Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann obtained his diploma degree in chemistry from the University in Karlsruhe, Germany (1982) and his PhD from the Technical University of Munich (1986). After finishing his habilitation thesis at the Technical University of Munich in 1993, he was appointed to be a professor for Analytical Chemistry at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in 1996. His research interest addresses the development of reagentless amperometric biosensors, micro-electrochemistry, miniaturization of biosensors, scanning electrochemical microscopy, combinatorial microelectrochemistry, electrochemical robotics, miniaturised sensors for local measurements at biological cells, biofuel cells, localized corrosion, microelectrochemical investigations of fuelcell catalyst and battery materials, new materials for electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis as well as the in-depth understanding of electrified interfaces.

• 1987 PhD (Physical Chemistry), Technical University Munich
• 1987–1995 Group leader "Amperometric Biosensors", Technical University Munich
• 1990 Visiting scholar at University of Texas, Austin (Prof. A. Heller)
• 1993 Habilitation (Chemistry) Technical University Munich
• 1996 – 2008 Assoc. Prof. of Analytical Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum
• 2008 - present Full Professor and Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum

• 2000 Biosensors & Bioelectronics Award
• 2005 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
• 2008 Julius-von-Haast Fellowship Award of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Humboldt Foundation
• 2011 Katsumi-Niki-Award of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
• 2012 Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
• 2014 Howard Fellowship of the University of New South Wales, Sydney
• 2014 Heyrovsky-Ilkovic-Nernst-Lecture of the GDCh, the Czech and the Slovak Chemical Societies
• 2016 Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2017 “Schulich Visiting Professor Lectureship” for 2018-19; Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa; Israel
• 2018 Alessando Volta Medal of the Electrochemical Society (ECS)

• GDCh
• RSC
• ECS
• ISE
• BES
• AGEF
• GeCatS

• 2007–2008 Chair of Division 2 “Bioelectrochemistry” of the International Society of Electrochemistry
• 2007–2010 Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum
• 2010–2012 Vicedean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum
• 2009 Chair of the Research Department „Interfacial Systems Chemistry“, Ruhr-University Bochum
• 2005–present Member and chair of the Board of AGEF “Arbeitsgemeinschaft elektrochemischer Forschungsinstitute

• Biosensors & Bioelectronics
• Electroanalysis
• ChemPlusChem
• ChemElectroChem
• ACS Sensors
• Langmuir
• Curr. Opin. Electrochem
• Kuratorium “Angewandte Chemie"