Curriculum vitae of Mischa Bonn

1. Personal details

Prof. Dr. Mischa Bonn
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Ackermannweg 10
D-55128 Mainz

Male; born, 25/01/71, Nijmegen (NL), married +1.
Nationality: Dutch (NL)

2. Education

Undergraduate:	University of Amsterdam; MSc in Physical Chemistry (highest honors), 10/05/93
Graduate:	AMOLF / University of Eindhoven; PhD in Physical Chemistry, 18/12/96
Postdoctoral:	Fritz Haber (Max Planck) Institut (Wolf/Ertl group), Berlin, Germany, 1997–1999
Postdoctoral:	Columbia University (Heinz group) NY, USA, 1998-2001 (totaling ~6 months).

3. Appointments

4/2011-present	Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
5/2013-present	Honorary Professor University of Mainz
6/2005–present	Extraordinary Professor (Physics Dept.) University of Amsterdam
1/2004–3/2012	Group Leader at FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
1/2003–1/2004	Scientific Advisor at FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics ‘Rijnhuizen’
1/2003–9/2009	Associate professor (tenured) at Leiden University (Chemistry Dept.)
8/1999–12/2002	Assistant professor (fixed term) at Leiden University (Chemistry Dept.)

4. Publications and presentations:

500+ papers in peer-reviewed journals (H-index: 75, ISI; H-index: 88, Google scholar); ResearcherID: H-7446-2012

230+ invited talks at international conferences and institutions; (co-) supervised ~30 PhD theses.

5. Research Fields:

Label-free (ultrafast) vibrational spectroscopy and microscopy of biomolecular systems and water in such systems, including model systems for biological membranes; Studies of carrier dynamics in photovoltaic building blocks.

6. Selected Prizes and Awards

2022 European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant
2019 Van't Hoff Prize from the Bunsengesellschaft (Three-yearly Award from the German Association of Physical Chemists)
2017 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
Gold Medal from the Royal Dutch Chemical Society (2009)
Personal Fellowship (’VICI’) from the Netherlands Scientific Organization (NWO) for research: "Biomolecular Dynamics in Membrane Models" finished 1st in national competition
Personal Fellowship (’Vernieuwingsimpuls’) from NWO for research proposal entitled: "Ultrafast Studies of Chemical Reactions at Surfaces". Finished 1st in national competition
Other prizes/awards include: Elected Member of ‘The Young Academy’ of the ’Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences’ (KNAW), Amsterdam; Personal fellowship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS); Fellowship from the ’Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences’ (KNAW); Award winner in the ’Promising young researchers’-contest of the Dutch Physical Society 1997; Marie Curie Stipend; Alexander von Humboldt Stipend