Franz Renz
Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn. et rer. nat. habil. Dipl.-Ing. cand.-Ing.

Prof. Dr. Franz Renz
Am kleinen Felde 30, D-30167 Hannover
Geb. 2705
Raum 339
Tel. 0511-762-4541
Handy 0179-9462053

Date and Place of Birth

1968 in Wilhelmsburg/Traisen (Lower Austria)

1982-1987	Mechanical&Economical Engineering, HTL-St. Pölten,(A-Level;with distinction;5/87; "c.-Ing.")
1988-1994	Chemical engineering, Vienna University of Technology, "Dipl.-Ing.", with distinction.
1992-1994	Vice-President for Research and Development, Polar Com., Ultraclear, USA
1994-1997	PhD, Prof. Dr. W. Linert, TU Wien, "Dr. techn." (4/97; with distinction)
1997-1998	PostDoc: JSPS fellow; Prof. Dr. Y. Fukuda, Tokyo, Japan
1998-2000	PostDoc: EC-TMR fellow, "TOSS", Prof. Dr. Philipp Gütlich, Uni Mainz, Germany
2000	Guest-Professorship at the Yokohama National University, Japan
2002	JSPS fellow; Tsukuba University, Japan
2000-2005	Habilitation ("Dr. habil."; Uni-Mainz, Prof. W. Tremel)
2000-	NASA-Jet Propulsion Lab. Mars Exploration Rovers Mission (MB-PDL)
2006	W3-Professorship for Inorganic Chemistry (Uni Mainz, temporary "Vertr.-Prof.")
2008	Professorship for Inorganic Chemistry (Leibniz Uni Hannover)

142 contributions to symposia and conferences

92 scientific publications in journals with referee systems

108 lectures

101 teaching experience (incl. Diploma and PhD-Students)

3 patents and patent applications

>15 Networking: cooperation`s with national and international scientific groups

Referee for NWO/CW Top-Grants, etc.

Referee for journals and books (Ang.Chem. Int. Ed., IC, JACS, etc.)

1986	European Championship for Computer-Programming (3. Rank)
1995	Award of the Lower Austria Government for the Diploma Thesis
1995	Award of the Austrian Chemical Society for the Diploma Thesis
1997	Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship
1997	of the Austrian Chemical Society for the Doctor Thesis
2000	CERC3 -Chairmen of the European Research Councils` Chemistry Committees fellowship
2000	Member of the Athena NASA Mars Mission.
2005+2007	RP-Teaching Prize (nominated for by Uni Mainz FB09); TOP3 lectures
2005	NASA Group Achievement Award Mars Exploration Rover SOT