Group Leader

Prof. Dr. Milan Kivala

ResearcherID: D-2855-2012
ORCID: 000-0002-4960-4636

Institute of Organic Chemistry

Im Neuenheimer Feld 272
69120 Heidelberg
Room 02.008

Phone: +49 (0) 6221 54 6208

Email: milan.kivala@oci.uni-heidelberg.de

Curriculum Vitae

Milan Kivala was born in Rakovník, Czech Republic, and earned his M.Sc. degree from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague. He completed his Ph.D. studies under the supervision of Prof. François Diederich at ETH Zürich, followed by a short postdoctoral stay at the same institution before joining the group of Prof. Klaus Müllen at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. Subsequently, he moved to Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, where he completed his Habilitation under the mentorship of Prof. Rik R. Tykwinski and later served as interim Chair.

He currently holds a W3 Professorship in Organic Chemistry at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. His synthesis-driven research focuses on the development of functional π-electron systems and materials science.