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Michael Bockstaller

Professor

Materials Science and Engineering

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  • Professor
    Materials Science and Engineering
  • 412-268-2709 (Work)
  • Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

BIO

Professor Bockstaller received his diploma in Chemistry from the Technical University of Karlsruhe (Germany) and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Johannes Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany). He was scientific assistant at the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Mainz, Germany) and postdoctoral associate at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He came to Carnegie Mellon from the Technical University of Aachen (Germany) where he held a Habilitation position. He is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation and Emmy Noether grant recipient of the German Science Foundation.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Group Leader
    RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany2004 - 2005
  • Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Material Science and Engineering Department, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2005 - present
  • Adjunct Professor, Chemistry Department
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 2014 - present
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2014
  • Associate Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 2010 - 30 Jun 2014
  • Assistant Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States1 Apr 2005 - 31 May 2010
  • Emmy-Noether Research Group Leader
    RWTH Aachen University, Department of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Aachen, Germany1 Mar 2004 - 31 Mar 2005
  • Postdoctoral Associate, , MIT, Cambridge, 02139 MA
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, United States1 Jul 2000 - 29 Feb 2004
  • Visiting Scientist, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas
    Institute for Electronic Structure and Laser Technology, Iraklion, Greece1 Apr 1999 - 31 Dec 1999
  • Teaching Assistant
    Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Dept. of Chemistry, Germany1 Jan 1998 - 31 Dec 1998
  • Research Assistant, (Germany)
    Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany1 Sep 1997 - 31 Jul 2000

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Scientific Assistant
    Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany1997 - 2000

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Physical Chemistry
    Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany2000
  • B.S., Chemistry
    Technical University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany1997

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States2000 - 2004

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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