Author Profile (European Journal of Organic Chemistry)
Author Profile (Angewandte Chemie)
Education and Professional Experience
1983 Studies in Chemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt
1985 Ph.D., Goethe Universität Frankfurt (with G. Quinkert)
1986 - 1988 Postdoc, Princeton University (with M. F. Semmelhack)
1988 - 1993 Junior Research Group Leader, Goethe-University Frankfurt
1994 - 1999 Professor (C3) of Organic Chemistry, TU-Berlin
1999 - 2023 Full Professor (C4) of Organic Chemistry, University of Cologne
Since 8/2023 Emeritus Professor
Major additional services
2004 - 2005 Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne
2005 - 2007 Vice-Dean oft the Science Faculty, University of Cologne
2007 – 2011 Dean of the Science Faculty, University of Cologne
2013 - 2017 Director of the Chemistry Department, University of Cologne
2012 - 2020 Member of the Chemistry Board of the German Science Foundation
2016 - 2019 Board Member of GDCh (German Chemical Society)
2016 - 2018 Chairman of the Chemical Education Section of GDCh
Selected Other Activities
1998 - 1999 Chairman of the Berlin Section of the GDCh
2003 - 2012 Member of the Forster Committee of the A. v. Humboldt Foundation
2005 - 2007 President of ECTNA (Europ. Chem. Thematic Network Association)
2006 Chairman of the 15th ORCHEM Conference, Bad Nauheim
2012 - 2023 Local Coordinator of SusChemSys (a regional research network)
2017 Chairman of the ESOC Conference in Cologne
2017 - 2025 Member of the ESOC International Board
2020 Co-Founder of PROSION GmbH
Awards
1986 - 1989 Liebig Postdoctoral Fellowship (Fonds der Chemischen Industrie)
1998 Teaching Champion, TU-Berlin
2001 Visiting Professor, University of Firenze, Italy,
2006 , 2016, 2020, 2022 Albertus-Magnus Teaching Award, University of Cologne
Main Research Areas
• Stereoselective Synthesis of Natural Products and Bioactive Analogs
• Enantioselective Transition Metal Catalysis and Ligand Development
• Chiral Transition Metal π-Complexes
• Bio-Organometallic Chemistry (incl. CO-Releasing Molecules)
• Small Molecule Inhibitors of Protein-Protein Interactions