Curriculum Vitae
| Prof. Paul Knochel (07.12.2018) | |
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| Address: | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Department of Chemistry Butenandtstraße 5-13, Building F 81377 München, Germany phone: + 49-89-2180-77681 fax: + 49-89-2180-77680 e-mail: Paul.Knochel@cup.uni-muenchen.de |
| Birth Place and Date: | Strasbourg, France, November 15, 1955 |
| 1972 - 1979 | Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry at the University of Strasbourg Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Strasbourg (ENSCS). |
| 1982 | Ph.D. at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. D. Seebach) Subject: Nitroallylation Reagents. |
| 1982 - 1986 | Chargé de recherche at the CNRS in Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France (Prof. J. F. Normant) Subject: Allylzincation Reactions and Preparation of Bimetallic Reagents of Zn and Mg. |
| 1986 - 1987 | Post-doctoral research at the Princeton University, Princeton, New-Jersey, USA (Prof. M. F: Semmelhack) Subject: Arene-chromium complexes of indoles. |
| 1988 - 1992 | Assistant-professor, then full professor (1991) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA). |
| 1992 - 1999 | Professor of organic chemistry at the Philipps-Universität, Marburg (Germany). |
| 1999 - present | Professor of organic chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany). |
| Selected honours: | 1992 Berthelot Medal of the Academie des Sciences (Paris) 1994 IUPAC Thieme Prize 1995 European Chemical Society-Chiroscience Award for Creative European Chemistry 1995 Otto-Bayer-Prize 1996 Leibniz-Prize 2000 Victor Grignard-Prize 2004 Dr. Paul Janssen Prize for Creativity on Organic Synthesis 2005 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award 2007 Lilly European Distinguished Lectureship Award 2009 Karl-Ziegler-Prize 2012 Nagoya Gold Medal 2013 Chevalier de l’ordre national du Mérite 2014 Herbert C. Brown Award (ACS) 2015 Paul Karrer Gold Medal |
| Membership: | Member of the Académie des Sciences (Paris) 2007 Member of the Bavarian Academy of Science 2008 Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 2009 Member of the Center for Advanced Studies (Munich) 2009 Editor for “Synfacts” Editor-in-chief for “Synthesis” Editor-in-chief for “Comprehensive Organic Chemistry”, Elsevier |
| Publication/Patent: | Over 900 publications (including 35 books) and 40 patents |
| Research Interests: | Development of new organometallic catalysts and reagents for organic synthesis. Preparation of polyfunctional organometallics, asymmetric synthesis, and natural product synthesis. |