Prof. Dr. habil. Thorsten M. Gesing

Curriculum vitae

2014 - 2021
Dean of the Department of Biology/Chemistry (FB02)

2012 - 2014
Associate Dean of the Department of Biology/Chemistry (FB02)

From 01/2011
W3 Professorship in "Chemical Crystallography of Solid Substances"
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bremen
Funded as a Heisenberg Professorship by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Positive evaluation in 2013

2008 - 2010
Research Assistant (DFG) in Crystallography at the University of Bremen

2005
Guest Lecturer at the Chemistry Department, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
Funded by the International Science Program (ISP), Uppsala University, Sweden

2002 and 2004
Guest Lecturer at the Chemistry Department, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
Funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

2000 - 2010
Senior Assistant, Institute of Mineralogy, University of Hanover
On leave from 2008 to 2010

02/2000
Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) and venia legendi (teaching authorization) in "Crystallography"
Thesis: "Bildung, Strukturen, Eigenschaften und Phasenbeziehungen von Zinkarsenat-, Gallosilikat- und Alumosilikat-Sodalithen, Cancriniten und verwandten Verbindungen"

1999 - 2000
Research Assistant, Institute of Mineralogy, University of Hanover

1995 - 1998
Scientific Employee, Institute of Mineralogy, University of Hanover

1991 - 1995
Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry
Research Group of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jeitschko, University of Münster
Thesis: "Struktur und Eigenschaften ternärer Aluminiumcarbide und ähnlicher Verbindungen"

1991
Diploma in Chemistry
Thesis: "Synthese, chemische und physikalische Eigenschaften von ThAl₄C₄, UAl₃C₃ und ähnlichen Carbide"

1984 - 1991
Study of Chemistry at the University of Münster