Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang von Prof. (em.) Dr. Michael Grunze
Former Chair and Professor (emeritus)
Institute of Applied Physical Chemistry
Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 253
69120 Heidelberg / Germany
Phone: +49 711 689 3611 (Secretary Spatz department)
E-Mail: michael.grunze@mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de
ACADEMIC VITA
Undergraduate Chemistry and Physics at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and
Knox College, Galesburg, IL, USA
1972 Diploma Physical Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1974 Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1975 - 1976 Postdoc, Research, University of Munich, and Queen Mary College, University of London, UK
1978 - 1984 Group Leader and Scientist, Fritz-Haber-Institut, Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
1980 Habilitation, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1981 Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Laboratories, San Jose, California, USA
1982 Visiting Professor of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Germany
1985 - 1987 Director, Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology (LASST)
University of Maine, Orono, USA
1984 - 1988 Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, USA
1984 - 1988 Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Maine, Orono, USA
1987 - 2012 Professor (C4), Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Physikalische Chemie,
University of Heidelberg, Germany
1987 - 2004 Director at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
2000 - 2004 Chairman, Scientific Advisory Council Synchrotron Radiation Source
BESSY, Berlin, Germany
2000 - 2004 and
2007 - 2008 Member, Scientific Advisory Council Hahn Meitner Institute, Berlin, Germany
2001 - 2014 Adjunct Senior Staff Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory,
Bar Harbor, Maine, USA and Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
2002 - 2010 Chairman, Scientific Advisory Council Max Planck Institute for Colloids & Interfaces, Golm, Germany
2003 - 2006 Co-Director, Institute for Molecular Biophysics, and cooperating Professor of Physics,
University of Maine, USA
2006 - 2012 Member, Scientific Advisory Council ESRF, Grenoble, France
2007 - 2009 Member, Scientific Advisory Council Australian Synchrotron Source, Melbourne, Australia
2006 - 2013 Editor-in-chief of Biointerphases, a Springer Open Access Journal
2008 Founding codirector of the “Biointerface” Program at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
2009 - 2013 Advisory Board, CeBiTech, University of Bielefeld, Germany
2010- Member of the Review Panel for Physical Chemistry of the German Israel Foundation (GIF)
2010 - Senior Scientist, Institute of Functional Interfaces, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
2012- Professor Emeritus, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2013 Member of a review committee for CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2014 Member of the Advisory Board of the IEI (Institute of Engineered Interfaces), New York University
2014 Chair of a review committee for the Canadian Lightsource in Saskatoon
2015- Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Canadian Light Source
2016 - Member of the Advisory Board of Aquarray (Droplet Microarray (DMA) Technologie)
2017- Visiting scientist at the Department of Cellular Biophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Reserach
HONORS AND AWARDS
1968 - 1977 Fulbright Fellowship
1975 - 1977 Liebig-Habilitations-Stipendium
1976 Otto-Klung-Preis for Outstanding Contributions in Physical Chemistry
1997 Guptill Memorial Lecture, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
1999 J.G. McGregor Distinguished Scientist, Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Canada
2001 College de France, Invited Lecturer
2003 Max Planck Research Award
2005 Fellow of the American Vacuum Society
2006 ISIS Distinguished Lecturer, University of California
2007 - 2009 Elected AVS Director
2010 - 2013 Trustee American Vacuum Society
2012 Prof. Emeritus University of Heidelberg
2012 - 2017 Senior Excellence Professor, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2013 Wilsmore Fellow in the School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne
2014 -2016 Visiting Professor Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
TEACHING: As full Professor in Physics at the University of Maine I taught all undergraduate courses of the Physics curriculum and special courses for Graduate Students. As Professor for Physical Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg I taught all undergraduate and graduate courses in Physical Chemistry.
FIELDS OF INTEREST: Surface chemistry and interface physics, biointerface science, biocompatible implant coatings, non fouling surfaces, adhesion science, self assembly of organic mono- and multilayers, non-linear optical laser spectroscopy on surfaces, x-ray absorption and x-ray emission spectroscopy, x-ray microscopy, in-line holography, biochemical sensors, hemocopatibility of artificial materials, marine biofouling
FOUNDER OF THREE COMPANIES: SPECS, Surtech (bought by IBM), CeloNova (former Polyzenix). International and national patents: 124
STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: During my academic career in Germany and the US from 1997 until now I supervised more than 180 Master and PhD students and worked with more than 50 post-doctorial fellows.
PUBLICATIONS: Over 420 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, 4 books, many non-peer reviewed articles in professional journals.