Curriculum vitae
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Voit was born 4th of April 1963 in Bayreuth, Germany.
Curriculum vitae
| 1969-1973 | Elementary School Goldkronach | |
| 1973-1982 | Gymnasium Christian Ernestinum Bayreuth | |
| 1982 | Abitur (high school diploma, general admission qualification for university) | |
| 1982-1987 | Study of Chemistry/Diploma at University Bayreuth (UBT) | |
| 1987 | Diploma graduation (diploma thesis in Macromolecular Chemistry) | |
| 1988-1990 | PhD thesis at Chair for Macromolecular Chemistry 1 (UBT), Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. O. Nuyken; Topic: Water soluble photo resins based on azosulfonates | |
| 1989 | Visiting scientist at University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, Prof. H. Hall jr. | |
| 1990 | PhD graduation (summa cum laude) | |
| 1991-1992 | Postdoctoral position at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY, USA, Corporate Research Laboratories | |
| 1992-1997 | Research assistant at Technical University Munich (TUM), Chair Macromolecular Materials | |
| 1996 | Habilitation in Macromolecular Chemistry Topic: Functional polymers with globular structure dendritic polymers based on polyesters and polyamides |
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| since 1997 | C4/W3-professorship (full professor, tenure) for Organic Chemistry of Polymers at the Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry at TU Dresden, as well as Head of Institute Macromolecular Chemistry at the Leibniz-Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF) | |
| 2002-2022 | Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF) | |
Publications
- at present: 725 journal publications (>550 ref.), >380 lectures, 38 patents/patent families
- number of citations (Aug.2020): > 15300/20700; Hirsch factor: 54/63 (researcher ID/google scholar)
Awards
- Habilitation Award of the Division Macromolecular Chemistry of the GDCh (German Chemical Society), 1996
- Georg Manecke Award of the GDCh, May 2000
- Weissenberger Williams Lectureship, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester NY, USA, 2005
- Durham University Musgrave Lectureship Durham, UK, 2014
- Covestro Distinguished Lectureship Award, Texas A&M, USA, 2017
- Saxon Order of Merit, May 2017
- Staudinger Award of the GDCh, 2018
- PTN Medema Lecture Award 2020
- Macher 30 Award, Science Category, "Verein Berliner Kaufleute und Industrieller", 2020
Other (Academic) Positions:
| Member of the Kuratorium/Scientific Advisory Board of the Georg-Manecke Foundation | ||
| Member/vice chair of the Kuratorium of the BAM (Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung), Berlin, Germany | ||
| Faculty Member DIGS-BB (International Graduate School) | ||
| Member of "Verwaltungsrat" Sächsisches Staatstheater | ||
| Elected Fachkollegiatin DFG (member of DFG review board) for Chemistry | ||
| Member of the Vorstand (Board) DECHEMA | ||
| Member of the Kuratorium Angew. Chemie | ||
| Member of the European Research Council (ERC) Evaluation Panel PE5 | ||
| Board Member (since 2015 Head) "of Materialforschungsverbund Dresden" | ||
| Member of DRESDENconcept Board (since 2020 Vorstand) | ||
| Member of the Wiley Verlagsbeirat | ||
| Member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Macromolecular Journals (Wiley) | ||
| Speaker of Section D of Leibniz Association and Member of the Leibniz Board (Präsidium) | ||
| Principle Investigator cfaed (Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden) | ||
| President European Polymer Federation (EPF) | ||
| acatech member | ||
| Member Int. Advisory Board of Centre for Doctoral Training SOFI2, UK | ||
| Member SKLFPM International Advisory Committee, Donghua Uni. Shanghai | ||
| Member "Fachbegleitsrat" ProMatLeben-WIN (BMBF) | ||
| Member of Advisory Board IMC (Academy of Science), Prague, Cz Rep. | ||
| Member of Advisory Board Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse (LIKAT), Germany | ||
| Member of the Supervisory Board (Aufsichtsrat) of Polymaterials AG | ||
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