Prof. Dr. Hermann A. Wegner
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PROFILE: Early Excellence in Physical Organic Chemistry
CV:
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Since 6/2013 |
Professor (W2) for Organic Chemistry at the Justus-Liebig University |
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10/2012 – 3/2013 |
Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany Substitution of the Chair for Organic Chemistry (Prof. L. F. Tietze) |
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12/2006 – 5/2013 |
Basel University, Switzerland Habilitation “Development of New Processes in Organic Catalysis and their Application to Functional Molecular Materials”, |
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9/2007 – 6/2008 |
Basel University, Switzerland Participation in the “Dozierenden Programm”, May 2008 Certificate in University Teaching accredited by the SEDA |
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10/2005 – 6/2006 |
Merton College, Oxford, UK Stipendiary lectureship. Tutoring organic chemistry. |
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9/2004 – 8/2006 |
Oxford University, UK Postdoctoral Research Assistant, “A New Biomimetic Modular Approach for the Synthesis of GKK1032A”, Advisor: Sir Prof. Jack E. Baldwin (FRS) |
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8/2001 – 7/2004 |
Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany, Dissertation in Organic Chemistry, July 2004 (“summa cum laude”), “Transition-metal Catalyzed [5 + 2] Cycloadditions: Exploration of Vinylbicyclopropanes and Allenes”, Advisor: Prof. Armin de Meijere |
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4/2003 – 12/2003 |
Stanford University, USA, “The [5 + 2] Cycloaddition: New Substrates and Mechanistic Studies”, Advisor: Prof. Paul A. Wender |
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10/2000 – 7/2001 |
Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany Diplom, July 2001 (“excellent”) in Organic Chemistry “Synthesis of Extended Aromatic Systems by Palladium Catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions and Lewis Acid Promoted Cyclizations”, Advisor: Prof. Armin de Meijere |
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9/1999 – 5/2000 |
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA “Synthesis and Investigation of Bowl Shaped Aromatics”, Advisor: Prof. Lawrence T. Scott |
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4/1997 – 9/1999 |
Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany Vordiplom in Chemistry (“excellent”) |
Honors & Awards:
Harris German Distinguished Visiting Professorship (Dartmouth College), Professorship of the Swiss National Science Foundation (declined), Thieme Journal Award, Participation in the Program “Young Leaders in Science” organized by the “Ernst Schering Research Foundation”, Liebig scholarship of the “Fonds des Verbandes der Chemischen Industrie”, “Ernst Schering Research Foundation” Award Fellowship for postdocs, “Otto-Wallach”-Award of the Department of Chemistry (Georg-August-University, Göttingen) for the best publication of the year, Ph.D. scholarship of the “Fonds des Verbandes der Chemischen Industrie”, Ph.D. scholarship of the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”, “Fulbright” scholarship, Scholarship of the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”.
Telephone & Fax:
phone: +49 641 99-34330
fax: +49 641 99-34349
0641 / 99 34341 (Sekr.)
0641 / 9934349 (Fax)
Email & Homepage:
Hermann.A.Wegner@org.Chemie.uni-giessen.de
Postal Adress:
Institut Organische Chemie
Prof. Dr. Hermann A. Wegner
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17
D-35392 Giessen
Raum B229