Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Grell

FIELDS OF SPECIALISATION
Polymers, Liquid Crystals, Organic Semiconductors, Photonics. Spintronics, Transistors, Sensors.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Oct 2024 → Date: Associate Professor at Chuka University, Faculty of Science and Technology
Sep 2019 → Date: Scientific consultant, clients in Saudi Arabia, external postgraduate supervisor in Chuka
Sep 2000 → Aug 2019: Academic staff in ‘Physics and Astronomy’, University of Sheffield, UK
May 1998 – Aug 2000 : Postdoctoral research assistant, ‘Physics and Astronomy’, University of Sheffield, UK
Nov 1997 – April 1998: Scientific consultant, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
June 1996 – Oct 1997: DFG postdoctoral fellow, ’Physics and Astronomy’, University of Sheffield, UK
Feb – May 1996: Welsh Development Agency (WDA) Fellow, BioComposites Centre, Bangor, UK
Jan – Dec 1995: Marie Curie Fellow, Wood Science Group, School of Agriculture and Forest Science, University of Wales, Bangor.

EDUCATION

Oct 1991 – June 1994: PhD student in polymer physics at ‘Deutsches Kunststoff- Institut’ (DKI), TU Darmstadt, Germany, under Prof. J H Wendorff.
1989-1991: ‘Diplom’ project in liquid crystals group at DKI Darmstadt, Germany.
1985-1991: Student of physics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.

QUALIFICATIONS:
‘Diplom’ in Physics, 1st class, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, Feb 1991.
‘Dr. rer. nat.’, 1st class, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, July 1994.