The results of a collaborative project with the Beemelmanns group on synthesis of 3-methylene-5-hydroxy esters via Barbier allylation is now published in Eur. J. Org. Chem. Read more about this work at our publications page.
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Mar 2023 – Lucas Gregor joins for his MSc thesis
Lucas joins the group as a MSc thesis student after working with us as an intern. He will be working on a new exciting project. Good luck with your science Lucas!
Jun 2022 – New paper in Science
Fantastic collaborations lead to fantastic discoveries. Congratulations to the Helleday group, the entire collaborative team behind this work, and especially to Maurice and Carolos who led the study. We are very happy to have contributed to this paper. Read more about it on our publications page.
Mar 2022 – Finally back to our labs
After a lengthy renovation, we are finally back to our labs in IOMC and we are excited to continue our synthetic work!
Jan 2022 – Michael Duong starts his PhD studies
Nov 2021 – Michael Duong defends his MSc thesis
Michael has completed his MSc thesis with us and defends his thesis on November 24th. Good luck with the defense Michael! Expectations are high…
Oct 2021 – Milica Peric stays for her PhD studies
Milica has been an intern with us since March this year. She liked it so much that she decided to stay for her PhD. Good luck with your research Milica!
Oct 2021 – Juliane Eberhardt defends her MSc thesis
Juliane has sucessfully finished her MSc studies in our group and defended her thesis. Her next stop: PhD position in the Brendel group at FSU Jena. All the best for your future research Juliane!
Sep 2021 – New paper in Tetrahedron
We were happy to contribute to the Tetrahedron special issue on System-Oriented Development of Organocatalysis. Congrats to Hiro Ohmiya for doing a great job of editing this special issue and congrats to Fritz, Milica and Max for doing a great job in the lab and in presenting their results. Read more about this work at our publications page.
Aug 2021 – Nikita Alistratov defends his Bsc thesis
Nikita finished his thesis and successfully defended. We are sad to see him leave, but we wish him all the best for his MSc studies at RWTH Aachen.
Aug 2021 – Denis Drikermann defends his PhD thesis
Denis has successfully defended his thesis! Congratulations Dr. Drikermann and good luck with your new job as an associate consultant with BridgingIT!
Jul 2021 – Robert Mößel joins us for his MSc thesis
Robert is an old friend of ours. After completing his BSc thesis with us, he rejoins us for his MSc work. This time he will be working on a very different project with total synthesis of a natural product as the main goal.
Jun 2021 – New paper in OBC
Our paper on Z-selective reductions of alkynes in the presence of phosphines and water is out in Organic and Biolomecular Chemistry. Well done Fabia, Denis and You. Special thanks to Stephan Kupfer and Johannes Steinmetzer for a fruitful collaboration! Read more about this work at our publications page.
May 2021 – Chemotion ELN and NFDI4Chem
Our group has started using Chemotion electronic notebook. This effort is a part of the National Research Data Infrastructure project NFDI4Chem. Special thanks to Prof. Christoph Steinbeck and his NFDI4Chem team in Jena and to our colleagues from KIT for sharing their expertise and experience with the new system. We are grateful to Markus Lange, our group Chemotion coordinator, and Michael Duong for daring to be the early adopters and for helping with the implementation. The future is digital!
Apr 2021 – Nikita Alistratov joins us for his BSc thesis
Nikita is in the final stage of his BSc degree program and will be working with Markus on his BSc thesis. Good luck taming the latent nucleophiles Nikita!
Apr 2021 – Milica Peric is our new intern
Milica joins us in the midst of the pandemic. Perfect time to be researching anti inflammatory agents! We are happy to finally have her in Jena. All the best for your research Milice!
Mar 2021 – Michael Duong joins us for his MSc thesis
Michael (re)joins us for his MSc thesis work. He is on the path to becoming our resident phosphorus expert. Good luck for your exciting project Michael!
Mar 2021 – Juliane Eberhardt joins for her MSc thesis
Juliane will be working with us on her MSc thesis. She is putting a new twist on latent nucleophiles. Good luck with your research Juliane!
Feb 2021 – Abdulrahman Barakat defends his thesis
Abdulrahman successfully defended his thesis and received his MSc degree. Thank you for your hard work Abdulrahman and all the best in the future adventures!
Jan 2021 – Max Mayer joins us for his BSc thesis
Max joins us in the final stage of his BSc studies. Welcome to the group and good luck with your project Max!