I am interested in the spectroscopic characterization of small, often very reactive molecules, particularly those of atmospheric or astrophysical and astrochemical interest. The spectroscopic techniques include rotational as well as low and high resolution infrared spectroscopy. And as a chemist, I am not afraid of synthesizing these molecules on a preparative scale or in situ .
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Initially, I have studied mathematics and chemistry to become a teacher. During universitiy years, the emphasis was on mathematics, while it was on chemistry during the practical period in school. I worked in the group of Prof. Helge Willner in the inorganic chemistry institute . The main objectives were the sythesis and characterization of chlorine oxides, preferrably those which may play a role in atmospheric chemistry and which were not known experimentally at that time. Using a halogen exchange reaction, I was able to obtain chloryl chloride , ClClO 2 for the first time.