Prof. Lutz Ackermann

Associate Editor

Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen
Germany

Scientific career

Since 2019	Founder and Director, Wöhler Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry (WISCh), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Since 2017	Principle Investigator, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Germany
2015–2017	Director, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
2013–2015	Dean of Research, Faculty of Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Since 2015	Adjunct Professor, Università di Pavia, Italy
2011–2013	Dean, Faculty of Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Since 2007	Chair and Full Professor (W3), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
2003–2007	Assistant Professor (DFG Emmy Noether-Fellow), LMU München, Germany
2001–2003	Postdoctoral Studies (Advisor: Robert G. Bergman), UC Berkeley, USA
1998–2001	Ph.D. (Advisor: Alois Fürstner), Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany
1998	Diploma thesis (M.Sc., Advisor: J. Mattay)
1993–1998	Studies of Chemistry, University of Kiel, Germany

 

Research interests

The development and application of novel concepts for sustainable catalysis constitutes his major current research interests, with a topical focus on C–H activation, including:

• transition metals in photocatalysis
• synthesis and use of new ligands in C–H activation catalysis
• continuous flow methods
• remote C–H functionalizations by ruthenium catalysis
• 3d base metal catalysis, including manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper catalysis
• electrochemical C–H functionalization
• chemoselective modification of amino acids and peptides
• computational chemistry

 

Thematic issue

Prof. Ackermann edited the following thematic issue in the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry:

Earth-abundant 3d metal catalysis

 

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