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The
Pattison Lecturer for 2004-2005
Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry
Georg-August University, Göettingen, Germany
Professional Education
| 1961 - 1968 |
Studies in Chemistry at the University of Kiel and Freiburg |
| 31.3.1966 |
Diploma in Chemistry |
| 15.7.1968 |
Ph.D.
under the guidance of Prof. Dr. B. Franck "Untersuchungen zur gezielten
Oxidation von Laudanosolin-Derivaten" (Selective Oxidation of
Laudanosolin-Derivatives). |
| 15.9.1969-14.9.1971 |
Research Associate with Prof. Dr. G. Buechi at the Massachusetts |
| 1974 |
Research Associate with Prof. Dr. A.R. Battersby at the University of Cambridge, England |
| 9.7.1975 |
Habilitation
at the University of Muenster. Thesis: "Secologanin,
Schluesselverbindung in der Biosynthese der Indol-, Ipecacuanha- und
Cinchona-Alkaloide. Untersuchungen zur Biogenese und Synthese"
(Secologanin, Key Intermediate in the Biosynthesis of
Indole-Ipecacuanha and Cinchona-Alkaloids. Biogenesis and Synthesis).
Appointment as "Privatdozent" |
| 1977 |
Professor at the University of Dortmund. |
| 1978 - |
Professor (Chair) and Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen |
1983 - 1987 and
1991 - 1995 |
Dean and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Georg-August University of Göttingen |
Visiting Professorships:
| Hamburg
(1978); Madison, Wisconsin, USA (1982); Strasbourg, France; (1995),
Sydney, Australia (1999); Bologna, Italy (2001); Paris, France (2003). |
Awards and Scholarships:
| 1968
Ph.D.-Award (Fonds of the Chemical Industry); 1969 Fulbright
Scholarship; 1969 Liebig Scholarship (Chemical Industry); 1976
Karl-Winnacker Award (Hoechst); 1982 Literature Prize (Fonds of the
Chemical Industry) ; 1987 Honourable Member of the SAIQO (Chemical
Society of Argentina); 1990 Member of the Academy of Science,
Goettingen; 1991 Fellowship of the Japanese Society for the Promotion
of Science; 1991 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry; 1992 Offer
of a Chair at the University of Muenster as successor to Prof. B.
Franck (declined). 1994 Awarded the title "Doctor honoris causa" of the
University of Szeged, Hungary; 2002 Silver Medal from the University of
Szeged, Hungary; 2002 Grignard-Wittig-Award from the Société Française
de Chimie, France; 2004 Emil Fischer Medal. |
Functions:
| Since
1978 Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of
Goettingen. Since 1996 Speaker of the Sonderforschungsbereich 416
(Center of Excellence) "Chemische und biologische Synthese und
Transformation von Naturstoffen und Naturstoff-Analoga"; since 1997
President of the "Deutsche Zentralverband der Chemie" (Steering
Committee of the German Chemical Societies). |
Research Fields:
1)
Development of selective and efficient synthetic methods (domino
reactions, transition-metal-catalyzed transformation, facial selective
allylation of ketones). Total synthesis of natural products. Terpenes,
steroids, alkaloids, macrolactones, antibiotics, anticancer agents.
High pressure chemistry. Combinatorial chemistry in solution and on
solid phases.
2)
Design of novel cytotoxic compounds and vaccines for a selective
treatment of cancer using monoclonal antibodies and ganglioside
analogues. |
Publications:
| Publications: 351; Patents: 29; Books: 2. |
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