Prof. Dr. Matthias Rehahn

 
Prof. Dr. Matthias Rehahn

Personal Data

Date of birth 28. 11. 1961
Place of birth Frankfurt / Main, Germany
Marital status Married, 2 children

Education and Professional Development

1968 - 1972 Buchschlag Primary School
1972 - 1981 Lessing Grammar School, Frankfurt / Main
04. 06. 1981 Abitur

1981 - 1987 Study in chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
04. 04. 1984 Pre-degree examination
June 1986 Final degree examination
01. 10. 1986 - Degree thesis (Prof. G. Wegner, Max-Planck-Institute for
30. 09. 1987 Polymer Research, Mainz)
Topic: "Investigations on the synthesis of high-molecular-weight poly(para-phenylenes)"
28. 09. 1987 Degree

01. 10. 1987 - Doctorate (Prof. G. Wegner)
01. 06. 1990 Topic: "Metal-catalyzed coupling reactions as a method for the
preparation of high-molecular-weight poly(para-phenylenes) and of
other polyaromatic polymers"
01. 06. 1990 PhD examination

01. 06. 1990 - Scientific Assistant at the Polymer Institute,
31. 05. 1993 Karlsruhe University, Prof. M. Ballauff

01. 06. 1993 - Post-doctorate (Prof. U. W. Suter, Institute for Polymers, ETH-Zürich)
31. 05. 1994 Topics: "The rotational isomeric state (RIS) model"
"Ruthenium complexes on mica"
"Rod-like polymers on gold and copper surfaces"

01. 06. 1994 - Scientific Assistant at the Polymer Institute,
31. 03. 1997 Karlsruhe University, Prof. M. Ballauff
and Topics: "Metal coordination and metal complex polymers"
01.04.1998 - "Rod-like polyelectrolytes"
31.03.1999 "Macromolecular substitution reactions"

23. 12. 1996 Habilitation

01. 04. 1997 - Temporary stand-in for a full professor at the Institute
31. 03. 1998 of Organic Chemistry of the Johannes Gutenberg
University Mainz

since 01. 04. 1999 Full professor at the Ernst Berl Institute for Chemical Engineering and
Macromolecular Science and
Head of the German Institute for Polymers (Deutsches Kunststoff-
Institut, DKI), Darmstadt

Awards:

01. 01. 1995 - Habilitation Grant of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche
31. 03. 1997 Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)

1996 Karl-Winnacker Award of Hoechst AG

1996 Habilitation Award of the GDCh Section for Macromolecular Chemistry

01. 10. 1998 - Heisenberg Award of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche
31. 03. 1999 Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)


Duties and Responsibilities in the University’s Self-Administration:

01. 04. 2001 - Dean for Education in the Faculty of Chemistry, Darmstadt University
31. 03. 2002 of Technology

01. 04. 2002 - Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Chemistry, Darmstadt University
31. 03. 2003 of Technology

01. 04. 2003 - Dean in the Faculty of Chemistry, Darmstadt University
31. 03. 2007 of Technology


Referee Positions and Others:

since 01. 01. 2003 Referee of the AiF (SME-Oriented R&D Support Institution of the
Federal Ministry of Economy, Germany)
since 01. 01. 2004 Deputy Chairman of the Materials’ Section Referee Group of the AiF
since 01. 01. 2008 Member of the Board of Scientific Directors of the AiF

01. 04. 2004 - Elected Member of the Board of Referees of the German Research
31. 03. 2008 Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)

since 01. 05. 2004 Foreman of the NanoNetzwerkHessen (NNH), section South-Hessian

since 01. 01. 2000 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fachinformationszentrum
Chemie (FIZ Chemie, Berlin, Germany)

since 01. 06. 2005 Member of the Advisory Board of the GKSS (Helmholtz Community),
Geesthacht, Germany
since 01. 07. 2008 Chairman of the Advisory Board of the GKSS (Helmholtz Community),
Geesthacht, Germany


since 01. 06. 2005 Member of the Advisory Board of the Leibniz Institute for
Polymer Research (IPF), Dresden, Germany

since 2003 Second-in-member of the Faculty of Material Science, Darmstadt
University of Technology (TUD)

since 2007 Second-in-member of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Darmstadt
University of Technology (TUD)

Supervised PhD Theses: completed: 20; ongoing: 17
Supervised Degree Theses: completed: 21; ongoing: 3