phases"
Academic Positions
1996 -1997 Associate Professor, Inorganic Chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg. 1997- 2015 Full Professor, Inorganic & Materials Chemistry, Ruhr University Bochum (RUB). 2016 - Full Professor, Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Technical University Munich (TUM). 2017 - 2021 Director, Catalysis Research Centre, TUM
Selected Functions in Research
1997 - 1999 Co-chair, German American Frontiers of Science Symposia. 2000 - 2012 Board, DFG Research Centre 558, “Metal Support Interaction in Heterogeneous Catalysis”; Vice Speaker 2009 – 2012. 2001 - 2007 Coordinator, DFG Priority Program 1119 „CVD-Materials“. 2001 - 2013 Board, EUROCVD Conferences and Organizer of EUROCVD-XV (2005, Bochum). 2006 - 2009 Co-chair, EU STREP “SURMOF” (6th FP). 2006 - Board of Trustees, Chemical Industry Fund, Germany. 2006 - 2009 Speaker, Ruhr University Research School (Excellence Initiative, GSC 98/I). 2007 - 2015 Advisory Board, Internat. Graduate School of Science & Engineering (IGSSE, TUM). 2008 - 2014 Board, DFG Priority Program 1362 “Metal-Organic Frameworks”. 2009 - 2013 Coordinator, EU Marie Curie ITN “ENHANCE”. 2010 - Visiting Professor, iCeMS Kyoto (http://www.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp).
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2011 - Visiting Professor, IIT Bombay 2012 - 2015 Speaker, Ruhr University Research School Plus (Excellence Initiative, GSC 98/II). 2012 - 2016 Member, DFG Senate Commission on Collaborative Research Centers. 2015 - 2018 Coordinator, EU Marie Curie ITN “DEFNET” (Horizon 2020). 2016 - 2021 Coordinator, DFG Priority Program 1928 „COORNETs“.
Selected Functions in Academia
2000 - 2002 Vice-Rector for Teaching Affairs at RUB (Undergraduate and Graduate Studies). 2000 - 2008 Central Selection Committee, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. 2001 Referee, „Research Lecturers“, Stifterverband. 2002 Referee, „Advanced Study Programs“, Stifterverband. 2003 - 2008 Commission for International Affairs of the Germans Rector´s Conference. 2003 - 2004 DAAD National Bologna-Process Promotor. 2003 - 2005 Referee, ZeVA, „Supporting Evaluation of the B/M-Reform in the Education of Teachers at Niedersachsen”. 2004 - 2012 Director, Alfried Krupp Pupils Research Laboratory, RUB. 2005 - 2008 Dean and Vice Dean, Faculty of Chemistry & Biochemistry, RUB. 2008 - 2012 National Jury Member, Jugend Forscht. 2008 - 2015 Liaison Docent, German National Academic Foundation. 2016 - 2020 Vice President, German Research Foundation (DFG).
Honors, Stipends, Fellowships and Awards
1981 -1986 Stipend for highly gifted students of the State of Bavaria. 1984 -1986 Stipend of the German National Academic Foundation. 1989 TUM-Award for outstanding dissertations (TU Munich). 1989 Study Award of the Chemical Industry Fund. 1989 -1990 Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. 1990 -1992 Liebig Fellowship of the Chemical Industry Fund. 1992 -1995 Habilitation Fellowship of the German Research Foundation. 1993 Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Award of the Federal Minister for Education and Research for Chemistry and Physics of Thin Films. 1995 -1997 Fellowship of the Karl-Winnacker Foundation. 1996 Alfried Krupp Award for young University Professors. 2010 JSPS Fellow at Kyoto University. 2017 Honorary Doctorate, Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB). 2018 Member of the European Academy of Sciences
Editorial Boards
Currently: none Previously: Angewandte Chemie, Chem. Vap. Depos., Dalton Transactions, J. Organomet. Chem.
Publications https://www.amc.ch.tum.de/index.php?id=2760 ca. 500 peer-reviewed publications, H-index: 67 (Mai 2019), ca. 18.000 citations without self-citations; Highly Cited Scientist 2018 (Web of Science).
Garching, 25.05.2019
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