Current Position
Full Professor & Canada Research Chair, Department of Chemistry
Education
| 1996 – 1998 | Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), with Edgar Niecke, University of Bonn Thesis Title: “C-functionalized bis(methylene)phosphoranes: Interesting building blocks for the stabilization of reactive intermediates” |
| 1990 – 1996 | Dipl. Chem. (MSc), with Edgar Niecke, University of Bonn Thesis Title: “Studies on the reactivity of a (methylene)phosphoranylidene carbenoid” |
Professional Experience
| 2017- | Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry, York University |
| 2023 | AvH Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany |
| 2022 | RCMS Visiting Professor, Nagoya University, Japan |
| 2017-2020 | Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary |
| 2013-2017 | Associate Head (Research), Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary |
| 2013-2017 | Acting Director, Centre for Advanced Solar Materials, University of Calgary |
| 2013-2017 | Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary |
| 2013, 2014, 2015 | AvH Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and Graduate School Molecular Science, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany |
| 2009-2013 | Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary |
| 2006-2009 | Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary |
| 2003-2006 | Habilitand, RWTH Aachen University; Mentor: Jun Okuda |
| 2002-2003 | Habilitand, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz; Mentor: Jun Okuda |
| 1999-2002 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto, with Ian Manners |
| 1998-1999 | Research Associate at the University of Bonn |
Fellowships, Awards, Distinctions
2023 – Fellow, Chemical Institute of Canada
2023 – Re-Invitation Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2022 – IOCF Lectureship Award, International Organic Chemistry Foundation, Japan
2022 – Visiting Professorship, Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University
2020 – Established Research Award (Faculty of Science, York)
2018 – Liebig-Lecturer, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
2017 – Canada Research Chair (Tier-1) in Sustainable Organomain Group Materials
2013 – Faculty of Science Award of Excellence in Research (Calgary)
2013 – Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2011 – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship
2007 – Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award
2002 – Liebig-Fellow of the ‘Fonds der Chemischen Industrie’ (German Chemical Industry Association)
2002 – DFG-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Department of Chemistry
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada
Office: LSB 431B
Email: tbaumgar@yorku.ca