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Maria - Elke - Werner - Jana / 2008


Personal
Born:       (birthname Effgen)

Married:   Elke Ingeborg Kaminsky

Children:  Maria Judith Kaminsky

                  Jana Miriam Kaminsky

22.10.1959

24.8.1988

17.7.1996

3.8.1998

Boardmemberships / Councils
German Language School, Seattle

Faculty Council on Educational Technology (chair 06-09)

2003-7

2004-10

Education
        University of Cologne: 

Diploma*, Thesis Advisor: Prof. S. Haussuehl

PHD, Thesis Advisor: Prof. S. Haussuehl

Habilitation**

*)   Masters thesis **) Habilitation (venia legendi) is the official qualification to teach at universities in Germany. To some extend it is like a second - 'big' - PhD.

 

1986

1990

2000

    

 

Professional Experience
1.PHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT, Cologne, Germany

   Studental assistant

INST. FÜR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE, Cologne, Germany

   Studental assistant

   Postdoctorial Research Associate

   Adjunct Professor for Crystallography

JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD, United Kingdom

   Tutor (on leave from Res. Associate)

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, United Kingdom

   Research Fellow

   Departmental Lecturer

   Research Fellow

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, USA

   Visiting Scientist

   Research Associate Professor / Crystallographer

   

1983-1984

   

1985-1990

1990-1996

2001-2011

   

1994-1995

     

1997-1998

1998

1999

     

1999-2000

2000-       

Honors and Awards
British Philips Physical Crystallography Price [IUCr 4 (1996) 12]

German DFG-Habilitation award ($70,000)

British EPSRC-Research Grant

April 1995

1994-1996

1997-1998

Teaching in Seattle
BSTR 519 WINTER 2002-2009 1-credit, extension to BSTR 515: "Computer Laboratory Experience in the Chemistry X-ray Laboratory"

GEN ST 197 V # 9678 AUTUMN 2002 1-credit, Freshman Seminar: " Diving Deep: X-ray structure determination"

GEN ST 391 Spring 2001 3-credits, "Crystal structure determination"

GEN ST 391 Summer 2001 3-credits, "Mathematical tools and crystallographic computing"

GEN ST 391 Fall 2001 3-credits, "Physical properties of crystals"

Research Group since 2000
Undergraduates (currently: none)

Visitors (currently: none)

10

6

Research Interests
Correlation of crystal structures with chiro-optical properties
OTHER RESEARCH SUPPORT and income sources
Active (including overheads)
Crystallographic service for the Dep. of Chemistry 60% salary
License of Millipol Technology and consultancy

 

 

varying $

 

 

Recent Expired
NSF (co - PI) 'Stochastic Behaviour in Polymer ...'

PRF (co - PI) 'Beyond specific rotations'

RRF 'HAUP-Microscope'

PRF (co - PI) 'Interpretation of Gyration Tensors' 

NSF-IGERT (paid by the Centre for Nanotechnology) 

$360,000

$100,000 

$26,000 

$60,000 

$17,000


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