Scientific career:

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Wickleder 
Inorganic Chemistry - University of Siegen

Born in 1962, married to Prof. Dr. Mathias Wickleder

1981 - 1995	Studies in Chemistry at the University of Hannover, Germany;1995: Doctoral degree by Prof. H. v. Weyssenhoff (Physical Chemistry); Title of the thesis: Photodissociation and REMPI Spectroscopy of Radicals in supersonic beams.
1995 - 1997	Postdoc by Prof. S. Leutwyler at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland. Research topic: Investigation of intermolecular interactions in the gas phase and precise measurements of intermolecular binding energies.
1998 - 2004	Habilitation by Prof. Dr. G. Meyer at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany. Title of the thesis: Optical spectroscopy of rare-earth ions in novel host lattices.
Seit 2004	Tenured professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Siegen, Germany.
Seit 2008	Senator of the University of Siegen.
Seit April 2011	Vice Dean for Education, Academic Studies and International Affairs of the Science and Technology Faculty at the University of Siegen.

  

Membership

• Advisory Board of the Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A, Physical Science;
• German Chemical Society;
• Board Member of the section "Wöhler Association" the GDCH
• Executive and founder member of the "Division of Inorganic Chemistry" of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS);
• German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry;
• Member of the "Research Center for Micro-and Nanochemistry and Engineering Cμ" the University of Siegen;
• Founding member and vice-chairman of the section "Chemistry and Energy" of the German Chemical Society (until Sept ember 2011);
• Advisory Board of the journal “Chemistry of Materials” (until 2011); 

Committee activities

• Initiator and manager of the “Children's University” project at the University of Siegen;
• Research Committee of the University of Siegen (until April 2011);
• Department of Chemistry and Biology (FB 8) of the University of Siegen (until April 2011);
• Examination Committee at the Department of Chemistry and Biology (FB 8) of the University of Siegen (until April 2011);   Board member of the “Alumni Chemie Siegen e.V.” (until 2011);
• Candidate Search Committee for the position of the president of the University of Siegen (2009);
• Reaccreditation committee at the Department of Chemistry and Biology (FB 8) of the University of Siegen (2009);
• Equal Rights Commission of the University of Siegen (until 2009);
• Commission for the awarding of scholarships to PhD and habilitation candidates at the University of Siegen (2008, 2009);
• Evaluation Commission of the Siegen Center of Gender Studies (GeStuS) (2007);
• Implementation of the Chemistry Olympics at the University of Siegen;
• Lectures and practical courses in the Girls Day at the University of Siegen;
• Public lectures at schools.