Academic positions
- 01/2018 - 12/2019: Program Director, Nanotechnology Graduate Program, University of Waterloo.
- 09/2016 - 09/2017: Interim Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.
- Since July 2006: Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo.
- 07/2002 - 06/2006: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo.
- 01/2000 - 06/2002: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo.
- 09/1997 - 12/1999: Habilitand, FB Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg.
- 09/1995 - 08/1997: Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Chemistry, Ames Laboratory.
- 05/1994 - 08/1995: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, J.G.-Universität Mainz.
Selected awards and recognition
- 2008: University of Waterloo Outstanding Performance Award.
- 2002: Canada Research Chair in Solid State Chemistry, tier II (NSERC).
- 2002: Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award (Ontario Innovation Trust).
- 2000: Premier's Research Excellence Award (Province of Ontario).
- 1999: Habilitation Stipend of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
- 1997: Liebig Stipend of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie.
- 1995: PDF Stipend of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
- 1994: Ph.D. Award, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie.
Academic service and memberships
- Since 2021: Editorial Board member, Materials.
- Since 2019: Associate Editor, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
- Since 2019: Editorial Advisory Board member, Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
- Since 2015: Member, American Crystallographic Association.
- Since 2015: Member, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.
- Since 2014: Advisory Board member, Advanced Electronic Materials.
- Since 2007: Member, Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research.
- 2007 - 2012: Advisory Board member, Chemistry of Materials.
- Since 2006: Editorial Board member, Journal of Solid State Chemistry.
- 2005 - 2018: Editor, Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
- Since 2000: Member, Materials Research Society.
- Since 2000: Member, Canadian Society for Chemistry.
- Since 1998: Member, International Thermoelectric Society.
- Since 1996: Member, American Chemical Society.
- Since 1994: Member, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker.