Jun.-Prof. Matthew Hopkinson
Assistant Professor
Address
Fabeckstr. 34/36
Room C3 (Container)
14195 Berlin
Room C3 (Container)
14195 Berlin
Telephone
Fax
+49 30 838461438
| 19.11.1984 | Born in Aylesbury (UK) |
Higher Education
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2007 – 2011 |
DPhil in Organic Chemistry, Merton College, University of Oxford (UK), Supervisor: Prof. Véronique Gouverneur DPhil Thesis Title: “Transition Metal Catalysis in the Presence of Fluorinating Reagents” |
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2003 – 2007 |
MChem in Chemistry, Pembroke College, University of Oxford (UK), Masters Project Supervisor: Prof. Véronique Gouverneur Masters Thesis Title: “The Electrophilic Fluorination of Hetero-Diels-Alder Adducts” |
Academic Career
| Aug 2016 – Present | Junior Professor (W1), Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) |
| Jan 2012 – May 2016 | Post-Doctoral Research / Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany), Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius |
| July – Oct 2011 | Post-Doctoral Research, University of Oxford (UK), Supervisor: Prof. Véronique Gouverneur |
Awards and Fellowships
| 2021 | Thieme Chemistry Journal Award |
| 2018 | "Preis für gute Lehre" Teaching Prize from the Chemistry Department at the FU Berlin |
| 2012-2014 | Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 2011 | Simms Fund Bursary from Merton College, Oxford |
| 2008 | Commendation for outstanding PRS Transfer Report by Eli Lilly and Company |
| 2007-2011 | GlaxoSmithKline CASE Award PhD Fellowship |
| 2007 | GlaxoSmithKline Award for Organic Chemistry Part II, 2006/7 |