Prof. Dr. Norbert W. Mitzel

Education
- 'Abitur': Holbein-Gymnasium, Augsburg, Germany
- Studies: Chemistry, Diploma; 1985 - 1991; Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Diploma thesis: "The phenylsilyl group ("silabenzyl" group) as a substituent in phosphorus ylides and related compounds" (with Prof. H. Schmidbaur)
- Doctorate: 1993, with Prof. Dr H. Schmidbaur, Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany, "Flüchtige Silylamine, -hydrazine, und -hydroxylamine: Synthesis, properties and structural chemistry" (predicate: "summa cum laude")
- Postdoctorates:
o 1993-1994 TU Munich (TUM): New CVD-Precursors for Deposition of ß-Silicon Carbide (cooperation with Prof. S. Vepřek, TUM)
o University of Edinburgh (with Prof. D. W. H. Rankin): Gas-phase electron diffraction incl. program development; Low temperature crystallography (with Dr. A. J. Blake); Preparative studies on metal hydrazides and aminoxides
- Post-doctoral habilitation: 1996-2000 "Interactions between geminal donor and acceptor centres" (venia legendi September 2000)

Academic positions
- August 2001: Offer of a professorship (C3) for Inorganic Chemistry at the TU Berlin, declined
- WS 2001/2: visiting professor at the TU Berlin
- January 2001: Offer of a professorship (C3) for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Münster
- April 2002 - March 2007: Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Münster
- November 2006: Appointment to a professorship (W3) for Inorganic Chemistry at Bielefeld University (successor to Prof Jutzi)
- Since April 2007: Professor (W3) of Inorganic Chemistry and Structural Chemistry at Bielefeld University

Involvement in the scientific system
- October 2004 - October 2006: Vice dean and dean of studies of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Münster
- October 2006 - March 2007: Vice Director of the Institute of Anorg. & Analyt. Chemistry, University of Münster
- 2006-2009 and 2010-2013: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, U.K.): Elected member of the EPSRC College
- 2007 - 2021: Liaison and contact lecturer of the Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau
- 2009 - 2020: Member of the scholarship selection committee of the OWL Study Fund Foundation
- 2009 - 2013: Member of the "Innovation Working Group" of the "Chemistry.NRW Cluster" of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (www.exzellenz.nrw.de)
- April 2011 - April 2013: Vice Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry in Bielefeld
- April 2013 - October 2015: Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry in Bielefeld
- 2011 - 2018: Chairman of the GDCH local association in Bielefeld
- 2014 - 2021: Member of the steering group of the "richtig einsteigen" (getting startet) project at Bielefeld University
- Chairman (2021-2023) and Deputy Chairman (2019-2021 and 2023 - 2025) of the Association of German University Professors of Chemistry (ADUC)
- 2020 - 2023: Member of the jury for the Ars Legendi Faculty Prize in Biology and Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics

Recognition by the scientific system
• Postdoctoral Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (1994)
• Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Union (1994)
• Bavarian Habilitation Award 1996 of the Bavarian Minister for Education, Culture, Science and the Arts (Hans Zehetmair Prize)
• ADUC Annual Award 1999 for Habilitation Candidates
• Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Research Foundation, DFG (2001)
• Egon-Wiberg Lecture, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2018)

Organised symposia:
- German-Austrian Staff Workshop on Main Group Chemistry (MHC-3), April 2009, Tecklenburg, Germany
- 15th European Symposium on Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction, June 23 - 28 2013, Frauenchiemsee, Germany
- 16th European Symposium on Gas Electron Diffraction, June 21 - 26, 2015, Frauenchiemsee, Germany
- 17th European Symposium on Gas Electron Diffraction, July 2 - 6, 2017, Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria
- 18th European Symposium on Gas Electron Diffraction, June 30 - July 4, 2019, Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria
- German-Austrian Staff Workshop Main Group Chemistry (MHC-13), September 2024, Bielefeld, Germany