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TT-Prof. Schirin Hanf

Tenure Track Professor Schirin Hanf

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Institute for Inorganic Chemistry

Engesserstr. 15, Building 30.45, Room 230

Phone: +49 721 608-42969

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-7872

Mail: schirin hanf ∂does-not-exist.kit edu

Curriculum Vitae     

 

2021 – Present

 

Junior professor, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry

  • Main topics: inorganic chemistry, coordination chemistry, reactivity of phosphorus compounds, catalysis, research data management
  • 13.05.2025 Positve mid term evaluation

 

2020 – 2021

Junior researcher, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry

  • Young investigator group preparation programme, associated with the group of Prof. Dr. P. Roesky
  • Main topics: coordination chemistry, catalysis

 

2019 – 2020

Postdoctoral researcher, the high throughput experimentation company, hte GmbH, BASF SE postdoctoral centre

  • Main topics: heterogeneous catalysis, chemical engineering

 

2015 – 2019

PhD in chemistry, University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry

  • Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. D. S. Wright
  • Title: Tripodal Inorganic 2-Pyridyl-phosphine Ligands and Un-symmetrical Analogues – Towards New Applications in Catalysis

 

2009 – 2014

Bachelor and master of science in chemistry, Leipzig University

  • Master of science (1.0, with distinction), master's thesis: Cation and Anion Encapsulation in Polyoxotitanium Cages: Single-Source Precursors to Photocatalysts, with Prof. Dr. E. Hey-Hawkins, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. D. S. Wright
  • Bachelor of science, bachelor's thesis: Dehydrocoupling reactions towards N-functionalised cyclophosphane ligands, with Prof. Dr. E. Hey-Hawkins
  • 2013 Semester abroad at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, research project with Prof. Dr. G. B. Deacon

 

Honours
2025 Presentation price at the Chemiedozententagung 2025, TU Braunschweig
2024 Young talent label at the International Catalysis Conference (ICC 2024, Lyon)
2020 - 2021 Fellow of the young investigator group preparation programme, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2019 Highly commended PhD thesis award, University of Cambridge
2016 Kurt-Hahn scholarship, Kurt-Hahn Trust, University of Cambridge
2015 – 2019 PhD scholarship of both Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and Fonds der chemischen Industrie
2014 Hermann-Kolbe prize for the best master’s degree, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Leipzig University
2014 Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2013 DAAD-ISAP scholarship for a semester abroad at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
2012 – 2013 Deutschlandstipendium, Leipzig University
2010 Arthur-Hantzsch prize for the best first-year undergraduate  grades, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Leipzig University

 

Others
2025 – Present Member of the early career advisory board of the WILEY journal ChemCatChem
2024 – Present Board member of the YoungGeCatS (German Catalysis Society)
2022 – Present Member of the division council (division 1) at KIT
2019 – Present Member of the NFDI4Cat Consortium
2019 – Present Member of the YoungGeCatS (German Catalysis Society)
2015 – Present Member of the GDCh (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
2013 – Present Volunteer in the FChO e.V. (Friends of the Chemistry Olympiad e.V.)