| 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. |
Awards and Fellowships |
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| 2011 - | Liebig-Stipendium, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) |
| 2009 - 2011 | Marie-Curie Fellowship |
| 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.
Advisory Board of the Marie Curie Fellows Association (MFCA)
One fully funded PhD Fellowship is currently available, please apply!