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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
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)