curriculum vitae



Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Klapötke
Name: Thomas Matthias Klapötke
Affiliation, official adress Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU),
Butenandtstrasse 5-13 (Haus D), D-81377 Munich, Germany
Web adress: http://www.chemie.uni-muenchen.de/ac/klapoetke
Date and place of Birth:  February 24, 1961; Göttingen, Lower Saxony
Nationality: German

Education:
1979  Gymnasium Steglitz, Berlin
1982  Vordiplom (Chemistry; eqv.: BSc), TU Berlin
1984  Diplom (Dipl.-Chem.; eqv.: MSc), TU Berlin
1986  Promotion (Dr. rer.nat.; eqv.: PhD), TU Berlin
1990  Habilitation, TU Berlin (eqv.: DSc)

Career/Employment:
1985-86  scientific assistant, TU Berlin
1986-87  instructor, TU Berlin
1987-88  visiting scholar (Univ. of New Brunswick)
1988- *  research group supervisor, faculty member
1990-95  Privat-Dozent, TU Berlin
1995-97  Professor of Chemistry (Glasgow University)
1995-97  Head of Inorganic Chemistry
1996  Offers for Chairs in Inorganic Chemistry from the Ruhr University of Bochum and University of Vienna (University); both turned down
1996  Offer for a Chair in Inorganic Chemistry from Munich (LMU) accepted effectively from April 1, 1997
1997-*  Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (C4), Ordinarius (Chair) at the University of Munich (LMU);
1998-99  head of department at the LMU (dept. of inorganic chemistry)
1998-2000  head of the diploma examining board
1998-*  Bavarian Elite Academy representative
1998-2000  Senator of the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich
2002-2004Senator of Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich
2003-2005 vice head of department (head of inorganic section)
2005-2006 Head of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry @ LMU

  * these are current positions