Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Chem. Dr.rer.nat. Thomas ROSENAU

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Chem. Dr.rer.nat. Thomas
ROSENAU
1. PERSONALIA
Date of birth: April 20, 1969
Place of birth: Erfurt (Thuringia, Germany)
Nationality: German
Marital status: married, 1 son
E-mail address: thomas.rosenau@boku.ac.at
2. EDUCATION
School
1975 – 1987 Grammar school, Eisenach, Germany
1987 Abitur (matura)
11 / 1987 – 04 / 1989 Army service
Study
1984 – 1987 Concert organ
Conservatory of Music "Franz Liszt", Weimar, Germany
1987 Diploma as concert organist, graduation “With excellence”,
Church music A-exam
1989 – 1994 Chemistry
Dresden University of Technology, Germany
02 / 1991 – 07 / 1994 Scholarship from the „Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes“
(German National Scholarship Foundation)
09 / 1993 – 07 / 1994 Diploma thesis at the Institute of Organic Chemistry:
"Synthesis and characterization of chroman-6-ol derivatives"
07 / 1994 Graduation “With excellence”
PhD studies
07 / 1994 – 07 / 1997 PhD scholarship from the „Studienstiftung des Deutschen
Volkes“ (German National Scholarship Foundation)
09 / 1994 – 06 / 1997 Dissertation at the Institute of Organic Chemistry:
"Synthesis and characterization of novel tocopherol derivatives"
10 / 1994 – 10 / 1995 Visiting scholar at North Carolina State University, Raleigh,
USA, “Investigations into the laccase-mediator system”,
“Studies into phenolic antioxidants”
03 / 1996 – 09 / 1997 Member of the Department Council (Chemistry), Faculty
Council (Natural Sciences) and of the Senate at TU Dresden

09 / 1997 Doctoral degree (Chemistry and Toxicology)
“Summa cum laude”
Post-doctoral experience
11 / 1997 – 02 / 1998 Lenzing AG, Lenzing, Austria
Project elaboration “Yellowing of cellulosic fibers”
05 / 1998 – 10 / 1998 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
“The chemistry of NMMO and Lyocell solutions”
3. PROFESSIONAL CAREER
10 / 1995 – 05 / 1997 Assistant and lecturer at the Institute of Organic Chemistry,
Dresden University of Technology
since 10 / 1998 Researcher at the Christian-Doppler-Laboratory at the Institute of
Chemistry, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna
since 02 / 1999 Ass. Prof. (Univ.Ass.) at the Institute of Chemistry,
BOKU University, Vienna
01 / 2003 Habilitation (venia docendi) for Organic Chemistry, “The
chemistry of tertiary amine N-oxides – Reaction mechanisms,
application in synthesis and impact on the Lyocell process”
03 / 2003 Assoc. Professor (Ao. Univ. Prof.) at the Department of
Chemistry, BOKU University Vienna
08 / 2004 – 02 / 2005 Paternal leave for child-care
03 / 2005 – 11 / 2005 part-time (50%) work, child care
11 / 2005 Call on a full (C4) professorship at Dresden University of
Technology, Chair “Wood and Plant Chemistry”, rejected
12 / 2005 Call on a full professorship at University of Natural Resources
and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Chair “Chemistry of
Natural Resources”, accepted
since 01 / 2006 Full Professor (Univ.Prof.) at the Department of Chemistry,
BOKU University Vienna, Chair of Wood, Pulp and Fiber
Chemistry

4. AWARDS
1987 International J.S. Bach Contest, 1 st Youth Price (Organ)
1994 Gotthelf-Lohrmann Medal (Dresden University of Technology)
1998 Hermann-Kolbe Award (GDCh, German Chemical Society)
2000 Otto-Warburg Award (GDCh, German Chemical Society)
2001 International Lyocell Award
2004 International Lipid Research Award (ILRA 2004)
(International Society of Fat and Lipid Research)
2006 Selection into the Executive Committee of the EWLP (European
Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp) conference series
2007 Hayashi Jisuke International Cellulose Award
(Japanese Cellulose Society, Intl. Union of Cellulose Societies)
2008 Roche Lectureship 2008 (Series of 12 lectures “Cellulose
innovation” in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria)
5. SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES
Scientific publication services
Editor-in-Chief:
„Green Sciences“ book series, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin
Member of the Editorial Board, journal HOLZFORSCHUNG
Member of the Editorial Board, journal CELLULOSE
Member of the Scientific Editorial Board, journal ARKIVOC
Member of the Editorial Board, journal THE OPEN MACROMOLECULES JOURNAL
Membership in scientific organizations
German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industries, USA (TAPPI)
German Bach Society (Deutsche Bach-Gesellschaft)
Refereeing for scientific journals (names in alphabetical order)
Angewandte Chemie (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.)
Applied Catalysis A: General (Appl. Catal. A - Gen)
ARKIVOC (Arkivoc)
Biomacromolecules (Biomacromol.)
Bioorganic & Medical Chemistry Letters (Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.)
Chemistry – A European Journal (Chem. Eur. J.)
Carbohydrate Polymers (Carbohydr. Polym.)
Carbohydrate Research (Carbohydr. Res.)
Cellulose (Cellulose)
Chemical Engeneering Journal (Chem. Eng. J.)

European Polymer Journal (Eur. Polym. J.)
European Journal of Organic Chemistry (Eur. J. Org. Chem.)
European Polymer Journal (Eur. Polym. J.)
Holzforschung (Holzforschung)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry (J. Org. Chem.)
Letters in Organic Chemistry (Lett. Org. Chem.)
Lipids (Lipids)
Macromolecular Bioscience (Macromol. Biosci.)
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (Macromol. Chem. Phys.)
Macromolecular Rapid Communications (Macromol. Rapid Comm.)
Macromoleculs (Macromol.)
Material Letters (Mater. Lett.)
Organic Letters (Org. Lett.)
Polymer (Polymer)
Synlett (Synlett)
Synthesis (Synthesis)
Tetrahedron (Tetrahedron)
Tetrahedron Letters (Tetrahedron Lett.)
Summary of reviewing duty for scientific journals:
2005: 33
2006: 38
2007: 72
Organization of international scientific conferences / symposia:
• Scientific colloquium „Modern Aspects of Radical Chemistry”,
German National Scholarship Foundation, Köln, May 1996
• International Symposium “Advances in Wood Chemistry”,
University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna, May 1999
• Japanese-European Workshop “Cellulose and Functional
Polysaccharides”, BOKU Vienna, Sept. 11-14, 2005
• 9 th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp (9 th
EWLP) BOKU Vienna, August 27 – 30, 2006
• Co-organizer: 2 nd International Cellulose Conference 2007
(ICC2007) Tokyo, Japan, October 22-25, 2007
• Co-organizer: Japanese-European Workshop “Cellulose and
Functional Polysaccharides”, Kyoto, Japan, October 29-31, 2007