AG Swiderek - IAPC - Uni Bremen

Prof. Dr. Petra Swiderek

STUDIES
10/83 – 01/89	Studies in chemistry at the University of Cologne
01/89	Diploma in Chemistry Thesis: Theoretical studies on the triplet states of aromatic hydrocarbons (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. G. Hohlneicher)

SCIENTIFIC CAREER
01/89 – 04/91	PhD in Theoretical Chemistry, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. G. Hohlneicher, University of Cologne PhD thesis: Theoretical and experimental studies on the triplet states of aromatic hydrocarbons
04/91	PhD exams
09/91 – 10/92	Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. L. Sanche at Sherbrooke, Québec/Canada
11/92 – 12/98	Habilitation at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Cologne
12/98	Venia legendi in Physical Chemistry at the University of Cologne
01/99 – 04/02	Teaching assistent, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Cologne
03/02 -	Professeure associée of the Department of Nuclear Medecine and Radiobiology, Medical Faculty, University of Sherbrooke, Québec/Canada
05/02 – 09/03	Lecturer at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Cologne
10/03 -	Full Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Bremen

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
11/89 – 05/90, 09/91 – 10/92, 07/93 – 09/93, 11/95, 07/01 – 09/01	University of Sherbrooke, Québec/Canada (Prof. Dr. Léon Sanche)
05/90 – 06/90	Center for Scientific and Engineering Computations, IBM Kingston, New York/USA (Prof. Dr. Enrico Clementi)
09/99	University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (Prof. Dr. Josef Michl)
11/99	Surface Science Research Center, Liverpool, England

DISTINCTIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
01/93 – 12/07	Lise Meitner scholarship, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
01/94	Bennigsen Foerder award, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
01/98 – 12/98	Habilitation scholarship, DFG
08/02	Journals Grant of the Royal Society of Chemistry