17.10.1972

born in Peine, Germany

Education

2007	Venia Legendi in Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen, Germany
2001	Dr. rer. nat. with Prof. M. Kalesse, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
1998	Diploma in Chemistry, TU Braunschweig, Germany

Academic Career

since 2013	Full Professor (W3), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
2008-2013	Associate Professor (W2), TU Dortmund University, Germany
2003-2007	Habilitand, RWTH Aachen, Germany
2001-2002	Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Minnesota with Prof. C. J. Forsyth, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Research Interest

Synthetic chemistry | Natural products synthesis | Organocatalysis and Sustainable Chemistry

Awards

2013	Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize
2012	DECHEMA Young Scientist Award for Natural Products Research
2009	Docent Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
2003	Liebig Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie

Community Services

Head of the GDCh Section Dortmund (2012-2013), Tetrahedron Board of Editors (since 2013)