Sebastian Riedel was starting the chemical career with practical training as a chemistry laboratory technician at Siemens and Degussa in Hanau (certificate of apprenticeship).
1998-2003
He studied four semesters Chemistry at the University of Siegen. After his pre-degree "Vordiplom" he moved to the University of Würzburg.
The Diploma thesis in Würzburg with Prof. Martin Kaupp in Theoretical Chemistry dealt with the high oxidation state +IV of mercury. The Titel of the work was "Quantum chemical analysis of mercury in its oxidation state +IV". The day of graduation is the 2. July. 2003.
2003-2006
PhD work was carried out with Prof. Martin Kaupp at the Institut für Anorganische Chemie at Universität Würzburg, from November 2003 through September 2006.
The titel of the thesis is "The Highest Oxidation States of the 5d Transition Metals". From October 2004 through December 2004, a research stay at the University of Helsinki with Prof. Pekka Pyykkö was attend.
The main topic of this reaserach stay was the prediction and synthesis of heavy metal fluorides and oxyfluorides. All these research projects have been connected to the Finnish Center of Excellence in Computational Molecular Science.
2008-present
In the first six month of 2008
a postdoctorate at McMaster University Hamilton (Canada) with
Prof.
Gary Schrobilgen (experimental fluorine chemistry) has been
carried out. The project was financed via DFG
research scholarship.
The main interests are: the prediction
and synthesis of transition metal fluorides and oxyfluorides.
Other research interests are: multiple-bonds between transition
metals, prediction of new inorganic species, and bonding and electronic-structure
analysis.
