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Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Volker Abetz

Portrait Volker Abetz

Photo: Hereon/Christian Schmid

Director of the Institute of Membrane Research

Institute of Membrane Research, Geesthacht
Building 46, room 246
Max-Planck-Strasse 1
D-21502 Geesthacht

phone: +49 (0)4152 87-2461
fax: +49 (0)4152 87-2499

Professor at the university of Hamburg
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Room 342b
Grindelallee 117
D-20146 Hamburg

Tel.: +49 40 42838 3460/3459
Fax: +49 40 42838 9542

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Consultant

Dr. Karin Kirstein
Dr. Karin Kirstein

Phone: +49 (0)4152 87-1536

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Secretary

Ilona Zillich
Ilona Zillich

Phone: +49 (0)4152 87-2462

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Volker Abetz

Prof. Abetz is Director of the Institute of Membrane Research at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and head of a working group in Physical Chemistry at University of Hamburg. On the following pages you can find information about his scientific career and his publications.

 scientific career of Prof. Dr. Volker Abetz
since 1/2013Director of the Institute of Membrane Research (until the end of 2020 under the name Institute of Polymer Research) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and full professor for Physical Chemistry at the University of Hamburg
7/2004 - 12/2012Director of the Institute of Polymer Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and full professor for Polymer-based Multi-component Materials at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
3/2004 - 6/2004Associate Professor for Polymer Chemistry, University of Potsdam
11/2003 - 2/2004Guest lecturer at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
4/2003 - 7/2003Guest lecturer at the University of Regensburg
6/2000Habilitation, University of Bayreuth, Department of Macromolecular Chemistry II. Theme of the thesis: "Complex Structures based on ABC triblock copolymer"
since 12/1998Founding member of the "Reimund Stadler Minerva Center for Mesoscale Macromolecular Engineering", at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel
4/1997 - 6/2004Research Associate (akad. Rat/Oberrat), University of Bayreuth Macromolecular Chemistry II in the group of Prof. Dr. R. Stadler (V 14/06/98) since 1/5/99 in the group of Prof. Dr. AHE Müller
4/1994 - 3/1997Research associate at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Organic Chemistry in the group of Prof. Dr. R. Stadler
10/1993 - 3/1994Fellow at the Institute Charles Sadron (Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, Ecole d'Application des Hauts Polymères), Laboratoire Réseaux Polymères Interpénétrés et Materiaux Analogues, in the research group of Dr. GC Meyer
10/1990 - 9/1993Scientific assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Department of Polymer Physics with Prof. Dr. EW Fischer
10/1990PhD, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Prof. Dr. R. Stadler).
Topic of the thesis: "Spektroskopische Polarimetrie an mehrkomponentigen Polymersystemen"
11/1988 - 4/1989 and 8/1991Fellow at the Stanford University, Department of Chemical Engineering, in the group of Prof. Dr. GG Fuller
1987Diploma, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Prof. Dr. H.-J. Cantow and Dr. R. Stadler).
Topic of the thesis: "FTIR-Dichroismusspektroskopie an polymeren Mehrkomponentensystemen: Aufbau der Meßapparatur und Untersuchungen an modifizierten thermoplastischen Elastomeren"
1982 - 1987Study of Chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
  
    • Grant under the Research Training Group Polymer Sciences at the University of Freiburg (1987-1990)
    • Graduated grant from the Chemical Industry Association (VCI) (1990)
    • Travel grant under PROCOPE (1992-1993)
    • Scholarship under the "Human Capital and Mobility" program of the European Community (1993-1994)
    • Travel grant of the Section of Macromolecular Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh, 2000)
    • Research grant by the VCI in conjunction with the BMBF (since 2001)
    • "Paul J. Flory Polymer Research Prize" 2017 under the auspices of the Scientific Committee of World Forum on Advanced Materials and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)