curriculum vitae

Bernd Franz Straub

born 1973 in Heidelberg

Undergraduate studies

• October 1993 - February 1998:
  Academic studies in Chemistry at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

Exams

• July 1995:
  Oral Vordiploma exams at the University Heidelberg in the fourth semester
• March 1997:
  Oral Diploma exams at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg in the seventh semester
• October 2000:
  Thesis defense, summa cum laude

Graduate studies

• April 1997 - February 1998:
  Diploma thesis in the group of Prof. P. Hofmann, Diploma
• February 1998 - October 2000:
  PhD Thesis work in the group of Prof. P. Hofmann, summa cum laude
• October 2000 – December 2000:
  Research in the P. Hofmann group

Postdoctoral research

• January 2001 – December 2001:
  Humboldt fellow in the research group of Prof. R. G. Bergman at the University of California in Berkeley

Habilitation

• 2002-2004:
  Liebig-Fellowship at the LMU Munich, Institute of Organic Chemistry
• 2005-2006:
  DFG fellowship (STR 861/2-1)
• February 2007:
  final habilitation lecture talk

Chair Representation

• October 2006 – March 2007:
  Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Associate Professor

• April 2007 – September 2007:
  W2 position (5 years, organometallic chemistry) at FU Berlin
• April 2007:
  Offer for W2 position (organic chemistry) at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• since October 2007:
  W3 associate position (organic chemistry) at University of Heidelberg

Marks of distinction, awards and research grants

• Awards for the best lecture in the Master degree program Chemistry for the years 2015, 2019 and 2020 by the chemistry students' representatives ("Fachschaft Chemie")
• Dozentenstipendium (lecturer fellowship) of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
• Dr. Klaus Römer habilitation fellowship 2006
• ADUC award 2005 at the Chemiedozententagung 2006 (Hamburg)
• Research award 2005 of the Dr. Otto-Röhm-Gedächtnisstiftung
• DFG grant STR 861/2-1 (2005 - 2007), own position and PhD grant
• DFG grant STR 861/1-1 (2004 - 2006), PhD grant
• Thieme Journal Award 2003
• Liebig-Habilitations-Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie 2002-2004
• Ruprecht Karls Award of the University Heidelberg 2001
• Feodor-Lynen fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• PhD Fellowship (Doktorandenstipendium) of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie 1998-2000
• Membership in the Graduiertenkolleg “Selektivität in der Organischen und Metallorganischen Synthese und Katalyse“ in Heidelberg 1998-2000
• Award of the Dr. Sophie Bernthsen Foundation 1997 for best performance in the third and fourth year as an undergraduate student
• Award of the Dr. Otto Hofmann Foundation 1995 for best performance in the first two years as an undergraduate student
• Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (1993 - 1998) as undergraduate student
• Participation in the final national selection contests for the International Chemistry Olympiad of the years 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93; 1992 (USA) and 1993 (Italy) qualification for the German Olympic Chemistry team, each time silver medalist