Holger Frey

Professor Holger Frey Institute of Organic Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg-University Macromolecular Chemistry Duesbergweg 10 - 14 Mainz Germany 55128 Email: hfrey@uni-mainz.de Biographical Sketch: Holger Frey studied Chemistry at the University of Freiburg. Following a stay at Carnegie Mellon-University in Pittsburgh (Kris Matyjaszewski) he obtained the Ph.D. for research on polysilane copolymers at the University of Twente (NL) in the group of Martin Moeller. After his Habilitation at the University of Freiburg (1998) on polycarbosilanes, he moved to the Johannes Gutenberg-University at Mainz in 2001. Since 2003 he holds a Full Professorship in Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry. His research interests are directed at novel linear and branched functional polymer structures with unusual topology and biomedically relevant materials in general. He has published 200 peer-reviewed original publications and reviews and is a co-inventor of 12 patents.