Prof. Dr. Sönke Szidat

Group Head

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences / Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research

Phone
+41 31 684 43 08
E-Mail
soenke.szidat@unibe.ch
Office
N225
Postal Address
Freiestrasse 3
3012 Bern

CV

  • Born in Germany
  • 1992-1997: Studies of chemistry, University of Hannover, Germany; diploma thesis "Determination of Cannabinoids in serum with GC-MS/MS" with Gerold Wünsch, Analytical Chemistry
  • 1997-2000: Ph.D. graduation, University of Hannover, Germany; Ph.D. thesis "Iodine-129 – sample preparation, quality assurance and analysis of environmental materials" with Rolf Michel, Center for Radiation Protection and Radioecology
  • 2000-2007: Postdoc and senior assistant at the Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry (Heinz Gäggeler), University of Bern
  • 2007- 2009: Senior Scientist, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern
  • 2009: Venia Docendi (habilitation), Faculty of Science, University of Bern
  • Since 2010: Group Head, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern
  • Since 2017: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern

Prizes, awards, fellowships

  • Fritz-Strassmann-Preis, German Chemical Society (GDCh) (2009)
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) Award, Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) (2008)
  • Promotionspreis, Nuclear Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) (2001)
  • Wolfgang-Paul-Studienpreis, German Society of Mass Spectrometry (DGMS) (1998)