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Academic Education
10/2004 - 02/2008	Ph.D. in Chemistry – WestCHEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
2003 - 2004	B.Sc. with First Class Honours in Chemistry - University of Strathclyde.
2000 - 2003	Chemistry - Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien): 1. Diplomprüfung.
Work Experience
since 05/2011	Nachwuchsgruppenleiter (Habilitand) - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster und Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech)
03/2008 - 04/2011	Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow - Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Institute for Complex Molecular Sytems
Functions and Memberships
	American Chemical Society (ACS): member of the Polymeric Materials, Science and Engineering Division, the Polymer Division and the Organic Division.
	Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
	Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
since 01/2014	Stellvertretender Sprecher des Jungen Kollegs der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste

The synthesis of dendritic EDOT-peptide conjugates and their multistimuli-responsive self-assembly into supramolecular nanorods and fibers in water Ahlers P., Frisch H., Spitzer D., Vobecka Z., Vilela F., Besenius P. (2014) In: Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 9(8). Research article (journal)
Topochemical polymerization in self-assembled rodlike micelles of bisurea bolaamphiphiles Pal A., Voudouris P., Koenigs M.M.E., Besenius P., Wyss H.M., Degirmenci V., Sijbesma R.P. (2014) In: Soft Matter, 10(7). Research article (journal)
Water-soluble Au(I) complexes, their synthesis and applications Hristova Y.R., Kemper B., Besenius P. (2013) In: Tetrahedron, 69(49). Research article (journal)
Mechanistic control over morphology: Self-assembly of a discotic amphiphile in water De Feijter I., Besenius P., Albertazzi L., Meijer E.W., Palmans A.R.A., Voets I.K. (2013) In: Soft Matter, 9(42). Research article (journal)
PH-switchable ampholytic supramolecular copolymers Frisch H., Unsleber J.P., Ludeker D., Peterlechner M., Brunklaus G., Waller M., Besenius P. (2013) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 52(38). Research article (journal)

CRC 858 B16 - Controlling photoluminescent properties in the self-assembly of peptidic Au(I)-Metalloamphiphiles through cooperative interactions Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2015 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Supramolecular Biomedical Materials (SupraBioMat) Duration: 01/04/2012 - 31/03/2016 Funded by: EC FP 7 - Marie Curie Actions - Career Integration Grants Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster
Controlled Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Soft Materials (related to the Liebig Fellowship) Duration: 01/10/2011 - 30/09/2014 Type of project: Own resources project

Election as Member of the Young Academy of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences Awarded by: Young Academy of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences Award given to: Besenius, Pol Date of awarding: 15/01/2013 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2013 Awarded by: Georg Thieme Verlag KG Award given to: Besenius, Pol Date of awarding: 15/12/2012 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Liebig Fellowship Awarded by: FCI Fonds der Chemischen Industrie im Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. Award given to: Besenius, Pol Date of awarding: 01/01/2011 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
JLS Allan Memorial Prize Awarded by: University of Strathclyde Glasgow Award given to: Besenius, Pol Date of awarding: 01/01/2004 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Marie Curie Fellowship Awarded by: European Union Award given to: Besenius, Pol Announced at: 01/01/2009 Type of distinction: Scholarship