Ulrich Schubert (chemist, 1969)

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Ulrich Schubert (2009)

Ulrich S. Schubert (born July 17, 1969 in Tübingen ) is a German chemist and professor for organic and macromolecular chemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena .

Academic and professional career

Ulrich S. Schubert studied chemistry in Frankfurt am Main and Bayreuth , with a stay abroad in Richmond (USA), did his doctorate in Bayreuth with a stay in Tampa, Florida (supervisor CD Eisenbach and GR Newkome) and spent a post-doctoral stay in Strasbourg at J.-M. Lehn . He completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Munich under O. Nuyken. There he was co-initiator of the Alpine Forum of the GDCh's Young Chemists' Forum, a measure to promote young talent. His main research interests are macro- and supramolecular chemistry , which creates new materials with potential applications and the like. a. in medicine, life sciences and nanotechnology as well as energy renewal and energy storage.

During his habilitation in 1999, Schubert took on a C3 professorship at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich at the Center for NanoScience. The following year he received a Heisenberg grant from the German Research Foundation and worked at the Technical University of Munich. From 2000 to 2007, Schubert was professor of macromolecular chemistry and nanosciences at the Eindhoven University of Technology . From 2003 to 2014 he was chairman of the HTE division at the Dutch Polymer Institute Scientific and, from 2005, a board member of the Cooperate Research division . From 2007 to 2010 Schubert took on a part-time professorship for macromolecular chemistry and nanoscience at the Eindhoven University of Technology, as from then on he also took up a W3 professorship for organic and macromolecular chemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . In addition to leading his chair since 2007, he has held various positions at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, including director of the Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC; 2007–2013, and 2019–2022), spokesman for the research focus Innovative Materials and Technologies (2008–2014), Vice Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Chemical and Geosciences (2010–2017), Vice-Speaker of the Light Profile Line (2014–2019), Member of the Senate of the FSU Jena (since 2019), Member of the Mediation Committee as a representative of University professor in the Senate and chairman of twelve appointment committees.

In addition, Schubert is (founding) director of the Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM, since 2010) and Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena, since 2014) affiliated centers at Friedrich Schiller University Jena , where he is also Member of the planning team for the new CEEC Jena II and AWZ CEEC Jena buildings.

Schubert initiated five company spin-offs and two settlements and is the founding ambassador of the K1 start-up service at FSU Jena. He holds 52 patents or patent applications, 35 of which have been transferred.

He is also a member of the international advisory boards of ten scientific journals, guest editor of 14 special issues or books and two specialized textbooks. A publication in the science journal Nature in October 2015 attracted particular attention, in which a new metal-free redox flow battery based on plastics as active materials was presented.

Schubert also acted as (co-) organizer of more than 25 international workshops, symposia and conferences.

In March 2020 he ran alongside Simone Fulda and Ursula M. Staudinger for the office of Rector of the TU Dresden .

In spring 2011, according to the British chemical society Royal Society of Chemistry, he was one of the 600 most influential chemists worldwide. With more than 1,050 scientific publications, 48,900 citations ( Google Scholar 65,500) and an h-index of 101 (Google Scholar 116), Schubert is one of the world's leading chemists and materials scientists.

He is married to Stephanie Schubert and has five children.

Coordination of scientific network programs

Ulrich S. Schubert was responsible for the coordination of the following network programs:

  • 2009–2014: Co-coordinator of the top cluster PhoNa (BMBF, EUR 10 million)
  • 2009–2020: Coordinator of three ProExzellenz programs and applicant for two ProExzellenz professorships, Free State of Thuringia (total EUR 4.5 million)
  • 2011-2017: Coordinator of the priority program "Self-healing materials" (SPP 1568), DFG (EUR 12 million)
  • since 2017: Spokesperson for Collaborative Research Center SFB 1278 (EUR 10 million)
  • Since 2019: Principal Investigator and Research Area Coordinator Excellence Cluster (EXC) Balance of the Microverse as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the Länder (DFG / Science Council)
  • Since 2019: Coordinator EU ITN POLYSTORAGE (EUR 4 million)
  • Since 2020: Coordinator Priority Program Polymer-Based Batteries (SPP 2248), DFG (EUR 12 million)

The volume of third-party funding raised has totaled 60 million euros since 2007. In addition, Schubert played a leading role in the university's new building projects with a total volume of 130 million euros.

Science-related activities outside of Jena

  • 2003/2004: Visiting professor at Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  • Since 2008: Member of the board of trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute ENAS Chemnitz
  • Since 2012: Member of the Thuringia Innovation Prize jury, 2019 chairman of the jury
  • 2013–2020: Member of the board of the Macromolecular Chemistry Section of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh), since 2015 deputy. Board
  • Since 2014: Committee Chairman BMBF zwanzig20 consortium Smart3 , Dresden
  • Since 2015: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board PolyMAT, San Sebastian, Spain
  • 2016–2020: Review board subject 306-03 (polymer materials) of the DFG, deputy spokesman of review board 306 (polymer research), re-elected as review board for 2020–2024
  • Since 2017: External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam and Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society
  • 2018: Visiting professor at the Université Bordeaux, France
  • Since 2018: Member of the scientific advisory board of the Leibniz Institute DWI Aachen
  • Since 2018: Member of the selection committee of the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain
  • 2019: Member of the Advisory Board of the Bavarian Center for Battery Technology (BayBatt) at the University of Bayreuth

Honourings and prices

  • 1996: Bavarian Habilitation Award 1996 (Zehetmair Award)
  • 1998: Habilitation award from the Macromolecular Chemistry Section of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh)
  • 2004: VICI Prize (EUR 1.5 million) from the Nederlandse Organizatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), Netherlands
  • 2009: Jan Pieter Lemstra Innovation Award, DPI, Netherlands
  • 2010: International Biannual BPG Award, Belgian Polymer Group, Belgium
  • 2013: Molecular Science Forum Professorship, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), China
  • 2013: Polymer Division Fellow, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, USA
  • 2014: Fellow (FRSC), Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
  • 2015: IQ Innovation Award Central Germany, JenaBatteries GmbH (spin-off)
  • Since 2015: "Highly cited researcher", ISI Thomson Reuter / Clarivate Analytics
  • Since 2015: Member of the selection committee Liebig Gedenkmünze of the GDCh
  • 2015: Thuringian Innovation Prize, SmartDyeLivery GmbH (spin-off)
  • 2016: Elected member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
  • 2017: Thuringian Research Prize for Applied Research
  • 2017: Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), USA
  • 2018: Cross of Merit on Ribbon, Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz), awarded by Federal President Steinmeier
  • 2019: University professor of the year , German University Association / DIE ZEIT
  • 2019: Culture Prize of the City of Bayreuth (for the Bayreuth Easter Festival)

voluntary work

Ulrich S. Schubert is the founder and chairman of the cultural and social foundation of the International Young Orchestra Academy . In addition to international understanding and the promotion of young talent in the professional musical field, the aim of the foundation is also to support children with cancer and seriously ill children, by donating the concert donations and the proceeds from the sale of a benefit CD for this purpose. In 1994 he founded the International Young Orchestra Academy (IJOA) together with Andreas Göldel, August Everding and Sir Charles Mackerras, which brings together around 120 musicians from 35 nations each year. Between 1995 and 2019, Schubert organized 700 benefit concerts in Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, North Rhine-Westphalia and the Slovak Republic and produced 24 CD recordings (eleven of them with the BR-Klassik radio station ). This enabled 1.5 million euros to be donated to help children with cancer. The patrons were among others Prime Ministers Michael Kretschmer and Markus Söder, Federal President Horst Köhler and EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso.

Ulrich S. Schubert received his musical training as a clarinetist in Frankfurt, Richmond and Tampa (both USA). Chamber music courses took him to the Abegg Trio, Hagen Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Jan Doormann and Francois Benda. He has given concerts in Europe and the USA.

Schubert has been a member of Jena City Council since May 2019 (non-party and non-attached).

Important publications

  • T. Hagemann, M. Strumpf, E. Schröter, C. Stolze, M. Grube, I. Nischang, MD Hager, Ulrich S. Schubert *: A (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl) oxyl -containing zwitterionic polymer as catholyte species for high-capacity aqueous polymer redox flow batteries . In: Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 7987 - 7999, doi: 10.1021 / acs.chemmater.9b02201
  • C. Stolze, J. Meurer, MD Hager, Ulrich S. Schubert *: An amperometric, temperature-independent, and calibration-free method for the real-time state-of-charge monitoring of redox flow battery electrolytes. In: Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 5363 - 5369, doi: 10.1021 / acs.chemmater.9b02376
  • C. Englert, I. Nischang, C. Bader, P. Borchers, J. Alex, M. Proehl, M. Hentschel, M. Hartlieb, A. Traeger, G. Pohnert, S. Schubert, M. Gottschaldt *, US Schubert *: Photo-induced release from nano- and microparticle containers. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2479 - 2482, doi: 10.1002 / anie.201710756
  • R. Tepper, S. Bode, R. Geitner, M. Jaeger, H. Goerls, J. Vitz, B. Dietzek, M. Schmitt, J. Popp, MD Hager *, US Schubert *: Polymeric halogen bond based donor systems showing self-healing behavior in thin films. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4047 - 4051, doi: 10.1002 / anie.201610406
  • A. Wild, M. Strumpf, B. Haeupler, MD Hager, US Schubert *: All-organic battery composed of thianthrene- and TCAQ-based polymers. In: Adv. Energy Mater . 2017, 7, 1601415, doi: 10.1002 / aenm.201601415
  • J. Winsberg, C. Stolze, S. Muench, F. Liedl, MD Hager, US Schubert *: TEMPO / phenazine combi-molecule - A redox-active material for symmetric aqueous redox-flow batteries. In: ACS Energy Lett . 2016, 1, 976 - 980, doi: 10.1021 / acsenergylett.6b00413
  • J. Winsberg, T. Janoschka, S. Morgenstern, T. Hagemann, S. Muench, M. Billing, FH Schacher, G. Hauffman, J.-F. Gohy, MD Hager, US Schubert *: Poly (TEMPO) / zinc hybrid-flow battery - A novel 'green', high voltage and safe energy storage system. In: Adv. Mater . 2016, 28, 2238 - 2242. doi: 10.1002 / adma.201505000
  • N. Kuhl, S. Bode, RK Bose, J. Vitz, S. Hoeppener, SJ Garcia, S. van der Zwaag, MD Hager *, US Schubert *: Acylhydrazones as reversible covalent crosslinkers for self-healing polymers. In: Adv. Funct. Mater . 2015, 25, 3295 - 3301, doi: 10.1002 / adfm.201501117
  • Tobias Janoschka, Norbert Martin, Udo Martin, Christian Friebe, Sabine Morgenstern, Hannes Hiller, Martin D. Hager, Ulrich S. Schubert: An aqueous, polymer-based redox-flow battery using non-corrosive, safe, and low-cost materials . In: Nature . 527, 2015, p. 78, doi: 10.1038 / nature15746
  • Adrian T. Press, Anja Traeger u. a .: Cell type-specific delivery of short interfering RNAs by dye-functionalised theranostic nanoparticles. In: Nature Communications . 5, 2014, p. 5565, doi: 10.1038 / ncomms6565 .
  • Almut M. Schwenke, Steffi Stumpf, Stephanie Hoeppener, Ulrich S. Schubert: Free-Standing Carbon Nanofibrous Films Prepared by a Fast Microwave-Assisted Synthesis Process. In: Advanced Functional Materials. 24, 2014, pp. 1602–1608, doi: 10.1002 / adfm.201301749 .
  • Tobias Janoschka, Anke Teichler, Bernhard Häupler, Thomas Jähnert, Martin D. Hager, Ulrich S. Schubert: Reactive Inkjet Printing of Cathodes for Organic Radical Batteries. In: Advanced Energy Materials . 3, 2013, pp. 1025-1028, doi: 10.1002 / aenm.201300036 .
  • Markus J. Barthel, Tobias Rudolph u. a .: Self-Healing Materials via Reversible Crosslinking of Poly (ethylene oxide) - block -Poly (furfuryl glycidyl ether) (PEO- b -PFGE) Block Copolymer Films. In: Advanced Functional Materials. 23, 2013, pp. 4921-4932, doi: 10.1002 / adfm.201300469 .
  • Stefan Bode, Linda Zedler u. a .: Self-Healing Polymer Coatings Based on Crosslinked Metallosupramolecular Copolymers. In: Advanced Materials. 25, 2013, pp. 1634-1638, doi: 10.1002 / adma.201203865 .
  • George R. Whittell, Martin D. Hager, et al. a .: Functional soft materials from metallopolymers and metallosupramolecular polymers. In: Nature Materials . 10, 2011, pp. 176-188, doi: 10.1038 / nmat2966 .

Web links

Commons : Ulrich Schubert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New building for battery research center at the University of Jena is coming. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Andrea Hoferichter: Battery technology: plastic stores solar energy. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Tobias Janoschka, Norbert Martin, Udo Martin, Christian Friebe, Sabine Morgenstern: An aqueous, polymer-based redox-flow battery using non-corrosive, safe, and low-cost materials . In: Nature . tape 527 , no. 7576 , November 2015, ISSN  1476-4687 , p. 78–81 , doi : 10.1038 / nature15746 ( nature.com [accessed April 27, 2020]).
  4. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: TU Dresden: Two women and one man for the rector election. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Ulrich S. Schubert is one of the world's most influential chemists. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  6. ^ Henry Schaefer: H-index ranking of living chemists. Chemistry World, March 23, 2011, accessed April 27, 2020 .
  7. ^ Ulrich S. Schubert - Google Scholar Citations. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  8. ↑ coordination. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  9. ↑ DFG - SFB 1278: Polymer-based nanoparticle libraries for the development of targeted anti-inflammatory strategies. Accessed April 27, 2020 (German).
  10. ↑ EU funding: Polystorage training program for energy storage research. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  11. ^ DFG priority program "Polymer-Based Batteries" (SPP 2248). Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Network goals & guidelines. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Organization. DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, accessed on April 27, 2020 .
  14. ^ University of Bayreuth: Advisory board of the Bavarian Center for Battery Technology founded at the University of Bayreuth. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Awarding of the medal on the Day of German Unity. In: bundespräsident.de. October 2, 2018, accessed October 2, 2018.
  16. ↑ Jena professor named university teacher of the year. Süddeutsche Zeitung , December 6, 2018, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Culture Prize 2019 for the Bayreuth Easter Festival. In: Bayreuth.de. December 11, 2019, accessed April 27, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schubert, Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schubert, Ulrich S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen