Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Michael Karnahl
Current position
| since 04/2021 |
Akademischer Oberrat and independent Research Group Leader
at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the Technische Universität Braunschweig |
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Scientific career
07/2020 - 03/2021
Akademischer Oberrat and independent Research Group Leader
at the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart
06/2014 - 06/2020
| Akademischer Rat and independent Research Group Leader
at the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart
since 06/2018
| Project leader within the Priority Program “Light Controlled Reactivity of Metal Complexes” (SPP 2102)
2015 - 2016
| Member of the COST Action CM1202 “Perspect-H2O“ (supramolecular photocatalytic water splitting, workgroup 1 - Synthesis and Photocatalysis)
2012 - 2014
| Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis at the University of Rostock (LIKAT Rostock) in the group of Prof. Matthias Beller
Topic: Light2Hydrogen: Energy for the Future - Photocatalytic Splitting of Water to Hydrogen.
2010 - 2012
| PostDoc at the Department of Photochemistry and Molecular Science, Uppsala University, Sweden, Supervisor: Prof. Sascha Ott
Topic: Hydrogen Production and Activation by Functional Bioinorganic Model Complexes of the [FeFe] Hydrogenase Active Site
02/2010
| Dissertation (Disputation) as Dr. rer. nat. (doctor rerum naturalium, summa cum laude) at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Photocatalysts
2006 - 2010
| Ph.D. Studies at the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany,
Supervisors: Prof. Sven Rau and Prof. Matthias Westerhausen
09/2006
| Diploma Thesis (M.Sc) in Chemistry (very excellent) at the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-
University Jena
Supervisiors: Prof. Sven Rau and Prof. Dirk Walther
Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Oligopyridophenazine Complexes
2001 - 2005
| Study of Chemistry (Diploma) at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena,
Faculty of Chemical and Earth Sciences, Germany
Grants and Awards
2020
Research Scholarship from the Adolf and Gertrud Schnürle Foundation (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
2015
Starting grant for habilitation candidates of the University of Stuttgart (Germany)
2015
DAAD scholarship, travel grant of the German Academic Exchange Service for the participation at the 1st International Solar Fuels Conference (ISF-1), Uppsala, Sweden
2014
FCI scholarship, grant for young university lectures by the Chemical Industry Fund (FCI)
2014
Alexander von Humboldt travel fellowship for the participation at the 5th Brazilian-
German Frontiers of Science and Technology Symposium (BRAGFOST), Recife, Brazil
2013
EnMatII poster prize by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2012
Awardee of a Merit scholarship (Bourses d'excellence pour étudiants étrangers du ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec, Canada)
2010-2012
Wenner-Gren Stiftelserna (SWGC) PostDoc fellowship (2 years)
2007
Recipient of a travel fellowship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Last change: 13 Jun, 2023
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