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Dr. Sven Richter
  • Scientific co-worker (October 2021 - March 2022)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Formiate als Schlüsselverbindungen für neue (enantioselektive) Defunktionalisierungen mit Bor-Lewis-Säuren und Hydrosilanen" (February 2017 - September 2021)
  • Research Stay at the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley/USA with Professor Richmond Sarpong (June 2016 - December 2016)
  • Master Thesis at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen with Professor Lutz Ackermann: "Manganese-catalyzed C-H Bond Activation" (November 2015  - May 2016)
  • Research Stay at the University of Glasgow, Scotland with Professor J. Stephen Clark (August 2014 - October 2014)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen with Professor Lutz Ackermann: "Cobalt-catalyzed C-H Bond Activation with Organic Electrophiles" (May 2014 - July 2014)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen (Oktober 2011 - September 2016)
  • Present Position: Soon to be Postdoctoral with Professor Sarah Reisman, Caltech, Pasadena/USA funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (April 2022 - March 2023)
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Dr. Saravanakumar Elangovan
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (August 2019 - February 2022)
  • Post doc with Professor Katalin Barta, University of Groningen (February 2017-July 2019)
  • PhD with Professor Christophe Darcel, University of Rennes 1, France and Professor Matthias Beller, LIKAT, Germany: "Well-Defined Iron and Manganese Catalysts for Reduction and Dehydrogenation Reactions" (October 2013 - January 2017)
  • Master Thesis at University of Rennes 1, France with Professor Christophe Darcel and Professor Jean-Baptiste Sortais: "Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds via Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Well-Defined Manganese Complexes Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands" (September 2012 - June 2013)
  • Research associate in a Synthetic organic chemistry (R&D) lab at Syngene International Ltd, Bangalore, India. (February 2010 - August 2012)
  • Studies in Chemistry at St. Joseph’s college, Trichy, Tamilnadu, India. (June 2007 - May 2009)
  • Present Position: Ramanujan Faculty at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu,  India
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Dr. Phillip Pommerening
  • Teaching Associate (May 2020 - January 2022)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Entwicklung und Charakterisierung neuartiger, chiraler Vertreter des Tetrakis(pentafluorphenyl)borats und deren Anwendung in der Katalyse" (May 2016 - April 2020)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Darstellung von kationischen Ruthenium-Thiolat-Komplexen mit chiralen Gegenanionen" (August 2015 - March 2016)
  • Bachelor Thesis in Berlin: "Darstellung und Charakterisierung intramolekular Oxazolin-stablisierter Siliciumkationen" (July 2013 - December 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2010 - March 2016)
  • Present Position: Permanent Scientist at TU Berlin.
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Dou Hong, MSc
  • Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "C–Si bond formation by enantioselective conjugate addition of silylboronic esters to alkenyl-substituted phosphine oxides" (April 2021 - November 2021...defended March 2022)
  • Internship in Berlin (October 2020 - May 2021)
  • Bachelor Thesis at Nankai University, China with Professor Chi Zhang: "Hypervalent Iodine Mediated Synthesis of Isoquinolin-1(2H)-ones" (February 2019 - June 2019)
  • Exchange student at Heidelberg University, Germany (March 2018 - August 2018)
  • Studies in Chemistry at Nankai University, China (September 2015 - July 2019)
  • Present Position: Soon to be announced.
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Monika Ulrich
  • Chemisch-Technische Assistentin (August 2011 - December 2021)
  • Present Position: Retired
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Dr. Liangliang Zhang
  • PhD in Berlin: "Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Silyl Addition Reactions and C–Si Coupling Reactions" (October 2017 - October 2021)
  • Master Thesis at the Xiamen University, China with Professor Guo Tang and Professor Yufen Zhao: "Synthesis of 3-Arylsulfonylquinoline Derivatives and Phosphorothioates" (September 2014 - June 2017)
  • Postgraduate Studies in Chemistry at the Xiamen University, China (September 2014 - June 2017)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Shandong Normal University, China (September 2010 - June 2014)
  • Present Position: Soon to be Postdoctoral with Professor Ruben Martín, ICIQ, Tarragona/Spain
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Daiki Tanaka, MSc
  • Research Stay in Berlin (August 2021 - October 2021)
  • PhD Thesis at the Osaka University, Japan with Professor Makoto Yasuda (since April 2019)
  • Master Thesis at the Osaka University, Japan with Professor Makoto Yasuda: “Synthesis and Evaluation of Lewis Acid Catalysts with Molecular Recognition Ability by Introduction of Aromatic Rings around the Boron Center” (April 2017 - March 2019)
  • Graduate Studies in Chemistry at the Osaka University, Japan (April 2017 - March 2019)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Osaka University, Japan with Professor Makoto Yasuda: “Properties of Cage-shaped Borates with Various Substituents and Synthetic Study of Cage-shaped Tribenzylborane” (April 2016 - March 2017)
  • Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry at the Osaka University, Japan (April 2013 - March 2017)
  • Present Position: Continuing PhD research with Professor Makoto Yasuda, Osaka University, Osaka/Japan
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Dr. Wenbin Mao
  • PhD in Berlin: "Synthesis of α-Chiral Silanes by Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Silicon Nucleophiles to Unsaturated Acceptors" (October 2017 - September 2021)
  • Master Thesis at the University of Soochow, China with Professor Chen Zhu: "Synthesis of Butenolides from Keto Acids and Synthesis of Polycyclic Compounds from Ring-Fused Benzocyclobutenols" (September 2014 - June 2017)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the University of Soochow, China (September 2009 - June 2017)
  • Present Position: Soon to be Postdoctoral with Professor John F. Bower, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool/UK
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Prof. Dr. Johannes Teichert
  • Juniorprofessor (W1), Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin / Germany  (2016 - 2021)
  • Independent research group leader funded by a Liebig-Stipendium of the Fonds der chemischen Industrie, Technische Universität Berlin / Germany associated to the group of Prof. Dr. Martin Oestreich (2013 - 2016)
  • Postdoc at the ETH Zürich / Switzerland with Professor Dr. Jeffrey W. Bode: "Dynamic Combinatorial Polyol Sensors Based on Shapeshifting Bullvalenes" (2011 - 2013)
  • Ph.D. Thesis at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen / The Netherlands with Professor Dr. Ben L. Feringa: "Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Heterocycles" (2006 - 2010)
  • Diploma Thesis at the Philipps-Universität Marburg / Germany with Professor Dr. Gerhard Hilt: "Synthetic Studies of Planar-Chiral Iron Arene Complexes for Employment as Redox-Switchable Ligands" (2006)
  • Exchange Student at the Université Paul Sabatier (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), Toulouse / France with Professor Dr. Michel Etienne: "New Indazolylborate Niobium Alkyne Complexes and their Structural Investigation in Solid and Solution State" (August 2004 - April 2005)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Philipps-Universität Marburg / Germany (2001 - 2006)
  • Present Position: Full Professor (W3) at TU Chemnitz.
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Dr. Jonas Scharfbier
  • Scientific co-worker (March 2021 - June 2021)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Stereospezifische Darstellung α-chiraler Tetraorganosilane mittels Kupfer(I)-katalysierter Silylierung aktivierter enantiomerenangereicherter Alkylelektrophile" (March 2016 - February 2021)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Nukleophile Substitution mit katalytisch erzeugten Kupfer(I)-Silicium-Komplexen am gesättigten Kohlenstoffatom" (Juni 2015 - Dezember 2015)
  • Research Stay at the University of Manchester, Manchester/England with Professor David J. Procter (January 2015 - March 2015)
  • Bachelor Thesis in Berlin: "Oxidative Palladium(II)-katalysierte C7-Alkenylierung von Indolinen" (July 2013 - December 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2010 - December 2015)
  • Present Position: Soon to be announced.
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Novid Kazeroonian, MSc
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Diastereoselektive kinetische Racematspaltung sekundärer Alkohole in Neopentylstellung mittels Cu–H-katalysierter Si–O-Kupplung" (June 2020 - March 2021)
  • Research Stay at Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein/Switzerland (August 2019 - October 2019)
  • Bachelor Thesis in Berlin: "Darstellung und Charakterisierung eines schwefelstabilisierten Bis(binaphthyl)-basierten Siliciumkations und dessen Anwendung in enantioselektiven Diels–Alder Reaktionen" (October 2017 - February 2018)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (since October 2014)
  • Present Position: Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein/Switzerland
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Dr. Weiqiang Chen
  • PhD in Berlin: "Ionic Rearomatization of Cyclohexa-1,4-dienes: A Signpost for Surrogate Design" (October 2016 - September 2020...defended in March 2021)
  • Reseach Stay at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS with Professor Guozhu Zhang (July 2014 - May 2016)
  • Master Thesis at the Fudan University, China with Professor Huadong Wang: "Metal-Free Hydrogenation of Unfunctionalized Olefins" (September 2012 - July 2014)
  • Graduate Studies in Chemistry at the Fudan University, China (September 2012 - July 2014)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Fuzhou University, China with Professor Yaofeng Yuan: "Design and Synthesis of New Organic Ionic Liquids" (September 2011 - July 2012)
  • Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry at the Fuzhou University, China (September 2008 - July 2012)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Joseph Moran, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg/France
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Benjamin Groß, MSc
  • Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "Synthese eines helikal chiralen Tritylkations über Anellierung mittels palladiumkatalysierter Carbonylierung und dessen Anwendung in der Katalyse" (June 2020 - February 2021)
  • Research Stay at the University of California, Irvine with Professor Christopher D. Vanderwal: "Total Synthesis of Abietane Diterpenoids via Co-catalyzed Polyene Cyclizations" (October 2019 - March 2019)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "Stereospecific Copper(I)-catalyzed Nucleophilic Silylation of Benzylic Ammonium Triflates" (July 2018 - September 2018)
  • Internship in Medicinal Chemistry at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (September 2017)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2015 - February 2021)
  • Present Position: Graduate Student at Caltech, Pasadena/USA.
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Pedro Henrique Helou de Oliveira, MSc
  • Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "Untersuchungen zum Mechanismus der Cu–H-katalysierten enantioselektiven Kupplung von Alkoholen und Hydrosilanen" (July 2020 - January 2021)
  • Research stay at the University of Edinburgh, UK with Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones: "Mechanistic Studies on the (trialkylsilyl)trifluoromethane-Mediated Silylation of Arenes" (October 2019 - March 2020)
  • Research stay at the RWTH Aachen with Professor Walter Leitner: "Quantenchemische Untersuchungen der Mangankatalysierten Methylierung von Aminen mit Methanol" (April 2019 - July 2019)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the RWTH Aachen with Professor Franziska Schoenebeck: "Pd(I)-Katalysierte Reaktivitätsuntersuchung" (April 2018 - July 2018)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the RWTH Aachen (October 2015 - January 2021)
  • Present Position: Graduate Student at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh/UK with Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones
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Julien Fuchs, MSc
  • Scientific Co-Worker in Berlin (October 2015 - December 2020)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Mechanistische Untersuchungen zur Hydrosilylierung von Carbonylverbindungen mit Nikonovs kationischem Ruthenium(II)-Komplex" (April 2015 - September 2015)
  • Research Stay at Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein/Switzerland (August 2014 - October 2014)
  • Bachelor Thesis in Berlin: "Optimierung von Syntheserouten zu 2,2,5,5-tetrasubstituierten Silacyclopentanen" (June 2013 - September 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2010 - September 2015)
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Dr. Huaquan Fang
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (November 2018 - November 2020)
  • PhD Thesis at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences with Professor Zheng Huang: "New Pincer Ruthenium Complexes for Catalytic Activation and Conversion of Inert Chemical Bonds" (September 2013 - July 2018)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Beijing Normal University, China with Professor Guohua Hou: "Synthesis of Chiral Diphosphine Ligands Based on the Skeleton of Ferrocene" (October 2012 - June 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Beijing Normal University, China (September 2009 - July 2013)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Varinder K. Aggarwal, University of Bristol, Bristol/UK
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Hendrik Simon, MSc
  • Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "Mechanistische Untersuchungen zur Si–H-Bindungsaktivierung mit Übergangsmetalloxokomplexen" (February 2020 - September 2020)
  • Research Stay at the RWTH Aachen with Professor Franziska Schoenebeck: "Computational chemistry calculations for homogeneous and nanoparticle catalyzed Heck Reaction"
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin with Professor Roderich Suessmuth: "Synthese und photometrische Vermessung von ortho-Nitrobenzylalkoholderivaten als spaltbare Linker für die HPLC-freie Peptidaufreinigung"
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2015 - September 2020)
  • Present Position: Graduate Student at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen/Germany with Professor Lutz Ackermann
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Shintaro Kamio, MSc
  • Research Stay in Berlin (October 2019 - September 2020)
  • PhD studies at the Hiroshima University, Japan with Professor Hiroto Yoshida (since April 2019)
  • Master Thesis at the Hiroshima University, Japan with Professor Hiroto Yoshida: "Development of direct introduction and transformation reactions of Masked Boryl moiety" (April 2017 - March 2019) 
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Hiroshima University, Japan with Professor Hiroto Yoshida: "Transition metal catalyzed borylation reactions using unsymmetrical diborons" (April 2016 - March 2017)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Hiroshima University, Japan (since April 2013)
  • Present Position: PhD studies at the Hiroshima University, Japan with Professor Hiroto Yoshida
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Dr. Daniel Janßen-Müller
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by a Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (October 2019 - September 2020)
  • Postdoc at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) with Professor Ruben Martin funded by a Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: "Homogeneous Nickel-Catalyzed Activation of C–N bonds" (May 2017 - June 2019)
  • PhD Thesis at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster with Professor Frank Glorius: "Enantioselective NHC-Organocatalysis" (November 2013 - April 2017)
  • Master Thesis at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster with Professor Frank Glorius: "Intramolecular NHC-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroacylation for the Formation of Complex Carbocycles" (April 2013 - September 2013)
  • Research stay at the University of Texas at Austin, USA with Professor Christopher W. Bielawski: "Synthesis of (Aryl)(Amido)Carbenes" (September 2012 - March 2013).
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster with Professor Andreas Heuer: "Markov-Analysis of the Dynamics of Biomolecules" (March 2011 - June 2011).
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2008 - September 2013)
  • Present Position: Habilitand with Professor Lutz Ackermann at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen/Germany funded by a Liebig fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
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Dr. Guoqiang Wang
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the China Scholarship Council (September 2019 - August 2020)
  • Associate researcher at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (November 2016 - August 2019)
  • PhD Thesis at Nanjing University, Shanghai, China with Professor Shuhua Li: "Computational Design of a Novel B-B Bond Activation Mode and Its Synthetic Utilities" (September 2012 - May 2016)
  • Master Thesis at Henan University, China with Professor Guoqiang Hu: "Structural Modification and Anti-tuberculosis Reactivity of Quinolones" (September 2009 - June 2012)
  • Studies in Pharmacy at HeNan University, China (September 2005 - June 2009)
  • Present Position: Associate researcher at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Dr. Jian-Jun Feng
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (September 2017 - August 2020)
  • Lecturer at East China Normal University, Shanghai/China (July 2014 - March 2017)
  • Senior Synthetic Chemist at the WuXi AppTec, Shanghai/China (July 2013 - July 2014)
  • PhD Thesis at East China Normal University, Shanghai/China with Professor Junliang Zhang: "Rhodium-Catalyzed Tandem Cyclization of Vinylic Oxiranes with Alkynes" (September 2010 - May 2013)
  • Master Thesis at the East China University of Science and Technology and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China with Professor Min Shi and Professor  Wei-Liang Duan: "Research on Chiral PCP-Pincer Palladium Complexes and N-heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)-Copper Complexes-Catalyzed Hydrophosphination of Michael Acceptors" (September 2007 - June 2010)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China (September 2003 - June 2007)
  • Present Position: Professor at Hunan University, Changsha City/China
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Dr. Polina Shaykhutdinova
  • PhD in Berlin: "Chirale schwefelstabilisierte Siliciumkationen als Lewis-Säure-Katalysatoren für enantioselektive Diels–Alder-Reaktionen" (November 2015 - September 2019...defended in June 2020)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Schwefelstabilisierte Siliciumkationen eingebettet in eine chirale Umgebung aus zwei 1,1‘-Binaphthylen" (March 2015 - September 2015)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin with Professor Karola Rück-Braun: "Synthese und Charakterisierung eines Naphthopyrans" (May 2013 - December 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2009 - September 2015)
  • Present Position: High School Teacher (Candidate)
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Dr. Patrizio Orecchia
  • PhD in Berlin: "Boron Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Transfer Reactions Towards Alkenes" (October 2016 - September 2019)
  • Master Thesis at the La Sapienza University, Rome with Professor Marta Feroci and Professor Maria Antonietta Loreto and at the Covestro AG, Leverkusen with Doctor Frank Richter: "Synthesis and Reactivity of Short-Chain Aliphatic Diisocyanates" (January 2015 - October 2015)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the La Sapienza University, Rome with Professor Marta Feroci and Professor Maria Antonietta Loreto: "Electrochemical Synthesis of Aromatic Esters. Proof of a Possible Intermediate" (June 2013 - December 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the La Sapienza University, Rome (October 2010 - July 2016)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral at CaRLa - Catalysis Research Laboratory, Heidelberg/Germany
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Dr. Johannes Walker
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (January 2018 - December 2019)
  • PhD Thesis at Oxford University, United Kingdom with Professor Tim Donohoe: "Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of (+)-Lophotoxin and Site-selective Modification of the Thiopeptide Anticancer Natural Product Thiostrepton” (October 2013 - September 2017)
  • Master Thesis at Oxford University, United Kingdom with Professor Tim Donohoe: “Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Inthomycin C” (September 2012 - July 2013)
  • Research Stay at Astrazeneca, Alderley Park, United Kingdom (July 2012 - September 2012)
  • Studies in Chemistry at Oxford University, United Kingdom (September 2009 - July 2013)
  • Present Position: Juniorprofessor at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen/Germany
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Dr. Clément Chauvier
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (March 2018 - December 2019)
  • PhD Thesis at CEA Saclay, France with Dr. Thibault Cantat: "Novel transfer hydroboration and hydrosilylation processes with formic acid based renewable reductants” (September 2014 - December 2017)
  • Master Thesis at CEA Saclay, France with Dr. Thibault Cantat: “Boron-based catalysts for the metal-free dehydrogenation of formic acid to H2 and CO2” (February 2014 - August 2014)
  • Research Stay at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland with Professor Jérôme Waser (April 2013 – September 2013)
  • Research Stay at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with Professor Rick L. Danheiser (March 2012 - August 2012)
  • Studies in Chemistry at École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (September 2010 - June 2014)
  • Present Position: Professor at Sorbonne Université, Paris/France
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Dr. Lars Süße
  • Scientific co-worker (July 2019 - December 2019)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Axial-chirale Bor- und Phosphor-Lewis-Säuren als Katalysatoren in der Carbonylhydrosilylierung und Nazarov-Cyclisierung" (November 2015 - June 2019)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Darstellung eines elektronenarmen Borans mit chiralem 3,3'-disubstituiertem Binaphthylrückgrat für die enantioselektive Carbonylhydrosilylierung" (April 2015 - September 2015)
  • Research Stay at Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein/Switzerland (August 2014 - October 2014)
  • Bachelor Thesis in Berlin: "1,4-Selektive Reduktion von Pyridinen durch katalytische Hydroborierung mit Boreniumionen" (June 2013 - August 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2010 - September 2015)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Brian M. Stoltz, Caltech, Pasadena/USA funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (January 2020 - December 2020)
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Dr. Weichao Xue
  • Scientific co-worker (July 2019 - November 2019)
  • PhD in Berlin (funded by the China Scholarship Council): "Metal-Catalyzed Radical C(sp3)–Si/Ge Cross-Coupling Reactions" (October 2015 - June 2019)
  • Master Thesis at the Shanghai University, China with Professor Hegui Gong: "Ni-Catalyzed Reductive Cyclization, Methylation and Esterification of Alkyl Halides" (September 2012 - July 2015)
  • Postgraduate Studies at the Shanghai University, China (September 2012 - July 2015)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Henan University Kaifeng, China with Professor Feng Shi: "From 1,3-Dipoles to Heteroaromatics by Aryne Cycloaddition and Catalytic C-H Alkynylation" (April 2010 - June 2012)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Henan University Kaifeng, China (September 2008 - June 2012)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Jonathan R. Nitschke, University of Cambridge, Cambridge/UK funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (December 2019 - November 2021)
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Dr. Qian Wu
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (October 2017 - November 2019)
  • Postdoc in Nankai University, Tianjin/China with Professor Qilin Zhou (July 2016 - September 2017)
  • PhD Thesis at Sichuan University, China with Professor Jingsong You: "Coinage Metal-Promoted New Functional Group Transformations and Mechanistic Studies" (September 2011 - June 2016)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Sichuan University, China (September 2007 - June 2011)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Nagoya University, Nagoya/Japan (January 2020 - December 2021)
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Dr. Hong Yi
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (October 2017 - November 2019)
  • PhD Thesis at Wuhan University, China with Professor Aiwen Lei: "Mechanism Research and Reactions Development of Radical C–H Activation" (September 2012 - June 2017)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Wuhan University, China (September 2008 - June 2012)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Cathleen Crudden, Nagoya University, Nagoya/Japan (January 2020 - December 2021)
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Dr. Francis Forster
  • Scientific co-worker (May 2019 - September 2019)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Kooperative Bindungsaktivierung von Al­­-H- und Sn-H-Bindungen in Hydroalanen bzw. -stannanen für die Katalyse" (November 2015 - March 2019)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Konkurrenz zwischen Hydrosilylierung und dehydrierender C-H-Silylierung von Alkenen katalysiert durch Ru-S-Komplexe" (April 2015 - September 2015)
  • Research Stay at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel/Switzerland (August 2014 - October 2014)
  • Bachelor Thesis in Berlin: "Si─H-Bindungsaktivierung mit LEWIS-Säuren an siliciumstereogenen Silanen" (May 2013 - September 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2010 - September 2015)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Tomislav Rovis, Columbia University, New York/USA funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (January 2020 - December 2020)
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Vittorio Bonetti, MSc
  • Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "Untersuchung der Reaktivität von lösungsmittelstabilisierten Siliciumkationen gegenüber gespannten Ringen" (March 2019 - August 2019)
  • Research Stay at Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG, Stein/Switzerland (August 2018 - Oktober 2018)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin with Professor Martin Oestreich: "Darstellung eines Phosphoniumions mit Binaphthylrückgrat für enantioselektive Hydrosilylierungen" (April 2017 - August 2017)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2014 - August 2019)
  • Present Position: Company in Italy
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Dr. Maria Vogler
  • PhD in Berlin: "Synthese und Anwendung kationischer bor- und phosphorbasierter Lewis-Säurekatalysatoren" (November 2015 - May 2019)
  • Master Thesis at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon/France with Professor Olivier Baudoin: "Constructions of delta-Lactames by Pd(0)-catalyzed Intramolecular C(sp3)-H Alkenylation" (February 2015 - August 2015)
  • Research Stay at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon/France with Professor Olivier Baudoin (August 2013 - September 2013)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Freie Universität Berlin with Professor Christian Müller: "Entwicklung funktionalisierter Phosphinine und Pyridine zur Darstellung neuartiger Koordinationsverbindungen" (November 2012 - Januar 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin (April 2010 - September 2015)
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Dr. Lukas Omann
  • Scientific co-worker (September 2018 - May 2019)
  • PhD in Berlin (funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie): "C‒H-Silylierung und C‒H-Formylierung von Aromaten unter Verwendung kationischer Siliciumelektrophile" (December 2014 - August 2018)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Katalytische Synthese von Dibenzo[b,d]silolen durch Sila-Friedel-Crafts-Ringschluss" (May 2014 - September 2014)
  • Postgraduate Studies at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2012 - September 2014)
  • Research Stay at Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Berlin (March 2012 - August 2012)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Technische Universität Graz with Professor Rolf Breinbauer: "Untersuchungen von Halogen-Magnesium-Austauschreaktionen zur Synthese bifunktionalisierter Pyridine als Bausteine peptidomimetischer Teraryle" (February 2011 - November 2011)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Graz (October 2008 - January 2012)
  • Present Position: LANXESS AG, Leverkusen/Germany
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Dr. Weiming Yuan
  • Postdoc in Berlin (November 2016 - October 2018)
  • Postdoc at Stockholm University/Sweden, Professor Kalman J. Szabó (August 2014 - October 2016)
  • PhD Thesis at The East China Normal University/China, Professor Shengming Ma: “Copper-catalyzed Borylcupration of Allenes and Alkynes with Bis(pinacolato)diboron” (September 2009 - July 2014)
  • Studies in Chemistry at The East China Normal University, China (September 2005 - June 2009)
  • Present Position: Assistant Professor at HUST (HuaZhong University of Science & Technology), Wuhan/China
 
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Dr. Susanne Bähr
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Frances Arnold, Caltech, Pasadena/USA funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (November 2018 - October 2019)
  • Scientific co-worker (May 2018 - October 2018)
  • PhD in Berlin (funded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes): "Enantioselektive Reduktionen mit Ru-S-Komplexen und Untersuchung der zugrundeliegenden Mechanismen" (October 2014 - April 2018)
  • Master Thesis at the Ludwig-Maximillians Universität München with Professor Paul Knochel: "Synthesis and Reactions of New Heterocyclic Building Blocks" (März 2014 - September 2014)
  • Research Stay at the National University of Singapore, Singapore with Professor Han Vinh Huynh (August 2012 - September 2012)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Freie Universität Berlin with Professor Hans-Ulrich Reißig: "Synthese neuer Terpyridine" (März 2012 - Juni 2012)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin (October 2009 - September 2014)
  • Present Position: Evonik Industries AG, Hanau/Germany
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Takuya Kinoshita, MSc
  • Research Stay in Berlin (July - September 2018)
  • PhD studies at the Osaka University, Japan with Professor Sensuke Ogoshi (since April 2016)
  • Master Thesis at the Osaka University, Japan with Professor Sensuke Ogoshi: "Control of the Generation of Frustrated Lewis Pairs from Thermoresponsive Classical Lewis Adduct" (April 2014 - March 2016) 
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Osaka University, Japan with Professor Sensuke Ogoshi: "Development of N-phosphine oxide stubstituted imidazolylidene" (April 2013 - March 2014)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Osaka University, Japan (since April 2010)
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Dr. Xichang Dong
  • PhD in Berlin (funded by the China Scholarship Council): "Silylation-Based Kinetic Resolution of Structurally Unbiased Alcohols Enabled by Cu‒H-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Coupling with Hydrosilanes" (October 2014 - September 2018)
  • Master Thesis at the Sun Yat-sen University with Professor Lei Zhou: "Visbible-Light Induced Generation of Trifluoroacetimidoyl Radical and its Applications in Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl Substituted Heterocycles" (September 2012 - July 2014)
  • Postgraduate Studies in Chemistry at the Sun Yat-sen University (September 2012 - July 2014)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Qufu Normal University (September 2008 - July 2012)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Bill Morandi, ETH Zürich/Switzerland (October 2018 - September 2019)
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Dr. Digvijay Porwal
  • PhD in Berlin (funded by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst): "Contributions to B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Deoxygenation and Defunctionalization Reactions" (October 2014 - February 2018/September 2018)
  • Master Thesis at the National Chemical Laboratory with Dr. A. T. Biju: "Multicomponent Reactions involving Arynes, Phosphines and Carbonyls" (June 2013 - April 2014)
  • Research Stay at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune with Professor R. G. Bhat (April 2010 - July 2011)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (October 2009 - May 2014)
  • Present Position: Selvita S.A.​, Poznan/Poland
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Dr. Hamideh Hazrati
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by a Georg Forster Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (April 2016 - July 2018)
  • Postdoc at Royan Institute, Tehran/Iran funded by INSF, Professor Hossein Baharvand (February 2014 - March 2016)
  • PhD Thesis at University of Tehran/Iran, Dr. Farnaz Jafarpour: “Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Halogen Bond Forming Reactions via Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Activation as well as Decarboxylation Reactions” (October 2009 - September 2013)
  • Master Thesis at University of Tehran/Iran, Dr. Farnaz Jafarpour: “Synthesis of benzocarbazole via Norbornene-Mediated Palladium-Catalyzed Alkylation/Direct Arylation reaction” (October 2007 - September 2009)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the University of Theran, Iran (October 2003 - September 2007)
  • Present Position: InnoSyn B.V., Geleen/The Netherlands
 
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Victoria Rendón López, BSc
  • Research Stay in Berlin (May 2017 - April 2018)
  • PhD at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico with Professor Oracio Serrano (since August 2013)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico with Professor Jorge A. López: "Synthesis and Characterization of Neutral and Anionic Pd(II) Complexes" (August 2012 - February 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico (August 2008 - December 2012)
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Ryosuke Shishido, MSc
  • Research Stay in Berlin (January – March 2018)
  • PhD Thesis at the Hokkaido University, Japan with Professor Hajime Ito (since April 2017)
  • Master Thesis at the Hokkaido University, Japan with Professor Hajime Ito: “The Synthesis and Application of Novel Air- and Moisture-stable Tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl Boranes” (April 2015 – March 2017)
  • Graduate Studies in Chemistry at the Hokkaido University, Japan (April 2015 – March 2017)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Hokkaido University, Japan with Professor Hajime Ito: “Development of Novel Air- and Moisture-Stable Silylborane Reagents” (April 2014 – March 2015)
  • Under Graduate Studies in Chemistry at the Hokkaido University, Japan (April 2011 – March 2015)
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Yuji Kita, MSc
  • Research Stay in Berlin (November 2017 - January 2018)
  • PhD Thesis at the Osaka University, Japan with Professor Makoto Yasuda (since April 2016)
  • Master Thesis at the Osaka University, Japan with Professor Makoto Yasuda: "The direct transformation of simple alkenes with organosilicon nucleophiles by using group 13 metals" (April 2014 - March 2016)
  • Graduate Studies in Chemistry at the Osaka University, Japan (April 2014 - March 2016)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Osaka University, Japan with Professor Makoto Yasuda: "The influence of elimination group on the turnover limiting step of gallium catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of enol derivatives with silyl ketene acetals" (April 2013 - March 2014)
  • Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry at the Osaka University, Japan (April 2010 - March 2014)
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Takeshi Komiyama, MSc
  • Research Stay in Berlin (November in 2017)
  • PhD Thesis at Chuo University, Japan with Professor Tamejiro Hiyama. (since 2016)
  • Master Thesis at Chuo University, Japan with Professor Tamejiro Hiyama "Rapid Synthesis of Oligoarenes using Tetraorganosilanes" (April 2014 – March 2016)
  • Graduate Studies in Chemistry at Chuo University, Japan (April 2014 – March 2016)
  • Bachelor Thesis at Chuo University, Japan with Professor Tamejiro Hiyama "Straightforward Synthesis of HOMSi Reagents via Ir-catalyzed C–H Silylation of Arenes" (April 2013 – March 2014)
  • Under Graduate Studies in Chemistry at Chuo University, Japan (April 2010 – March 2014)
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Dr. Sebastian Keeß
  • Postdoctoral with Professor David W. C. MacMillan, Princeton/USA funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (June 2018 - August 2019)
  • Scientific co-worker (November 2017 - May 2018)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Bor-Lewis-Säure-katalysierte Aktivierung von substituierten Cyclohexa-1,4-dienen: Anwendungen als Transferreagenzien in der Synthesechemie" (April 2014 - September 2017)
  • Research Stay at Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal (October 2013 - March 2014)
  • Master Thesis at the RWTH Aachen with Professor Magnus Rueping: "Untersuchungen zu asymmetrischen organokatalytischen Transferhydrierungen in der Schwingmühle" (April 2013 - September 2013)
  • Research Stay at the University of York, York/England with Professor James Clark (October 2012 - December 2012)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the RWTH Aachen with Professor Dieter Enders: "Untersuchungen zur asymmetrischen organokatalytischen Domino-Synthese von hochsubstituierten Cyclohexanen" (April 2011 - July 2011)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the RWTH Aachen (October 2008 - September 2013)
  • Present Position: AbbVie, Ludwigshafen/Germany
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Dr. Simon Wübbolt
  • Scientific co-worker (November 2017 - January 2018)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Kooperative Si-H-Bindungsaktivierung an einem Ru-S-Komplex mit axial chiralem Rückgrat: Anwendung in katalytischen asymmetrischen Reduktionen" (February 2014 - October 2017)
  • Master Thesis at the Trinity College Dublin, Dublin/Ireland with Professor Mathias Senge and at the Universität Oldenburg with Professor Jens Christoffers: "Versuche zur Synthese neuer nichtplanarer Porphyrine" (September 2012 - March 2013)
  • Bachelor Thesis at Universität Oldenburg with Professor Jens Christoffers: "Versuche zur Synthese neuer 3-Arylpiperidinderivate" (April 2011 - August 2011)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Universität Oldenburg (October 2008 - January 2014)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Timothy J. Donohoe, Oxford/UK funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (May 2018 - April 2019)
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Dr. Polina Smirnov
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Minerva Foundation (November 2015 - October 2017)
  • Research Stay in Berlin (July 2014 - September 2014)
  • PhD at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa/Israel with Professor Ilan Marek: "Stereoselective Synthesis via a Zn-Brook-Rearrangement Followed by an Ene-Allene Carbocyclization Reaction" (March 2009 - April 2015)
  • Studies in Biochemistry at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology (September 2004 - September 2008)
  • Present Position: Assistant Editor (European Journal of Organic Chemistry & Angewandte Chemie) at Wiley-VCH, Weinheim/Germany
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Dr. Carolin Fopp
  • PhD in Berlin: "Stereodivergente ionische und radikalische Silylzinkierungen von α-heteroatomsubstituierten C-C-Dreifachbindungen" (November 2013 - August 2017)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Regioselektive Addition von Silylanionen und Silylradikalen an C-C-Dreifachbindungen" (April 2013 - October 2013)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Freie Universität Berlin with Professor Hans-Ulrich Reißig: "Synthese und Folgereaktionen von Pyrimidin-N-oxiden" (August 2011 - October 2011)
  • Research Stay at ASCA GmbH - Angewandte Synthesechemie Adlershof (August 2010 - October 2010)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin (October 2008 - October 2013)
  • Present Position: LGC Standards, Luckenwalde/Germany
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Dr. Enrique E. Maroto
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (October 2015 - June 2017).
  • Lecturer at the Univeristy of Yachay, Ecuador (August 2014 - September 2015).
  • Postdoc at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain with Professor Nazario Martín (March 2013 - June 2014).
  • PhD Thesis at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain with Professor Nazario Martín: "Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Fullerenes (December 2007 - October 2012).
  • Research Stay at the Rijksuniveristät of Groningen, the Netherlands with Professor J. C. Hummelen (July 2007 - December 2007)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain with Professor Nazario Martín: "Functionalization of Fullerenes" (February 2006 - July 2007).
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain (October 2002 - September 2007).
 
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Dr. Qin Yin
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (January 2015 - June 2017)
  • PhD Thesis at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS. with Professor Shuli You: "Organocatalytic Asymmetric Functionalization of Indole and Halogenation" (September 2009 - June 2014)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Hunan Normal University in Changsha/China (September 2005 - June 2009)
  • Present Position: Associate Professor with Professor Xumu Zhang at the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen/China
 
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Dr. Manish Pareek
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Vincent Gandon, Université Paris-Sud/France
  • PhD in Berlin: "Activation of Boron–Boron, Tin–Silicon, and Tin–Tin Bonds: Application in Carbon–Element (E = B and Sn) Bond Forming Reactions and Site-Selective Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions" (October 2013 - March 2017)
  • Master Thesis at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali/India with Dr. R. Vijaya Anand: "Base Mediated 5-endo-dig Cyclization of N-Propargyl Proline Derivatives: A facile Approach to Pyrrolizidine Scaffolds" (August 2012 - May 2013)
  • Research Stay at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster/Germany, with Dr. Olga Garcia Mancheno (May 2012 - July 2012)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (August 2008 - May 2013)
  • Present Position: Sygnature Discovery, Nottingham/UK
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Sofiya Marinova, MSc
  • Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "Enantioselective Nazarov Cyclizations Catalyzed by Chiral Electron-Deficient Boranes" (October 2016 - April 2017)
  • Research stay at Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf, with Doctor Christina Despotopoulou (September 2015 - February 2016)
  • Master Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin (October 2014 - April 2017)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Jacobs University Bremen with Professor Thomas Nugent: "Organocatalytic Aldol Reactions" (September 2013 - June 2014)
  • Research stay at the Durham University, UK with Professor Andrew Whiting (June 2013 - August 2013)
  • Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry at the Jacobs University Bremen (September 2011 - June 2014)
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Dr. Qing-An Chen
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (June 2015 - April 2017).
  • Postdoc at the University of California, Irvine with Professor Vy M. Dong: "Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydroacylations" (August 2012 - May 2015).
  • PhD Thesis at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences with Professor Yong-Gui Zhou: "Biomimetic Asymmetric Hydrogenations Promoted by NAD(P)H Models" (September 2007 - July 2012).
  • Bachelor Thesis at the University of Science and Technology of China, China with Professor Tian-Pa You: "Nickel-Catalyzed Cascade Ullmann-Pinacol Couplings" (September 2006 - June 2007).
  • Studies in Chemistry at the University of Science and Technology of China, China (September 2003 - July 2007).
  • Present Position: Assistant Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian, China
 
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Hiroaki Ogasawara, MSc
  • Research Stay in Berlin (January 2017 - March 2017)
  • PhD Thesis at the Nagoya University, Japan with Professor Shigehiro Yamaguchi (since April 2016)
  • Master Thesis at the Nagoya University, Japan with Professor Shigehiro Yamaguchi: "Development of Ratiometric Sodium Ion Probe based on Benzo-b-phosphole Oxide Fluorophore" (April 2014 - March 2016)
  • Graduate Studies in Chemistry at the Nagoya University, Japan (April 2014 - March 2016)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the University of the Ryukyus, Japan with Professor Toshimasa Suzuka: "Dechlorination of Aryl Chlorides with a Polymer-supported Palladium Catalyst in Water and Seawater" (April 2013 - March 2014)
  • Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry at the University of the Ryukyus, Japan (April 2010 - March 2014)
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Dr. Indranil Chatterjee
  • Postdoc in Berlin (June 2014 - November 2016)
  • Postdoc at ICIQ Tarragona, Tarragona/Spain Professor Paolo Melchiorre (March 2012 - February 2014)
  • PhD Thesis at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, with Professor Armido Studer: "Catalytic Enantioselective Cycloaddition Reactions of Nitrosopyridine with Different Acceptors" (October 2008 - February 2012)
  • Master Thesis at the IIT Kharagpur in Kharagpur/India with Professor Jayanta K. Roy: "Synthesis of carbocycles and use of Pd-catalysis" (September 2007 - August 2008)
  • Postgraduate Studies at the IIT Kharagpur in Kharagpur/India (September 2006 - August 2008)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Calcutta University in Calcutta/India (June 2002 - August 2006)
  • Present Position: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India
 
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Eva Korytiaková, MSc
  • Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin (February 2016 - September 2016)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin with Professor Roderich Süssmuth: "Synthetic Studies towards retro-Feglymycin" (Mai 2014 - Oktober 2014)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin funded by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (since October 2011)
  • Present Position: Graduate Student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München/Germany with Professor Thomas Carell
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Dr. Gerald Pratsch
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by a Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (December 2015 - September 2016)
  • Postdoc at University of California, Irvine with Professor Larry Overman funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (November 2013 - October 2015)
  • PhD Thesis at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg with Professor Markus Heinrich: "Entwicklung radikalchemischer Verfahren zur Biarylsynthese" (April 2010 - October 2013)
  • Master Thesis at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg with Professor Markus Heinrich and Professor Thorsten Bach: "Neue radikalchemische Synthesestrategien für Biarylalkohole" (September 2009 - March 2010)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the TU München with Professor Olaf Hinrichsen: "Synthese und Charakterisierung von geträgerten Goldkatalysatoren" (March 2008 - June 2008).
  • Studies in Chemistry at the TU München (October 2005 - March 2010)
  • Present Position: Sachverständiger at Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart/Germany
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Dr. Alexander Hensel
  • Scientific coworker (June 2016 - September 2016)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Asymmetrische Katalyse mit Siliciumnukleophilen aus verschiedenen Siliciumquellen unter Verwendung präformierter NHC-Kupfer(I)-Komplexe" (November 2012 - May 2016)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Asymmetrische Addition von Silicium- und Bornukleophilen an elektronenarme Styrole" (April 2012 - September 2012)
  • Research Stay at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel/Switzerland (September 2011 - December 2011)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster: "Untersuchungen zur Synthese des C2-C5-Kernfragments von Preussin" (June 2010 - July 2010)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2007 - September 2012)
  • Present Position: OXEA Service GmbH, Oberhausen/Germany
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Dr. Jens Mohr
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Lutz Ackermann, Georg-August Universität Göttingen/Germany funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (October 2018 - February 2019)
  • Postdoctoral with Professor David W. C. MacMillan, Princeton/USA funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (October 2016 - September 2018)
  • Scientific coworker (April 2016 - July 2016)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Vollständig und teilweise fluorierte Triarylborane als Lewis-Säure-Katalysatoren: Synthese und Anwendungen in der H-H- und Si-H-Bindungsaktivierung" (November 2012 - March 2016)
  • Master Thesis in Berlin: "Darstellung chiraler Borate als schwach koordinierende Gegenanionen für Siliciumkationen" (April 2012 - September 2012)
  • Research Stay at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel/Switzerland (August 2011 - October 2011)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster: "Synthese funktionalisierter Alkohole mit schwachem sigma-Donor: Anwendung in der diastereoselektiven Silicium-Sauerstoff-Kupplung" (June 2010 - July 2010)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2007 - September 2012)
  • Present Position: Dottikon ES Holding AG, Dottikon/Switzerland
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Dr. Alice Lefranc
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (January 2015 - June 2016)
  • PhD Thesis at the University of Geneva, Switzerland with Professor Alexandre Alexakis: "Organocatalysed Domino Enanioselective Construction of Mono - and Polycyclic Structures" (September 2010 - July 2014)
  • Master Thesis at the Claude Bernard University with Professor Olivier Baudoin: "Pd-catalysed intramolecular C(sp3) - Activation: Synthesis of N-heterocycles" (January 2010 - July 2010)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the CPE Lyon (September 2006 - July 2010) and the Claude Bernard University Lyon (September 2009 - July 2010).
  • Present Position: Baxter International Inc., Brussels/Belgium
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Dr. Toni T. Metsänen
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Matthew S. Sigman, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City/USA (July 2016 - June 2017)
  • PhD in Berlin: "Metal-Catalyzed Generation of Main-Group Electrophiles: Mechanisms and Applications" (September 2012 - April 2016)
  • Postgraduate Studies at the University of Liverpool with Professor P. Andrew Evans (March 2011 - August 2012)
  • Master Thesis at the University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä/Finland with Professor Petri Pihko: "Enantioselective synthesis of isoxazolines with bifunctional organocatalyst" (September 2010 - February 2011)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä/Finland with Professor Petri Pihko: "Synthesis of thioesters for enolization studies" (January 2010 - March 2010)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the University of Jyväskylä (September 2005 - February 2011)
  • Present Position: Postdoctoral with Professor Petri Pihko, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (July 2017 - December 2018)
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Dr. Volker H. G. Rohde
  • PhD in Berlin (funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie): "Synthese und Charakterisierung chiraler, heteroatomstabilisierter Silicium-Lewis-Säuren und deren Anwendung in asymmetrischen Diels‒Alder-Reaktionen" (May 2012 - March 2016)
  • Research Stay at the Uppsala Universitet with Associate Professor Joseph S. M. Samec (October 2011 - March 2012)
  • Master Thesis at Göteborgs Universitet with Professor Göran Hilmersson: "Synthesis of chiral HMPA analogues and their exploration in SmI2-mediated reactions" (May 2011 - September 2011)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Freie Universität Berlin with Professor Christian P. R. Hackenberger: "Synthesis of watersoluble Phosphonites" (July 2009 - August 2009)
  • Research Stay at ASCA GmbH - Angewandte Synthesechemie Adlershof (July 2008 - September 2008)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin (October 2006 - September 2011)
  • Present Position: ASCA GmbH (Angewandte Synthesechemie Adlershof), Berlin/Germany
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Dr. Kai M. Redies
  • PhD in Berlin: "Synthese und Reaktivität von Bis(α-spirocyclopropyl)silylenen" (July 2012 - February 2016)
  • Master Thesis at the Freie Universität Berlin with Dr. Constantin Czekelius: "New Chiral Mono- and Bissulfoxides" (October 2011 - May 2012)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Freie Universität Berlin with Dr. Constantin Czekelius: "Diastereoselective Radical Trifluoromethylation of N-Enoyloxazolidinones" (July 2009 - August 2009)
  • Research Stay at ASCA GmbH - Angewandte Synthesechemie Adlershof (July 2008 - September 2008)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin (October 2006 - May 2012)
  • Present Position: IVU Traffic Technologies AG, Berlin/Germany
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Dr. Lukas B. Delvos
  • PhD in Berlin: "Regio- und enantioselektive Darstellung alpha-chiraler Allylsilane mittles Kupfer(I)-katalysierter allylischer Silylierung prochiraler und racemischer Allylphosphate" (November 2011 - Juni 2015)
  • Master Thesis at the École Polytechnique/ParisTech, Palaiseau/France with Dr. Corinne Gosmini: "Zinc base-mediated amination of 2-chloropyrimidines with various aniline derivatives at room temperature" (January 2011 - August 2011)
  • Research Stay at the Université de Montréal, Montréal/Canada with Professor André Charette  (August 2009 - January 2010)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München with Professor Thomas Carell: "Synthesis and investigation of a 6-4 DNA photodamage analog" (August 2008 - October 2008)
  • Studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München (October 2005 - August 2011)
  • Present Position: Ausbildung zum Patentanwalt in München/Germany
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Jonas Friebel, MSc
  • Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "Darstellung chiraler, schwach koordinierender Borate" (April 2015 - October 2015)
  • Research Stay at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel/Switzerland (August 2014 - October 2014)
  • Bachelor Thesis in Berlin: "Transfersilylierung von Alkoholen" (June 2013 - October 2013)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2010 - October 2015)
  • Present Position: Graduate Student at the Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz/Germany with Professor Klaus Müllen
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André Ferreira, MSc
  • Research Stay in Berlin funded by the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Science without Borders Program) (October 2013 - September 2015)
  • Master Thesis at the University of Sao Paulo/Brazil with Dr. A. Bendassolli and at the Chemistry Institute at University of Campinas with Dr. Fernando Coelho, Campinas/Brazil: "Synthesis of Non-proteinogenic Amino Acids Enriched in 10B used in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT)" (March 2011 - July 2013)
  • Research Stay at University of Seville/Spain, with Dr. Carmen Ortiz Mellet (Jan 2012 - March 2012)
  • Studies in Pharmacy at the Methodist University in Piracicaba/Brazil (August 2005 - May 2010)
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Dr. Lin-Yu Jiao
  • PhD in Berlin by the China Scholarship Council: "Oxidative Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Couplings of Indolines with Arenes and Alkenes at the C-7 Position" (October 2011 - July 2015)
  • Master Thesis at the Zhengzhou University, Henan, P. R. China with Professor Jingchao Tao: "Synthesis of a Novel Class of Bradykinin B2 Receptor Antagonists" (September 2008 - July 2011)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Zhengzhou University with Professor Jingchao Tao: "Asymmetric Biginelli Reactions Catalyzed by Novel Proline Derivative Catalyst" (February 2008 - June 2008)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Zhengzhou University (September 2004 - July 2011)
  • Present Position: Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering of Northwest University in Xi'an/China
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Dr. Julia Hermeke
  • PhD in Berlin: "Axial-chirale, elektronenarme Bor-Lewis-Säuren in der Katalyse: Enantioselektive Hydrosilylierungen und mechanistische Untersuchungen" (November 2011 - July 2015)
  • Master Thesis at the University of Hong Kong with Dr. Patrick H. Toy: "Chiral Phosphonium Ion Tagged and Spiroindane-Based Organocatalysts" (September 2009 – August 2011)
  • Postgraduate Studies at the University of Hong Kong (September 2009 – August 2011)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Freie Universität Berlin with Professor Hans-Ulrich Reißig: "Samariumdiiodid-induzierte Cyclisierung von 5-[4-(tert-Butyldimethylsiloxy)-phenyl]pentan-2-on und Folgereaktionen" (June 2009 - July 2009)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin (October 2006 - July 2009)
  • Present Position: Evonik Industries AG, Rheinfelden/Germany

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Dr. Antoine Simonneau
  • Postdoc in Berlin (October 2012) funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (February 2014 - July 2015).
  • Postdoc at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie with Professor Louis Fensterbank and Dr. Corinne Aubert: "Counterion effects in transition metal-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloadditions" (February 2012 - June 2012).
  • PhD Thesis at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie with Professor Louis Fensterbank and Professor Max Malacria: "Cycloisomerization reactions catalyzed by gold through activation of alkynes: new developments and mechanistic studies" (October 2008 - December 2011)
  • Master Thesis at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris with Professor Gérard Jaouen  and Dr. Franck Lebideau: "Diastereomeric synthesis of inorganic complexes of Rhenium" (March - July 2008).
  • Studies in Chemistry at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (September 2005 - July 2008) and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (September 2007 - July 2008).
  • Present Position: Lecturer at Université de Toulouse, Toulouse/France.
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Maria Franziska Müller, MSc
  • Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "Intramolekular schwefelstabilisierte Siliciumkationen mit chiralem Binaphthylrückgrat" (July 2014 - January 2015)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin: "Kooperative Silicium‒Wasserstoff-Bindungsaktivierung an einem kationischen Ruthenium‒Thiolat-Komplex" (Juni 2012 - October 2012)
  • Studies in chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin (October 2009 - January 2015)
  • Present Position: Hochschule Neubrandenburg (Lebensmittel- und Bioprodukttechnologie)
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Dr. Thomas Fallon
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (May 2013 - December 2014)
  • Postdoc at the Australian National University with Professor Michael Sherburn (December 2010 - March 2013)
  • PhD Thesis at the Australian National University with Professor Michael Sherburn: "Synthetic and Structural Investigations into the Diels-Alder Reaction and Conjugated Furans" (March 2007 - December 2010)
  • Honours Thesis with at the Australian National University with Professor Michael Sherburn: "Furanodendralenes" (January 2006 - October 2006)
  • BSc (Chemistry) at the Flinders University (February 2003 - November 2005)
  • Present Position: Lecturer at Massey University, Auckland/New Zealand
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Dr. Timo Stahl
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Scott A. Snyder, University of Chicago, Chicago/USA funded by the DAAD (February 2015 - January 2016)
  • Scientific coworker (October 2014 - December 2014)
  • PhD in Berlin (funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie): "Kooperative Erzeugung reaktiver Hauptgruppen-Lewis-Säuren: Katalysen und NMR-spektroskopische Aufklärung der Katalysekreiskläufe" (August 2011 - September 2014)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Katalytische C-F-Bindungsaktivierung in Gegenwart funktioneller Gruppen" (October 2010 - March 2011)
  • Research Stay at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel/Switzerland (May 2010 - July 2010)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2006 - March 2011)
  • Present Position: Evonik Industries AG, Hanau/Germany
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Dr. C. David F. Königs
  • Postdoctoral with Professor F. Dean Toste, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley/USA funded by the DAAD (February 2015 - January 2017)
  • Scientific coworker (August 2014 - November 2014)
  • PhD in Münster and Berlin: "Kooperative Si-H-Bindungsaktivierung zur Erzeugung reaktiver Siliciumelektrophile für die Katalyse" (February 2011 - July 2014)
  • Research Stay with Professor Kazuyuki Tatsumi at the Nagoya University/Japan within the IRTG Münster-Nagoya (July 2013 - December 2013)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Silyliumionkatalysierte intramolekulare Diels-Alder-Reaktionen" (July 2010 - January 2011)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (April 2006 - January 2011)
  • Present Position: Dow Chemical Company, Freeport/TX, USA
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Dr. Elise Romain
  • Research Stay in Berlin (May 2014 - September 2014)
  • PhD at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie with Professor Fabrice Chemla and Doctor Alejandro Pérez-Luna: "Silylzincation d'alcynes par transfert radicalaire d'atome de zinc" (October 2012 - November 2015)
  • Master Thesis at the Université de Rennes I with Professor Bertrand Carboni: "Synthèse et étude de la réactivité de nouveaux [3]hétéro‐dendralènes. Vers la synthèse de la kidamycine." (March 2012 - July 2012)
  • Research Stay at the Université de Montréal, Montréal/Canada with Professor Davit Zargarian (May 2011 - August 2011)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (September 2009 - September 2012)
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Dipl.-Chem. Torsten Wald
  • Research Stay in Berlin (September 2012 - April 2014)
  • Diplom at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin with Professor Rainer Mahrwald: "Asymmetrische organokatalysierte Aldolkondensation" (October 2011 - July 2012)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (October 2007 - July 2012)
  • Present Position: High School Teacher, Berlin/Germany
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Dr. Kristine Müther
  • PhD in Münster and Berlin: "Erzeugung, Struktur und Reaktivität metallocenstabilisierter Silyliumionen" (July 2009 - March 2014)
  • Research Stay with Professor Kazuyuki Tatsumi at the Nagoya University/Japan within the IRTG Münster-Nagoya (August 2012 - November 2012)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Rhodium(I)-katalysierte konjugierte Borylierung von cyclischen α,β-ungesättigten Akzeptoren" (November 2008 - May 2009)
  • Research Stay with Dr. Dominic Wright at the Cambridge University/UK (May 2008 - August 2008)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2004 - May 2009)
  • Present Position: Evonik Industries AG, Hanau/Germany
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Dr. Kazuhiko Nagura
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (March 2013 - March 2014)
  • PhD Thesis at Nagoya University/Japan with Professor Shigehiro Yamaguchi: "Development and Mechanistic Elucidation of Stimuli Responsive pi-Electron Systems" (April 2010 - March 2013)
  • Research Stay at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster/Germany with Professor Frank Glorius within the IRTG Münster-Nagoya (July 2011 - September 2011)
  • Master Thesis at the Nagoya University/Japan with Professor Shigehiro Yamaguchi: "Excited-State Structural Changes and Photophysical Properties of Nonplanar Oligoarenes" (April 2008 - March 2010)
  • BSc (Chemistry) at Nagoya University/Japan (April 2004 - March 2008)
  • Present Position: Researcher at Nagoya University/Japan
 
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Dr. Modhu S. Maji
  • Postdoc in Berlin (May 2013 - November 2013)
  • Postdoc at the RWTH Aachen/Germany with Professor Magnus Rueping, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation March 2010 - March 2013)
  • PhD Thesis at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster/Germany with Professor Armido Studer: "Desymmetrization of Metallated Cyclohexadienes and Transition Metal Free Oxidative Homocoupling of Grignard Reagents" (October 2006 - February 2010)
  • Master Thesis at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore/India: "An Exploratory Approach Towards the Bioactive Marine Natural Product Tetrodotoxin" (January 2005 - September 2006)
  • Present Position: Assistant Professor at the IIT Kharagpur in Kharagpur/India
 
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Dr. Mustafa Durmaz
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (November 2012 - October 2013)
  • PhD Thesis at the University of Selcuk/Turkey with Professor Mustafa Yilmaz and Professor Abdulkadir Sirit: "Synthesis of Chiral Calix[4]arene Derivatives Bearing Aminonaphthol Units and their use in the Recognition of Enantiomers" (September 2007 - September 2011)
  • Research Stay at the University of Hull, UK with Dr. Ross W. Boyle (November 2006 - February 2007)
  • Master Thesis at the University of Selcuk/Turkey with Professor Abdulkadir Sirit: "Synthesis of homochiral calix[4]arene Schiff base derivatives and examining of extraction properties" (September 2004 - August 2007)
  • BSc (Chemistry) at the University of Selcuk/Turkey (September 1999 - June 2004)
  • Present Position: Faculty at the University of Selcuk/Turkey
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Dr. Chinmoy K. Hazra
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Magnus Rueping, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (August 2018 - February 2019)
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Sukbok Chang, KAIST/Republic of Korea (December 2014 - July 2018)
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Francoise Colobert, Université de Strasbourg/France (October 2013 - September 2014)
  • PhD in Münster and Berlin: "Boron- and Zinc-Based Silicon Reagents as Sources of Nucleophilic Silicon: Control of Regio-, Chemo-, and Diastereoselectivity in Copper(I)-Catalyzed Propargylic and Allylic Substitution" (October 2010 - September 2013)
  • MSc (Organic Chemistry) at the Indian Institute of Bombay, Mumbai/India (July 2008 - May 2010)
  • Summer Project with Prof. Soumen Basak (Head of the Department) at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata/India (April 2009 - June 2009)
  • BSc (Chemistry) at the University of Calcutta/India (June 2004 - May 2007)
  • Present Position: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Dehli, India
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Dr. Sandeep R. Kandukuri
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Paolo Melchiorre, ICIQ Tarragona/Spain (September 2013 - August 2014)
  • PhD in Münster and Berlin: "Oxidative Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Carbocyclization: Control of Alkene Geometry or Relative Configuration" (October 2009 - May 2013)
  • Master Thesis at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore/India (August 2006 - May 2009)
  • Bachelor Thesis at the Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur/India (March 2003 - March 2006)
  • Present Position: Syngenta Biosciences, Goa/India
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Dr. Marius Mewald
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Mohammad Movassaghi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge/USA funded by the DAAD (April 2013 - March 2015)
  • Scientific coworker (November 2012 - March 2013)
  • PhD in Münster and Berlin "Ein elektronenarmes, axial chirales Boran für die Si-H-Bindungsaktivierung: Anwendung in der enantioselektiven Iminreduktion und Aufklärung des Reaktionsmechanismus" (May 2009 - October 2012)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Identifizierung neuer Ligandenmotive für die katalytisch asymmetrische, dehydrierende Si–O-Kupplung" (October 2008 - March 2009)
  • Research stay at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel/Switzerland (April 2008 - June 2008)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2004 - March 2009)
  • Present Position: Evonik Industries AG, Hanau/Germany
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Dr. Tobias Robert
  • Postdoc in Berlin funded by the DAAD (Rückkehrerstipendium) (August 2012 - February 2013)
  • Postdoc at Queen's University (Kingston, Canada) with Professor Philip G. Jessop (September 2010 - May 2012)
  • PhD thesis at Universität zu Köln with Professor Hans-Günther Schmalz: "Synthesis, Evaluation and Application of Chiral Phosphine-Phosphite Ligands in Cu and Rh Catalyzed Asymmetric Transformations" (November 2006 - April 2010)
  • Diploma thesis at Universität zu Köln with Professor Hans-Günther Schmalz: "Asymmetrische 1,4-Additionen von Grignardreagenzien in Gegenwart chiraler Cu(I)-Katalysatoren" (March 2006 - September 2006)
  • Research stay at Université Joseph-Fourier (Grenoble, France) with Professor Andrew E. Greene (September 2004 - July 2005)
  • Studies in Chemistry at Universität zu Köln (October 2000 - September 2006)
  • Present Position: Fraunhofer-Institut für Holzforschung Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut, Braunschweig/Germany
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Dr. Thorsten H. Wöste
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Kilian Muñiz, ICIQ Tarragona/Spain funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (December 2012 - April 2014)
  • Scientific coworker (September 2012 - November 2012)
  • PhD in Münster and Berlin: "BINAP(O) als hemilabiler, gemischter Phosphin-Phosphinoxid-Ligand in asymmetrischen (Mizoroki-)Heck-Reaktionen" (May 2009 -August 2012)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Katalytisch asymmetrische Fujiwara-Moritani-Anellierungen von Pyrrolen" (September 2008 - March 2009)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2004 - September 2008)
  • Present Position: ConvertecVeredelungsTechnologie GmbH, Sasbach/Germany
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Dr. Eduard Hartmann
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Scott E. Denmark, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/USA funded by the DAAD (October 2012 - June 2014)
  • Scientific coworker (August 2012 - September 2012)
  • PhD in Münster and Berlin (funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie): "Indirekte enantioselektive Hydratisierung α,β-ungesättigter Akzeptoren in iterativer und bidirektionaler Synthese" (February 2009 - July 2012)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Eine Strategie zum katalytisch asymmetrischen, iterativen Aufbau von 1,3-methylierten/silylierten Bausteinen" (June 2008 - December 2008)
  • Research Stay with Professor Victor Snieckus at Queen's University, Kingston/Canada (July 2007 - September 2007)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (April 2004 - December 2008)
  • Present Position: Evonik Industries AG, Hanau/Germany


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Dipl.-Chem. Alexander Nödling
  • Exchange PhD-Student (May 2012 - September 2012)
  • PhD in Marburg with Professor Gerhard Hilt (since October 2011)
  • Diplom in Marburg with Professor Gerhard Hilt (August 2010 - May 2011)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Philipps-Universität Marburg (April 2006 - May 2011)
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Nuria Aiguabella Font, MSc
  • Exchange PhD-Student (July 2012 - September 2012)
  • PhD in Barcelona with Professor Antoni Riera (since July 2010)
  • Master thesis with Professor Antoni Riera (September 2009 - June 2010)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Universitat de Barcelona (September 2005 - June 2009)
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Dr. Ruth K. Schmidt
  • PhD in Münster and Berlin: "Ferrocenstabilisierte Silyliumionen als Katalysatoren anspruchsvoller Diels–Alder Reaktionen: Entwicklung planar chiraler Systeme und Untersuchung einer möglichen parallelen Protonenkatalyse" (June 2008 - June 2012)
  • Collaboration with Professor Fabrice Chemla at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris/France within the PROCOPE Program of the DAAD (May 2009 - July 2009)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Übergangsmetallfreie konjugierte Zinnübertragung auf α,β-ungestättigte Carbonyl- und Carboxylverbindungen im wässrigen Medium" (November 2007 - May 2008)
  • Research Stay with Professor Thomas Wirth at Cardiff University/Wales (May 2007 - July 2007)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2003 - May 2008)
  • Present Position: Sasol Germany GmbH, Marl/Germany
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Dr. Devendra J. Vyas
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Clément Mazet, Geneva/Switzerland (February 2012 - August 2013)
  • PhD in Münster: "Catalytic Generation of Copper-Silicon Nucleophiles in Regioselective SN' Allylic Substitution and 1,2-Addition" (October 2008 - October 2011)
  • Research Stay at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai/India (January 2008 - September 2008)
  • Industrial Training with Dr Allyson Cambell-Dexter at GSK in Dartford/UK (November 2006 - October 2007)
  • MSc (Organic Chemistry) at University of Mumbai/India (June 2004 - May 2006)
  • BSc (Chemistry) at University of Mumbai/India (June 2001 - May 2004)
  • Present Position: BASF India Limited, Mumbai/India (currently at BASF SE, Ludwigshafen/Germany)
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Barbara Hildmann
  • chemical technical assistent (2006 - 2011)
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Dr. Julia A. Schiffner
  • PhD in Münster (funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie): "Oxidative Palladium(II)-katalysierte Cyclisierungsreaktionen: HECK- oder WACKER-artige Mechanismen" (June 2008 - July 2011)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Katalytisch asymmetrische Fujiwara-Moritani-Cyclisierungen" (November 2007 - May 2008)
  • Research Stay with Dr Adam Hurlstone at the University of Manchester/England: "The essential role of Desmoglein 2α in the early embryonic development of zebrafish" (April 2007 - July 2007)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2003 - October 2007)
  • Present Position: Lecturer at the Technische Universität Berlin/Germany
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Dr. Anne Steves
  • PhD in Münster: "Beiträge zur Entwicklung und Untersuchung neuer Substrate für die dehydrierende Si–O-Kupplung" (April 2008 - June 2011)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Einleitende mechanistische Untersuchungen zur übergangsmetallkatalysierten Racemisierung γ-donorfunktionalisierter sekundärer Alkohole" (October 2007 - March 2008)
  • Research Stay with Professor Truls Norby at the University of Oslo/Norway (April 2007 - June 2007)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2003 - September 2007)
  • Present Position: Boge Elastmetall GmbH, Damme/Germany
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Dr. Hendrik F. T. Klare
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Brian M. Stoltz, Caltech, Pasadena/USA funded by the DAAD (December 2011 - December 2012)
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Gerhard Erker, Münster/Germany (September 2011 - November 2011)
  • Scientific coworker (June 2011 - August 2011)
  • PhD in Münster: "Erzeugung stabilisierter Silyliumionen für die Katalyse" (April 2007 - May 2011)
  • Collaboration with Professor Kazuyuki Tatsumi at Nagoya University/Japan within the IRTG Münster-Nagoya (September 2009 - March 2010)
  • Diplom in Münster: "Rhodiumkatalysierte dehydrierende Si–O-Kupplung: Chirale Erkennung mit siliciumstereogenen Silanen" (October 2006 - March 2007)
  • Industrial Research Stay at Schering AG , Berlin/Germany (July 2005 - October 2005)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2001 - March 2007)
  • Present Position: Senior Scientist/Lecturer with Martin Oestreich at the Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin/Germany
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Dr. Andreas Weickgenannt
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Phil S. Baran, Scripps Research Institute, San Diego/USA funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (September 2011 - August 2012)
  • PhD in Münster (funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie): "Katalytische enantioselektive Silylierung von Alkoholen" (December 2007 - February 2011)
  • Diplom in Freiburg im Breisgau with Professor Reinhard Brückner: "Synthese eines γ-(α-Hydroxyalkyl)butenolids zur Gewinnung von Modellchromophoren der Carotinoidbutenolide Peridinin und Pyrrhoxanthin" (April 2007 - September 2007)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (October 2002 - September 2007)
  • Present Position: BASF SE, Ludwigshafen/Germany
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Dr. Florian M. J. Tappe
  • PhD in Münster "Desymmetrisierung prochiraler Siliciumatome durch diastereo- und enantioselektive Ringschlussmetathese" (October 2007 - February 2011)
  • Diplom in Münster (April 2007 - September 2007)
    "Darstellung bidirektionaler siliciumstereogener Silanbausteine für die Synthese enantio- und diastereomerenreiner Oligo- und Polymere"
  • Research Stay with Professor Peter G. Edwards at Cardiff University/Wales (April 2006 - July 2006)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2002 - September 2007)
  • Studies in Mathematics/Informatics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (April 2002 - September 2002)
  • Present Position: High School Teacher
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Dr. Agnieszka Grajewska
  • Postdoctoral Work: "Dehydrogenative Si-O Couplings" (April 2009 - August 2010), funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
  • Postdoctoral Work with Professor István Markó for Janssen Pharmaceutica at Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (March 2008 - March 2009)
  • PhD in Poznan/Poland with Professor Maria D. Rozwadowska: "Application of the tert-butanesulfinyl group as a chiral auxiliary in the synthesis of isoquinoline alkaloids using Pomeranz-Fritsch-Bobbitt methodology" (October 2003 - October 2007)
  • MSc in Poznań/Poland under supervision of Professor Maria D. Rozwadowska: "Synthesis of chiral non-racemic sulfoxides derived from (1S,2S)-(+)-tiomicamine" (October 2003 - June 2003)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań/Poland (October 1998 - June 2003)
  • Present Position: Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan/Poland
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Dr. Verena T. Trepohl
  • PhD in Münster "Rhodium(I)- und Palladium(II)-katalysierte konjugierte Kohlenstoff-Phosphor-Bindungsknüpfung: Aktivierung von Si–P-Bindungen durch Transmetallierung" (July 2006 - October 2009)
  • Collaboration with Professor Kenichiro Itami at Nagoya University/Japan within the IRTG Münster-Nagoya (January 2008 - July 2008)
  • Diplom in Münster with Professor Dieter Hoppe: "Synthese und Reaktionen von axial chiralen Oxazolidin-substituierten 2,2'-Dihydroxybiphenylen" (December 2005 - May 2006)
  • Research Stay with Professor Daniel Little at the University of California at Santa Barbara: "Total Synthesis of (–)-Diplopyrone" (April 2005 - July 2005)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2001 - May 2006)
  • Coordinator IRTG Münster-Nagoya (October 2009 - January 2010)
  • Present Position: BASF PharmaChemikalien GmbH, Minden/Germany (DSM Fine Chemicals, Linz/Austria before)
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Dr. Eric S. Schmidtmann
  • PhD in Freiburg im Breisgau and Münster: "Enantiospezifische Synthese und stereospezifische Reaktionen von α-chiralen Allylbausteinen" (April 2006 - August 2009)
  • Diplom in Freiburg im Breisgau: "Mechanismus der kupferkatalysierten allylischen Substitution: Gezielte enantioselektive Darstellung alpha-chiraler Allylsilane" (May 2005 - February 2006)
  • Industrial Research Stay at Boehringer-Ingelheim Austria GmbH, Wien/Austria
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (September 2002- February 2006)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (October 2000 - October 2002)
  • Studies in Biology at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (October 1999- September 2000)
  • Present Position: Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH, Cologne/Germany
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Dr. Daniel T. Hog
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Andrew G. Myers, Harvard University, Cambridge/USA funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (March 2014 - April 2015)
  • Scientific coworker with Professor Dirk Trauner: "The Total Synthesis of (-)-Nitidasin" (August 2013 - February 2014)
  • PhD Thesis at Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität München/Germany with Professor Dirk Trauner, funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie: "A Unified Approach toward Astellatol, Nitiol and YW3548" (September 2009 - July 2013)
  • Diplom in Münster: "B(C6F5)3-katalysierte Reduktion von Ketonen und Iminen mit siliciumstereogenen Silanen: Stereoinduktion durch Ein-Punkt-Anbindung" (October 2008 - May 2009)
  • Research Stay with Professor Antonio M. Echavarren at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona/Spanien (May 2008 - August 2008)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2004 - March 2009)
  • Present Position: Bayer AG, Chemical Development, Wuppertal/Germany
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Dr. Christian Walter
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Keiji Maruoka, Kyoto/Japan funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (August 2009 - July 2010)
  • Teaching Assistant (October 2008 - March 2009)
  • PhD in Freiburg im Breisgau and Münster: "Rhodium(I)-katalysierter enantioselektiver konjugierter Silyltransfer: 1,4-Addition von Silylboronsäureestern an α,β-ungesättigte Akzeptoren" (August 2005 - September 2008)
  • Diplom in Marburg with Professor Gerhard Hilt: "Entwicklung geeigneter Katalysatoren für die Eisen-katalysierte Synthese von Tetrahydrofuranderivaten" (January 2005 - July 2005)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Philipps-Universität Marburg (October 2000 - July 2005)
  • Present Position: Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke von Robert Murjahn Stiftung & Co KG, Ober-Ramstadt/Germany
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Dipl.-Chem. Thomas W. T. Muesmann
  • Diplom in Münster: "Katalysatorkontrollierte kinetische Racematspaltung mittels dehydrierender Si–O-Kupplung" (January 2008 - July 2008)
  • Research Stay with Professor Manfred Bochmann at the University of East Anglia/England (April 2007 - August 2007)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (October 2003 - September 2007)
  • Present Position: PhD with Professor Jens Christoffers, Oldenburg/Germany
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Dr. Betül Karatas
  • Postdoctoral Work: "Nichtenzymatische kinetische Racematspaltung tertiärer Alkohole durch stereoselektive Silylierung" (April 2007 - June 2008)
  • PhD in Münster with Professor Rudolf Aumann: "Thiocarbene Complexes" (October 2002 - January 2007)
  • MSc at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara/Turkey (September 1999 - September 2001)
  • Present Position: Assistant Professor (Department of Chemistry) at Ahi Evran University, Kirsehir/Turkey
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Dr. Axel B. Machotta
  • Scientific coworker with Professor Martin Oestreich (June 2009 - December 2009)
  • Postdoctoral Work with Professor Scott D. Rychnovsky: "En Route to the First Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Maoecrystal Z", University of California, Irvine/USA funded by the DAAD (May 2008 - April 2009)
  • Scientific coworker (December 2007 - April 2008)
  • PhD in Freiburg im Breisgau and Münster: "Beiträge zu palladium(0)- und palladium(II)-katalysierten Heck-artigen C–C-Bindungsknüpfungen" (November 2004 - November 2007)
  • Diplom in Freiburg im Breisgau: "Nachbargruppeneffekt in einer hoch enantioselektiven desymmetrisierenden Heck-Cyclisierung" (January 2004 - September 2004)
  • Research stay with Dr. Guido Bold at Novartis Pharma AG, Basel/Switzerland (August 2002 - October 2002)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (October 1999 - September 2004)
  • Present Position: Patentanwalt bei Hoffmann ∙ Eitle in München/Germany
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Dr. Sebastian Rendler
  • Postdoctoral with Professor David W. C. MacMillan, Princeton/USA funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (April 2008 - March 2010)
  • Scientific coworker (November 2007 - March 2008)
  • PhD in Freiburg im Breisgau and Münster (funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie): "Aktivierung siliciumstereogener Silane für die asymmetrische Katalyse durch enantiospezifische σ-Bindungsmetathese" (December 2004 - October 2007)
  • Collaboration with Professor Guy C. Lloyd-Jones at Bristol/England (October 2005 - December 2005)
  • Diplom in Freiburg im Breisgau: "Chiralitätstransfer von Silizium auf Kohlenstoff - Hydrosilylierungen von prochiralen Alkenen" (January 2004 - September 2004)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (October 1999 - September 2004)
  • Present Position: Syngenta AG, Basel/Switzerland
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Hiroshi Yamada, MSc
  • Exchange Graduate Student from Nagoya funded by the International Research Training Group Münster-Nagoya (November 2006 - January 2007)
  • PhD in Nagoya/Japan with Professor Shigehiro Yamaguchi
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Dipl.-Chem. Oliver Plefka
  • Diplom in Freiburg im Breisgau: "Kinetische Racematspaltung donorfunktionalisierter Alkohole mit wiederverwendbaren siliciumstereogenen Silanen" (March 2006 - November 2006)
  • Present Position: PhD with Professor Klaus Banert, Chemnitz/Germany
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Dr. Gertrud Auer
  • PhD in Freiburg im Breisgau: "Reduktive Metallierung von Silylchloriden: Darstellung von siliciumstereogenen Silylanionen und Ausgangspunkt für übergangsmetallkatalysierte Silyltransferreaktionen" (November 2002 - February 2006)
  • Diplom in Kaiserslautern with Professor Bernhard Witulski: "Gekreuzte Alkincyclotrimerisierung mit Wilkinson- und Grubbs-Katalysatoren" (April 2002 - October 2002)
  • Present Position: Robert Bosch GmbH, Reutlingen/Germany (before Lecturer at Hochschule Reutlingen/Germany and ratiopharm GmbH, Ulm/Germany)
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Dipl.-Chem. Barbara Weiner
  • Postdoctoral with Professor Scott A. Mabury, Toronto/Canada
  • PhD with Professor Ben L. Feringa, Groningen/Netherlands
  • Diploma in Freiburg im Breisgau: "Kupfer-katalysierte Reaktionen von (Triorganosilyl)zink und -magnesium Reagenzien" (January 2004 - September 2004)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (October 1999 - September 2004)
  • Present Position: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Leipzig/Germany
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Dipl.-Chem. Fernando Sempere-Culler
  • Diploma in Freiburg im Breisgau: "Studien zur Totalsynthese von Anthracyclinen: Regio- und diastereoselektive Synthese von Bishomoallylalkoholen und deren Untersuchung in desymmetrisierenden Heck-Reaktionen" (June 2003 - February 2004)
  • Present Position: Law School, Freiburg im Breisgau/Germany
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Dipl.-Chem. Ulrike K. Schmid
  • Diploma in Freiburg im Breisgau: "Entwicklung einer hoch konvergenten Methode zur Synthese enantiomerenangereichertercyclischer Silane mit siliziumzentrierter Chiralität" (May 2002 - January 2003)
  • Studies in Chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (October 1997 - January 2003)
  • Present Position: PhD with Professor Stefan Bräse, Karlsruhe/Germany

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