| Dr. Pol Besenius |
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| Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster | ||
| Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Corrensstrasse 40 | ||
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| CeNTech, Heisenbergstrasse 11 | ||
| D-48149 Münster | ||
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| office, CeNTech II 1.16: +49 251 83 63928 | ||
| labs, CeNTech II 1.05 & 1.06: +49 251 83 63934 | ||
| p.besenius@uni-muenster.de | ||
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| 05/2011 - | Group Leader (Habilitand) - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech) - Mentor: Prof. Bart Jan Ravoo. |
| 03/2008 - 04/2011 | Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow - Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Institute for Complex Molecular Sytems (ICMS) with Prof. E.W. “Bert” Meijer and Dr. Anja R.A. Palmans: Controlled Self-Assembly of Discotic Amphiphiles for Supramolecular Imaging Agents. |
10/2004 - 02/2008 |
Ph.D. in Chemistry – WestCHEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, with Prof. David C. Sherrington FRS, Prof. Peter Cormack (WestCHEM) and Prof. Jeremy K.M. Sanders FRS, Dr. Sijbren Otto (University of Cambridge): Tailored Polymer Resins for Use in Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries. |
| 2003 - 2004 | B.Sc. with First Class Honours in Chemistry - University of Strathclyde. Honours project supervised by Prof. David C. Sherrington FRS: Synthesis of Polymer Microspheres via Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Precursor Particles. |
| 2000 - 2003 | Chemistry - Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien): 1. Diplomprüfung. Internship at the Institute of Materials Chemistry with Prof. Ulrich Schubert. |
Grants, Awards and Fellowships |
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| 2013 | JSP Fellowship, 48th Bürgenstock Conference |
| 2013 - 2016 | Mitglied des Jungen Kollegs der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste |
| 12/2012 | Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2013 |
| 2012 - 2016 | Marie-Curie Career Integration Grant (CIG) |
| 2011 - 2014 | Liebig-Stipendium, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) |
| 2009 - 2011 | Marie-Curie Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) |
| 2006 | Hamilton-Barrett Prize |
| 2004 | JLS Allan Memorial Prize |
Memberships
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
American Chemical Society (ACS): member of the Polymeric Materials, Science and Engineering Division, the Polymer Division and the Organic Division.
