Prof. Dr. Claus Feldmann

 

 

Professor (W3), Chair for Inorganic Chemistry

 

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry

Engesserstraße 15, 76131 Karlsruhe

 

Tel.: 0721 608-42855

E-Mail: claus.feldmann∂kit.edu

 

Curriculum Vitae

Qualifications and Career

University Training and Degree

Chemistry, University of Bonn, Diploma
(supervised by Prof. Dr. Martin Jansen)

1985 - 1991

Advanced Academic Qualifications

Habilitation: Venia legendi in Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen
(mentored by Prof. Dr. Richard Dronskowski)

2003

Doctorate: Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bonn
(supervised by Prof. Dr. Martin Jansen)

1994

Stages of Academic/ Professional Career 

Full Professor (W3) for Inorganic Chemistry, KIT

2010 - present

Full Professor (C4) for Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe University (TH)

2003 - 2010

Senior Scientist, Philips Research Laboratories, Aachen/Eindhoven

2001 - 2003

Research Scientist, Philips Research Laboratories, Aachen/Eindhoven

1996 - 2001

Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart 
(supervised by Prof. Dr. Hansgeorg von Schnering)

1995 - 1996

Acitvities in the Research System

2024

Founder of Start-up Company NanoDrug Delivery GmbH

2023 - present Principal Investigator, DFG Collaborative Research Centre CRC1573 "4f for Future"
2021 - present Principal Investigator, DFG Collaborative Research Centre CRC1441 "Tracking the active site in heterogeneous catalysis for emission control (TrackAct)"
2021 - 2023 Head of Laboratory for Electron Microscopy (commissary), KIT
2020 - present Elected Member of DFG Review Board "Chemical Solid State and Surface Research"
2019 - present Member of the Editorial Board of "Journal of Materials Chemistry B"
2017 - present Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2015 - 2023 Member of the "Alfred-Stock-Award" and "Wilhelm-Klemm-Award" Selection Committee of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
2015 - 2019 Member of ERC Review Board
2015 - present Member of the Editorial Board of "Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie"
2012 - present Spokesperson of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, KIT
2010 - 2018 Member of the Editorial Board of "Nanoscale"
2010 - 2018 Member of the Editorial Board (Kuratorium) of "Angewandte Chemie"
2006 - present Principal Investigator, DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC172 "Center for Fuctional Nanostructures"
2005 - 2008 Vice Dean of the Faculty for Chemistry and Life Sciences, KIT
2003 - 2015 Board member of the "Center of Fuctional Nanostructures (CFN)" of the DFG

Academic Distinctions

2026

Reinhart-Koselleck-Project granted by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

2024 Innovation-Award of the State of Niedersachsen, category "Knwledge and Technology Transfer" (endowed with EUR 20,000)
2024 Award of the Börsenclub Hannover for Start-up NanoDrug Delivery GmbH
2016 W3-Professorship offered at Leibniz-University Hannover, Germany, declined
2010 W3-Professorship offered at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, declined
2004 Full-Professorship offered at University of Zürich, Switzerland, declined
2004 C4-Professorship offered at Ulm University, Germany, declined
2004 C4-Professorship offered at University of Konstanz, Germany, declined
2003 Friedrich-Wilhelm-Award of the RWTH Aachen University
1991 H.C. Starck-Award of the GDCh