Prof. Dr. Matthias Bauer, 47, has been elected as the new President of Paderborn University. The chemist will succeed Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf, who currently holds the office, in April next year. Bauer currently holds the Chair of "Inorganic Chemistry of Sustainable Processes" at Paderborn University and was until recently Dean of Research at the Faculty of Science. The University Election Assembly, consisting of the University Council and the University Senate, voted unanimously in favour of the Baden-Württemberg native. A hearing had previously been held in the Auditorium maximum, at which Bauer presented his strategy for taking office and answered questions from the university public.
Matthias Bauer has been Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Paderborn University since 2013. He previously held a Carl Zeiss endowed professorship at TU Kaiserslautern and was responsible for the field of "Modern Spectroscopic Methods" at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Previous positions had taken the scientist to the University of Stuttgart and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France. He completed his doctorate with honours at the University of Stuttgart. Bauer is a member of numerous scientific committees and communities, which also contributes to the excellent academic networking of Paderborn University. Since 2020, he has also been an elected member of a review board of the German Research Foundation (DFG), which is involved in the review of funding proposals as well as the design and further development of the DFG's funding programmes in his field of research.
The scientist is looking forward to his upcoming role: "I am full of enthusiasm and feel honoured to be able to actively shape the future of the university together with outstanding colleagues. My goal is to provide new impetus, particularly in the central fields of study, teaching, transfer, and research, but also on campus, while always building on transparency, reliability and mutual appreciation." Prof. Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier, Chairman of the University Council, is very pleased with the election result: "In Professor Matthias Bauer, the university has chosen an extremely competent candidate who is already very familiar with the university. I look forward to our future collaboration."
Before he takes office, the next step will be to elect the Vice Presidents on the recommendation of the President-elect. The six-year term of office of the new Presidential Board will then begin on 1 April 2025.
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