PhD, Dipl.-Chem. Andreas Metlen

ametlen@bama.ua.edu

 

 


Name:                                                 Andreas Metlen

 

Date and Place of Birth:                    March 22, 1976, Eupen, Belgium

 

Schools Attended and Degrees:

 

      1994-2001:                                    RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, Department of Chemistry,
Dipl.-Chem. Degree in Technical Chemistry, Advisor PD Dr. rer. Nat. P. Wasserscheid

 

      2001-2006:                                    RWTH Aachen / Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Assistant, PhD Candidate in Technical Chemistry, Advisor Prof. Dr. rer. nat. P. Wasserscheid

 

      2006-present:                                 The University of Alabama, Center for Green Manufacturing, Tuscaloosa, AL

                                                            Post-Doc, Advisor Prof. Dr. R. D. Rogers

 

Experiences:

 

      November 2006-present                Post-Doc at The University of Alabama

                                                            Synthesis of ionic liquids

                                                            Guidance of PhD and Masters students

                                                            Lecturer for Freshmen classes

 

      March 2006                                   Graduation

 

      2001-2005                                     Functionalization of aromatic compounds in the presence of ionic liquids
RWTH Aachen, Germany

                                                            University of Erlangen, Germany

 

Languages:                                         German- fluent

                                                            French - fluent

                                                            English - fluent

 

Current Project(s) and Funding:

 

                  DuPont
”Synthesis of imidazolium-based ionic liquids”

 

                  Army/AMTEC research grant
Demilitarization of Ammonium Perchlorate from Solid Rocket Fuels

 

Statistics:

 

      A.                 Publications: 1

      B.                 Patents: 2 filed

 

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Publications:

 

1.            N. Brausch, A. Metlen, P. Wasserscheid, “New, highly acidic ionic liquid systems and their application in the carbonylation of toluene.”, Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2004 Jul 7), (13), 1552-3.

 

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Posters and Presentations before National and International Meetings and Workshops:

 

1.            A. Metlen, P. Wasserscheid, K. Kühlein, M. Uerdingen, Nucleophilic halogen-exchange reactions in ionic liquids, Green Solvents for Synthesis, Bruchsal 2004.

2.            A. Metlen, P. Wasserscheid, K. Kühlein, M. Uerdingen, Nucleophilic fluorination in ionic liquids, Jahrestagung deutscher Katalytiker, Weimar 2004.

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Patents:

 

1.            P. Wasserscheid, K. Kühlein, A. Metlen, PCT Int. Appl. (2003), WO 2003106379

2.            P. Wasserscheid, A. Metlen, N. Brausch, PCT Int. Appl. (2005), WO 2005014547

 

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