Prof. Dr. Mischa Bonn

Curriculum vitae

4/2011-present	Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
5/2013-present	Honorary Professor (Chemistry Dept.) 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.)

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.

Selected prizes

• 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.