Education

1995 - 1996: Postdoctoral Fellow (DFG Research Grant)

  • The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
  • Advisor: Prof. K. Barry Sharpless
  • Project: Catalytic asymmetric aminohydroxylation of unfunctionalized olefines.

1995: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (summa cum laude)

  • University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • Advisor: Prof. Dr. G. Helmchen
  • Thesis: Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitutions with cyclic substrates.

1991: Research Fellow

  • University of Cambridge, UK
  • Advisor: Prof. A. B. Holmes
  • Project: Regioselective Bayer-Villiger oxidation of bicyclic ketones.

1990: Diploma Degree in Chemistry

  • University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • Advisor: Prof. Dr. G. Helmchen
  • Thesis: First asymmetric synthesis of Mitsugashiwalactone.

1984 - 1990: Graduate Studies in Chemistry

  • University of Heidelberg, Germany

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