Florian F. Mulks
Dr. rer. nat.
Curriculum Vitae
Work
Independent Group Leader
03/2022–present
Institut für Organische Chemie, RWTH Aachen, w. Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship and Liebig Fellowship
Feodor Lynen Research Fellow
08/2020–02/2022
Inorganic and computational chemistry w. Prof. M.-H. Baik and Prof. G. Bertrand, Alexander von Humboldt foundation's fellowship, collaborative project between Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations of the Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, and University of California, San Diego
Research Assistant
10/2019–03/2020
Green main group chemistry w. Prof. E. Hevia, University of Bern
Academic visit (01/2020–02/2020): Flow chemistry w. Prof. L. Torrente Murciano, University of Cambridge
Research Assistant
03/2019–09/2019
Green main group chemistry w. Prof. E. Hevia, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Academic visit (09/2019–09/2019): Flow chemistry w. Prof. L. Torrente Murciano, University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral Researcher
11/2018–03/2019
Organic chemistry w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
Academic visit (01/2019–03/2019): Computational chemistry w. Prof. S. Faraji, University of Groningen
Vice Chancellor's Advisor, Teaching Assistant
01/2014–09/2018
50% employment during doctorate w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
Research Intern
08/2012–10/2012
Heterogeneous oxidation catalysis w. Dr. H. Teles, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
Tutor
10/2011–02/2013
Tutor for kinetics, quantum mechanics, and organic chemistry, University of Heidelberg
Education
Doctorate in Chemistry
01/2014–09/2018
Organometallic & computational chemistry w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
Master of Science in Chemistry
10/2011–12/2013
Thesis on organometallic chemistry w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
10/2008–09/2011
Thesis on organometallic chemistry w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
Academic visit (06/2008–08/2008): Molecular biophysics w. Prof. J. A. Endicott, University of Oxford
Abitur
08/1999–06/2008
Secondary school education, Elly-Heuss-Schule, Wiesbaden
Awards and Honours
Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
01/2024
Award by the Georg Thieme Verlag for up-and-coming researchers
Invited Potential Energy (author highlight) article in Chem
12/2022
From Carbon Superbases to Superacids F. F. Mulks,* Potential Energy article (invited), Chem 2022, 8, 3156–3158, DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.11.011.
Liebig Fellowship
from 07/2022
Fellowship by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for launching a research group with our proposed superlectrophiles and -nucleophiles
Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship
03/2022–06/2022
Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for the return to Germany to the Institut für Organische Chemie, RWTH Aachen
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
08/2020–02/2022
Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for first independently planned research collaboration
Bauer Preis 2019
12/2019
Award for the dissertation by the Alexander und Rosemarie Bauer Stiftung
HPC-Europa 3
01/2019–03/2019
Grant and fellowship by the European Commission
Dissertation awarded
"summa cum laude"
09/2018
Awarded for high merit of the doctoral research and of the resulting dissertation by the University of Heidelberg
Deutschlandstipendium
10/2011–09/2012
Fellowship by the BASF SE and the BMBF Fed. Rep. Germany
Förderpreis der K. E. Loos-Stiftung
08/2008
Award for scientifically talented secondary school graduates by the K. E. Loos-Stiftung
Memberships
Next-Generation Advisory Board of Chem
09/2023–present
Member
American Chemical Society
12/2021–present
Member
Royal Society of Chemistry
04/2020–present
Member (MRSC)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
09/2019–present
Member
European Talent Pool BASF SE
10/2011–10/2018
Member
German Technical Relief Service
08/2007–07/2016
Active Volunteer