Ulrich S. Schubert

Prof Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert (born in 1969 in Tübingen, Germany) is chairman of the Kultur- und Sozialstiftung Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie (IJOA) (Cultural and Social Foundation International Youth Orchestra Academy) and artistic director of the Bayreuther Osterfestival. Main profession of Ulrich S. Schubert is being a university professor. He holds a chair for organic chemistry and macromolecular chemistry at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena.

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Biography

His musical education as clarinetist he gained in Frankfurt (Germany), Richmond and Tampa (both USA). Chamber orchestra courses lead him to the Abegg-Trio, Hagen-Quartett, Amadeua-Quartett, Prof. Jan Doormann and Prof. Francois Benda. He played in various cities in Europe and the USA.

In 1993 he founded the concert series “Forum Junger Musiker” in Bayreuth. Since then the Forum Junger Musiker presents chamber concerts at the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth. In 1994 Prof. Ulrich S. Schubert founded the Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie (IJOA) together with Dr. Andreas Göldel, Prof. August Everding and Sir Charles Mackerras. In 1995 he brought the Bayreuther Osterfestival into life.

The university professor Ulrich Schubert worked from 2000 until 2007 at the Eindhoven University of Technology where he held a chair for macromolecular chemistry and nanoscience. He was also member of the managing team of the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI). Since summer term 2007 he teaches at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and holds a chair for organic and macromolecular chemistry. (Until 2010 he will be a part-time university professor in Eindhoven as well as scientific chairman in the fields of HTE at the Dutch Polymer Institute).

Ulrich S. Schubert received a doctor’s degree in Bayreuth and qualified as professor in Munich. In the worldwide chemist ranking of 640.000 chemists he is ranked at place 564.

Research

The discovery and development of new materials from customized (macro)molecules, which can be used for example in medicine or bioscience.

Publication / Patent

Up to Oktober 2007 there are 330 publications and twelve patents by Prof. Schubert