W3 Professor of Experimental Biophysics and Chemical
Physics
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Institute for Biophysics
Max von Laue-Str. 1
60438 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
tel: +49 69 798 46428
fax: +49 69 798 46421
email: bredenbeck[]biophysik.uni-frankfurt.de
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W3 Professor of Experimental Biophysics and Chemical Physics at the Institute of Biophysics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes.
Adjunct Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes.
Junior Group leader at the Institute of Biophysics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, startup funding by the Sofja Kovalevskaja-Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the AMOLF institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, group of Prof. Dr. Mischa Bonn.
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Universität Zürich, group of Prof. Dr. Peter Hamm. Development of novel Transient 2D-IR (T2D-IR) techniques, applications in Chemistry and Biophysics.
2001 - 2005
Moved to Zürich, completed PhD research
at the Physikalisch-Chemisches
Institut of the Universität
Zürich in the group of Prof.
Dr. Peter Hamm. Set up the new labs and facilities.
2001
Started PhD research at the Max-Born-Institut
für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie in Berlin in
the group of Dr. Peter Hamm. Project: "Towards the Measurement of
Transient Structures - Aspects and Prospects of Time Resolved 2D-IR Spectroscopy".
NMR II at the TU München in the group of Prof. Dr. Steffen Glaser. Topic: "Optimal Pulse Sequences for NMR-Quantum Computing Employing Optimal Control Theory".
NMR I at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt in the group of Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger, now at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Topic: "New Parameters for the Investigation of Dynamical Structures of Biomolecules by NMR".
Diploma-Thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Flow Research (now MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization) in Göttingen in Dr. Reinhard Schinke's Theoretical Molecular Physics Group. Thesis-Title: "Quantenmechanische Untersuchungen zur Isomerisierung am Beispiel von HCN" (Quantum Mechanical Studies of HCN Isomerization).
Hauptstudium (main study period) in Chemistry at the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen. First scientific experiences in Prof. Dr. Peter Botschwina's Theoretical Chemistry Group. Emphasis: Physical Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry.
Grundstudium (basic studies) in Chemistry at the TU Darmstadt. Emphasis and Interests: Biochemistry, Mineralogy, Physical Chemistry.
Selected for the 4. Sino-German Frontiers of Chemistry Symposium of the Chinese Chemical Society and the German Chemical Society.
Selected for the 17. German-American Frontiers of Science Symposium of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
ADUC Award 2008 (ADUC Jahrespreis für Habilitanden 2008) of the German Chemical Society.
Sofja Kovalevskaja Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Selected as final candidate for an independent Max-Planck groupleader position by the Max-Planck selection committee.
Prize of the Legacy for Excellent Scientific Work of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science of the University of Zurich as well as a Distinction for the dissertation.
Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the TRVS XI in Castiglione della Pescaia.
Kekulé-Scholarship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie.
Diploma in Chemistry "with distinction" at the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen.
Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Merit Foundation).
Award for an outstanding abitur, sponsored by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie.
- Fachbereichsrat (2010 - today)
- Studienkomission Fachbereich Physik (2014 - today)
- Prüfungsausschuss Biophysik (2010 - today)
- Task-Force Reakkreditierung Biophysik (2014 - today)