Dr. Urs Gellrich
Urs studied chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg. After receiving his diploma in 2009, he started his PhD studies under the guidance of Prof. Bernhard Breit working in the field of supramolecular ligands. In 2013, Urs graduated and then moved in early 2014 to Israel to join the group of Prof. David Milstein at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot as PostDoc Fellow. The research work focused on the theoretical and experimental examination of various aspects of transition metal catalyzed reactions and novel modes of bond activation.
Since April 2017, Urs is Junior Group Leader at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen.
Awards and Recognition
| 12/2021 |
Research Award of the Dr.-Otto-Röhm Memorial Foundation
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| 11/2020 |
Dr.-Herbert-Stolzenberg-Award of the JLU Giessen
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| 02/2020 | |
| 11/2019 |
JSP Fellowship of the 55th Bürgenstock Conference |
| Since 01/2019 |
Emmy Noether Research Group Leader (German Research Foundation, DFG) |
| 01/2019 |
Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2019 |
| 03/2018 | Young Researcher Award, Münster Symposium on Cooperative Effects in Chemistry |
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04/2017 – 12/2018 |
Liebig Fellowship of the Verband der Chemischen Industrie |
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11/2016 |
Clifford Felder Prize for outstanding scientific achievements of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
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10/2015 – 3/2017 |
Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
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02/2014 – 05/2015 |
DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service |
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10/2013 |
Minerva Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (declined to accept DAAD Fellowship) |
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09/2012 |
Poster Award, Orchem 2012, Weimar |
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07/2011 |
Poster Award, Tag der Forschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg |
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06/2010 – 06/2012 |
Ph.D. Scholarship of the Verband der chemischen Industrie |
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07/2010 |
Alumni Award for course achievements, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg |
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07/2007 |
Faculty Award for undergraduate achievements, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg |