Education
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| 1982-85 |
University of Bonn: Chemistry, Philosophy, History of Art |
| 1985 |
Pre-Diplome, Chemistry, University of Bonn |
| 1986-90 |
University of Karlsruhe: Chemistry, Philosophy, Sociology |
| 1990 |
Diplome (~M.S.), Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe |
| 1991 |
M.A., Philosophy and Sociology, University of Karlsruhe |
| 1994 |
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Karlsruhe |
| 2002 |
Habilitation, Philosophy, University of Karlsruhe |
Experience
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| 1985-86 |
Laboratory Research Assistant, Department of Sedimentary Petrography, Senckenberg Institute of Marine Geology and Biology, Wilhelmshaven |
| 1990-91 |
Instructor, Department of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University of Karlsruhe |
| 1991-95 |
Lecturer of Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry, School of Engineering, co-operative University of Karlsruhe |
| 1993-2002 |
Lecturer and Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Karlsruhe |
| 2002- |
Privatdozent, University of Karlsruhe, Department of Philosophy, Germany |
| 2003-2004 |
Visiting Professor, University of South Carolina, Department of Philosophy, Columbia, SC, USA |
| 2004-2008 |
Heisenberg Fellow, Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Philosophy, Germany |
| 2004-2007 |
Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina, Department of Philosophy, Columbia, SC, USA |
Dec 2006-
Mar 2007 |
Visiting Fellow, Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
| May 2007 |
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Sofia, Bulgaria |
Dec 2009-
Mar 2010 |
Visiting Professor in Colombia: Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga; Universidad de los Andes, Bogota; & Universidad de Pamplona, Pamplona, Colombia |
Oct 2010-
Mar 2011 |
Visiting Professor, History of Science, University of Bielefeld, Germany |
Apr 2011-
Sep 2011 |
Visiting Professor, Philosophy of Science, University of Hannover, Germany |
| Oct 2011 |
Visiting Professor, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines |
| Dec 2011 |
Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Jan 2012- |
Independent Scholar, lives and works in La Palma, Spain, and Berlin, Germany. |
Professional Service
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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| 1995-2022 |
Editor-in-chief of HYLE: International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry |
| 2022 |
Member of the Editorial Board of Journal for General Philosophy of Science |
| 1999-2003 |
Member of the Editorial Board of Noesis: Philosophical Research Online |
| 2001-2022 |
Member of the Editorial Board of Foundations of Chemistry |
| 2001-2016 |
Member of the Editorial Board of Ambix |
| 2002-2022 |
Book Series Editor, HYLE Studies in History and Philosophy of Chemistry |
| 2007-2013 |
Member of the Editorial Board of Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology |
| 2008-2011 |
Associate Editor of the International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation |
Boards and Committees
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| 2005-07 |
UNESCO Expert Group "Nanotechnology and Ethics"
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| 2005-07 |
International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON), Advisory Board |
| 2005-07 |
ASTM International, Subcommittees on Nanotechnology and Nanotechnology Nomenclature and Terminology (E56 & E56.01) |
| 2005-08 |
Deutsches Museum, Center for New Technologies, Exihition “Nano-Labor”, Scientific Advisory Board |
| 2007- |
“Global Issues in Context” (educational information database), Thompson/Gale, Advisory Board |
| 2007- |
“Science Resource Center” (educational information database), Thompson/Gale, Advisory Board |
Referee
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| Journals |
Ambix
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Annals of Science
Annals of the New York Academy of Science
Biological Theory
British Journal for Philosophy of Science
Bulgarian Journal of Chemical Education
Chemical Educator
Foundations of Chemistry
Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Journal of Science Communication
Journal of Chemists and Chemical Engineers
Leonardo: Journal for Art and Science
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy: A European Journal
Minerva
NanoEthics
Nature - Nanotechnology
Perspectives on Science
Public Understanding of Science
Philosophy of Science: Journal of the Philosophy of Science Association
Scientometrics
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Substantia
Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology
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| Publishers |
Blackwell Publisher
Wiley
World Scientific Publishing
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| Funding Agencies & Societies |
Canadian Philosophical Association
Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology
Research Council of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
US National Science Foundation, Science and Society Program
US National Science Foundation, Science Technology Studies Program |
Conference Organization
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| 1994 |
Organizer of the Conference "Philosophy of Chemistry", German Working Group Philosophy and Chemistry, Karlsruhe, 16-17 April. |
| 1996 |
Co-organizer of the annual Conference of the German-Hungarian Society for Philosophy, Fellbach, October 1996. |
| 1997 |
Local Co-organizer of the Conference "Advances in the Philosophy of Technology", Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences, Karlsruhe, 19-24 May. |
| 2003 |
Co-organizer "Discovering the Nanoscale", University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 20-23 March |
| 2004 |
Co-organizer "Imaging and Imagining NanoScience and Engineering", University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 3-7 March |
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Member of the Program Committee, IUHPS/DHS Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry, "The Public Image of Chemistry", Paris, France, 17-18 September. |
| 2005 |
Member of the Program Committee "Imaging NanoSpace", ZIF University of Bielefeld, Germany, 11-14 May. |
| 2009 |
16th Biennial Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands, 7-10 July 2009 (Member of the Program Committee and Co-Chair of the Section “Philosophy and ethics of biomedical and nanotechnology”) |
| 2011 |
14th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (LMPS), Nancy, France, 19-26 July 2011 (Member of the General Board and the Program Committee of the Section “Philosophy of Chemistry”) |
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Global Conference on Ethics in Science and Technology, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, 20-22 October 2011 (Member of the International Advisory Board) |
| 2013 |
13th International Summer Symposium on the Philosophy of Chemistry, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 31 July - 3 August 2013 (Member of the Academic Committee) |
| 2015 |
"Chemistry and Society", Deutsches Museum, 15-17 April 2015, Munich, Germany (Co-organizer) |
Grants
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| 1991-94 |
State of Baden-Württemberg, Ph.D. research grant |
| 1995 |
Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Printing grant for dissertation |
| 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007 |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Travel grants USA |
| 1999 |
Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Printing grant |
| 2000 |
Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, Printing grant |
| 2001-02 |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Habilitation research grant |
| 2003-2008 |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Heisenberg Fellowship to prepare for professorship |
| 2003-04 |
National Science Foundation, USA: Nanotechnology Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) “Societal and Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology”, University of South Carolina; Director of research and infrastructure and co-researcher |
| 2004-05 |
National Science Foundation, USA: Award #0135585 for International Collaborations on Engineering Ethics: “Developing a Curriculum on Nanoethics” (with Rosalyn Berne, University of Virginia) |
| 2006-09 |
European Commission Research Grant: DEEPEN (“Deepening Ethical Engagement and Participation in Emerging Nanotechnologies”); co-researcher in research partnership of the Universities of Durham (UK), Darmstadt (GE), Twente (NL) and Coimbra (P) |
| 2010 |
Colciencias (Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Colombia), Travel grant Colombia |
| 2011 |
DAAD, Germany, Travel grant Philippines. |
| 2015 |
DAAD, Germany, travel grant for a conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, as invited speaker, delayed to the point of being useless. |
