Janine leads the division at BAM. She is additionally a professor.

CV

• August 2025 - today: Acting Head of the Division “Digital Materials Chemistry” at the BAM Berlin (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing)
• September 2023 - today: Professor for Materials Informatics at at the FSU Jena (Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Optics)
• May 2021 - July 2025: Junior Group Leader of the Group “Computational Materials Design” at the BAM Berlin (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing) (Department Materials Chemistry)
• January 2020: Visiting Researcher at University of Oxford (group of Prof. Volker Deringer) funded by HPC Europa3
• 2018-April 2021: Post-Doc position in the groups of Prof. Geoffroy Hautier at the Université catholique de Louvain (now at Rice) and Prof. Gian-Marco Rignanese at the Université catholique de Louvain
• 2013-2017: Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat, summa cum laude) in Computational Solid-State Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Richard Dronskowski, RWTH Aachen University
• 2012-2017: Courses in Computational Science at the Bachelor and Master of Science Level at Fernuni Hagen
• 2011-2013: Master of Science in Chemistry (summa cum laude), RWTH Aachen University
• 2008-2011: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University
• 2005-2008: Abitur at the Internatsschule Schloss Hansenberg

Awards

• 2024: ERC Starting Grant, Funding of 1.5 Million EUR for five years.
• 2023: Werner von Siemens Ring Stiftung Award for Young Scientists
• 2021: Falling Walls Finalist “Breakthrough of the Year” in the Category “Physical Sciences”.
• 2021: Junior Group Funding at BAM of Around One Million Euros for 5 Years.
• 2021: Offered Junior Professorship at TU Braunschweig (W1TTW2, Declined in Favor of the BAM Position).
• 2021: Liebig Fellowship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (Declined in Favor of the BAM Position).
• 2019: Poster prize, GDCh-Fachgruppe Theoretische Chemie.
  • Poster award at the Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, University of Rostock, 2019.
• 2019: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission.
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2018: Travel award for the MRS Fall Meeting 2018 in Boston.
• 2018: Poster prize, GDCh-Fachgruppe Festkörperchemie und Materialforschung.
  • Poster award at 19. Vortragstagung für Anorganische Chemie, 2018.
• 2018: Borchers Badge, proRWTH.
  • Award for Doctorate with Distinction (summa cum laude)
• 2014: Springorum Commemorative Coin, proRWTH.
  • Award for Master’s Degree with Distinction.
• 2014–2016: Chemiefonds Fellowship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie.
  • PhD Fellowship.
• 2010–2013: Deutschland/NRW-Stipendium, RWTH Aachen University/Grünenthal.
  • Promotion of Bachelor’s and Master’s Studies for 3 Years.
• 2010–2014: Dean’s List, RWTH Aachen University.
  • Four Years in the Top 5% of the RWTH Aachen University Students.