Prof. Dr. Thomas Junkers - UHasselt

Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. T. Junkers
Work Experience
Jun 2010 Visiting Professor at the Université Aix-Marseille I (France) in
the group “Chemie Radicalaire Organique et Polymere de
Spécialité” of Dr. Didier Gigmes and Prof Denis Bertin
since Mar 2010 Docent at the Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium
Jul 2008 – Feb 2010 Senior Research Scientist (“Habilitand”) in the group of Prof.
Christopher Barner-Kowollik for Preparative Macromolecular
Chemistry, Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer
Chemistry, Karlsruhe University / Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology
Jul 2006 – Jun 2008 Research Associate at the Centre for Advanced Macromolecular
Design, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering,
University of New South Wales, Sydney with Prof. Christopher
Barner-Kowollik and Prof. Tom Davis
Apr 2001 – Jun 2006 Employment as research assistant at the Institute for Physical
Chemistry of Göttingen University, from August 2002 on as
research associate
Scientific Education
May 2006 Completion of PhD work on the topic of ”Novel Single Pulse –
Pulsed Laser Polymerization Methods for the Determination of Chain–
Length Dependent Termination Kinetics in Conventional and
Controlled Free–Radical Polymerization”, under supervision of Prof.
Dr. Michael Buback (”summa cum laude”)
Sep 2003 – May 2006 Member of the DFG-supported graduate school 782
“Spectroscopy and dynamics of molecular aggregates, chains
and coils “
Jan – Mar 2005 Research stay at the Centre for Advanced Macromolecular
Design, University of New South Wales in Sydney
Sep 2002 Start of PhD-thesis work at the Institute for Physical Chemistry
of Göttingen University under supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael
Buback
Jun 2002 Graduation in chemistry (Diploma, eq. to Msc)
Jul 2001 – Jun 2002 Diploma thesis work on the topic “Terminierungskinetik der
radikalischen Polymerisation von Methylmethacrylat bis zu hohen
Umsätzen“ under supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael Buback
Oct 1997 Enrollment as a regular student at the University Göttingen.
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