Person
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil.Andrij Pich
UniversitätsprofessorDWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. and Chair of Functional and Interactive Polymers
Address
Building: 5393/ Erweiterungsbau
Room: B 2.75
Forckenbeckstraße 50
52056 Aachen
Prof. Dr. Andrij Pich
Scientific Career
| since 2021 | Professor (W3), Chair of Functional and Interactive Polymers, RWTH Aachen University and DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. |
| since 2019 | Professor for Biobased Polymers (part-time position), Aachen-Maastricht Institute of Bio-Based Materials, Universität Maastricht |
| 2009 – 2021 | Professor (W2), Research Area Functional and Interactive Polymers, RWTH Aachen University and DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. |
| 2008 – 2009 | Group leader under Prof. M. Möller at the Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University |
| 2006 – 2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. M. Winnik at the Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
| 2001 – 2008 | Staff Scientist under Prof. H.-J. Adler, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Textile Chemistry, Dresden University of Technology, Habilitation in Macromolecular Chemistry |
| 1997 – 2001 | PhD candidate, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Textile Chemistry, Dresden University of Technology, Prof. H.-J. Adler |
| 1991 – 1996 | Studies of Chemistry at the Universität Lviv, Ukraine |
Awards
| 2018 | Innovation Prize, Bioregions Germany |
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since 2009 |
Lichtenberg-Professorship, Volkswagen Foundation |
| 2007 | Georg-Manecke-Prize, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker |
| 2002 | Young Scientist Award, Dresdener Gesprächkreis für Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft |
Committee Activities and University Self-Administration
| since 2019 | Vice speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 985 "Functional Mikrogels and Microgel Systems" |
| since 2013 | Member of the Scientific Board of the DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. |
| since 2013 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute of Textile Technology (ITA) |
| 2013 – 2015 | Chair of the Examination Committee for the Chemistry Department RWTH Aachen University |
| since 2011 | Consultant of Rector for Educational and Scientific Relations with East Europe |
Other Scholar Activities
- Member of Editorial Board "Molecules", MDPI
- Editior for Special Issue "Microgels" in "Polymers", MDPI
- Expert reviewer for Journals: Nature (Springer), Langmuir (ACS), Macromolecules (ACS), Chemistry of Materials (ACS), Journal of American Chemical Society (ACS), Polymer (Elsevier), Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier), Angewandte Chemie (Wiley), Small (Wiley), Advanced Materials (Wiley), Journal of Polymer Science (Wiley), Macromolecular Rapid Communications (Wiley), Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (Wiley), Journal of Materials Chemistry (RSC), Soft Matter (RSC), Colloid and Polymer Science (Springer), and others
- Expert reviewer for funding organizations: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), VW Stiftung, Qatar Research Foundation (QRF), National Science Foundation USA (NSF), Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Hong Kong Council for Scientific Research, and others
Memberships
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
- Kolloid-Gesellschaft
- American Chemical Society (ACS)