Hans-Werner Schmidt: Curriculum Vitae
| SCIENTIFIC RESUME: |
| since May 1994 | Professor Macromolecular Chemistry (W 3) University of Bayreuth, Germany |
| since October 1998 | Chairman of the Collaborate Research Center 481 (Sonderforschungsbereich 481) "Complex macromolecular and hybrid systems in internal and external fields" at the University of Bayreuth |
| October 1997 - September 1998 | Vice-President University Bayreuth |
| June 1993 | Associate Professor of Materials (tenure) Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 USA |
| January 1993 - March 1993 | Visiting Professor at Institute Charles Sadron (CNRS), Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France |
| December 1989 | Habilitation in Macromolecular Chemistry Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany "Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Rod-like Aromatic Polycondensates" |
| July 1989 | Assistant Professor of Materials Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 USA |
| June 1986 - August 1989 | Research and Teaching Associate, Hochschulassistent Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany |
| April 1985 - May 1986 | Visiting Scientist E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Inc.), Experimental Station CR&DD, Wilmington, Delaware USA |
| June 1983 - September 1983 | Visiting Scientist, University of Lowell, Massachusetts USA with Professor A. Blumstein and Professor R. Blumstein |
| March 1982 - February 1985 | Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. Advisor: Professor Helmut Ringsdorf "Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Dye Containing Liquid Crystalline Copolymers" |
| February 1982 | Diploma in Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. Advisor: Professor Helmut Ringsdorf "Phase behavior and Electric Field Effects of Mixtures of Low Molecular Mass and Polymeric Liquid Crystals" |
| April 1980 - August 1980 | Exchange Student in Polymer Chemistry Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Schweiz |
| October 1976 - February 1982 | Study of Chemistry Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany |
| ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: |
Universität Bayreuth
- Member of the Senate of the University Bayreuth (Sept. 1998 - date)
- Vice-President of the University of Bayreuth (1997-1998)
- Chairman of the Chemistry Department (Nov. 1996 - Sept. 1997)
- Chairman of the search committee Makromolekulare Chemie II (1995/96 and 1998/99)
- Member of the senat committee for international relations (1995 - 1997)
- Member of the committee for central technical services (since 1995)
University of California at Santa Barbara
- Building Committee of the Materials Research Laboratory (1992 - 1994)
- Faculty Legislature -Santa Barbara Division (1992 - 1994)
- Chemical Safety Committee (1992 - 1994)
- Graduate Student Admission Committee (1989 - 1993)
(Chairman 1992 - 1993)
- Organization of Macromolecules Seminar (1989 - 1991)
- Organization of the exchange program in Polymer Science
with the Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz
and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (1989 - 1994)
- Participation for guidelines on laboratory safety aspects
and classes in laboratory safety (with Environmental Health and Safety)
(1989 - 1992)
- Affirmative Action Committee (1989 - 1991)
- Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids Advisory Committee
(1992 - 1993)
hans-werner.schmidt@uni-bayreuth.de