Martina Havenith-Newen
Martina Havenith-Newen (born April 13, 1963 in Mechernich ) is a German physicist and university professor . She is Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum and Director of the Center for Spectroscopy and Simulation of Solvent-Controlled Processes.
life and work
Havenith-Newen studied physics and mathematics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn from 1981 to 1987 and received a diploma in physics in 1987. From 1987 to 1988 she worked during a research stay at the Department of Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley . In 1989 and 1991 she had research stays in the Department of Molecular and Laser Physics at Radboud University Nijmegen . In 1990 she did her doctorate in physics and was a research assistant at the Institute for Applied Physics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn until 1998 . In 1997 she completed her habilitation in physics and in 1998 was offered a chair for physical chemistry II at the Ruhr University Bochum. Since 2011 she has been director of the Center for Spectroscopy and Simulation of Solvent-Controlled Processes and since 2012 spokesperson for the EXC 1069 Ruhr Explores Solvation (RESOLV) Cluster of Excellence. She is married to the philosopher Albert Newen , who teaches in Bochum .
Committee activities and functions (selection)
- 2007–2010: Vice President of the Board Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics Division of the European Physical Society
- 2009–2014: Member of the Senate and Approval Committee for the Graduate Schools of the German Research Foundation
- 2010–2011: Secretary of the class for natural sciences and medicine at the North Rhine-Westphalia Academy of Sciences and the Arts
- 2010–2013: Member of the board of the German Physical Society
- Since 2011: Member of the Austrian Science Council
- Since 2017: Member of the University Council of the University of Kassel
Awards
- 1984–1990: Funded by the German National Academic Foundation
- 1995–1998: Habilitation grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 1995: Bennigsen Foerder Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Prize for young scientists)
- 1998: Heisenberg grant from the German Research Foundation
- since 2002: Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2003: Visiting Fellow Exeter College, Oxford University
- 2004: Human Frontiers Science Program Award
- 2007: Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2008: 2007 inventor award from rubitec GmbH
- 2014: Visiting Miller Research Professorship, UC Berkeley, associated with the Gabor A. and Judith K. Somorjai Visiting Miller Professorship Award
- 2016: Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC)
- 2016: Sophie La Roche Prize 2016 from the German Association of Women Academics
- 2016: Conseils Solvay Lecturer on the occasion of the 24th Solvay Conference on Chemistry-Catalysis in Chemistry and Biology, Brussels
- 2017: University Alliance Ruhr Professorship
- since 2017: Member of the Academia Europaea
Web links
- Member entry of Martina Havenith-Newen (with picture and curriculum vitae) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
- Literature by and about Martina Havenith-Newen in the catalog of the German National Library
- biography
- Researchgate profile
- Google Scholar Profile
- Martina Havenith-Newen's sense of tension
- A physicist from Bochum is researching her way to the top
- Martna Havenith-Newen on the University Council of Kassel University
Individual evidence
- ↑ Havenith-Newen, Martina. In: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar Online. De Gruyter. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Havenith-Newen, Martina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Havenith, Martina (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mechernich |