CV Ingo Krossing
![]() | Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing Year of birth: 1968
Position and Title Full Professor: Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry |
Education and Professional Career
2011- present | Scientific Director of the Freiburg Academy of Science and Technology |
04/2006 - present | Chair of Molecular and Coordination Chemistry, Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Freiburg (Lehrstuhl für Molekül- und Koordinationschemie at the Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg) |
10/2004 - 03/2006 | Assistant Professor at the EPF Lausanne, Switzerland |
06/2002 - 09/2004 | Private lecturer at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
06/1999 - 06/2002 | Habilitation with Prof. H. Schnöckel at the Universität Karlsruhe (Inorganic Chemistry) |
11/1997 - 04/1999 | Postdoc with Prof. J. Passmore at the University of New Brunswick, in Fredericton, N.B., Canada |
10/1994 - 07/1997 | PhD with Prof. H. Nöth, LMU Munich (Inorganic Chemistry) |
11/1988 - 09/1994 | Diploma studies in chemistry at the LMU in Munich. |
Honors, Awards and Scholarships | |
11/2011 | Award of an ERC Advanced Grant for 2012 to 2017 |
10/2010 - 09/2013 | Senior Fellow of the FRIAS of the University of Freiburg |
10/2006 | Otto-Klung-Weberbank-Preis (http://www.otto-klung-weberbank-preis.de/) |
11/2004 | Akademiepreis für Chemie of the Academy of Sciences of Göttingen |
01/2003 - 09/2004 | Heisenberg-Fellow of the DFG |
03/2002 | ADUC Jahrespreis für Habilitanden (2001) |
07/1999 - 06/2003 | Liebig-Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
03/1998 - 04/1999 | Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation |
Service | |
Since 10/2015 | Deputy Dean (Vizedekan) of the Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg. |
Since 04/2013 | Member of the board fo the ADUC (Association of German University Professors in Chemistry), since 04/15 as president. |
Since 01/2013 | Vicedean (Prodekan) of the Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg. |
10/2010 - 12/2012 | President of the B.Sc. and M.Sc. admission and study commissions of the faculty. |
11/2009 - 03/2011 | Coordinator of an initiative of 33 groups for the introduction of the Graduate School of Excellence Smart Synthesis: From Concept to Function for the ExINI II. |
Since 03/2009 | Member of the GDCh-working group chemistry and energy (Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Chemie und Energie"). |
2008-2012 | Member of the Chemistry Study Commission, 2010 to 2012 as president of the M.Sc. Chemistry Degree Commission. |
10/2007-09/2009 | President of the "Ortsverein Südbaden" of the GDCh (= German Chemical Society). |
01/2007 - 12/2014 | Member of the board of the Wöhlervereinigung für Anorganische Chemie of the GDCh (the section of the GDCh that covers the aspects of inorganic and organometallic chemistry). 01/2012 - 12/2014 as vice-president. |
07/2006 - 09/2008 | Prodekan (vicedean) of the Faculty for Chemistry, Pharmacy and Geosciences at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg. |
Since 04/2006 | Member of the scientific advisory board of the company IoLiTec (www.iolitec.de). |
01/2006 - 12/2014 | Member of the board of the Working Group Fluorine Chemistry of the GDCh, since 01/2013 as president (Details: www.f2chem.de). |
Scientific Interests:
Computer aided synthesis, reactive small particles, main group chemistry, quantum chemical calculations, catalysis, weakly coordinating anions, novel Brønsted and Lewis acids and super acids, absolute acidities and redox potentials, polymerization, electrochemistry, supporting electrolytes, electrolytes for Li-ion batteries, ionic liquids: synthesis, properties and design, hetergeneous catalysis for CO2 conversion.