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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Kirschning
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Kirschning
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30167 Hannover
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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Kirschning
Executive Board
Institute of Organic Chemistry
Deputy Management
Institute of Organic Chemistry
Exchange Coordinator
Exchange Coordination, Chemistry and Life Science
Professors
Section Synthetic Chemistry
Main Research Focus
- Microstructured flow reactors, inductive heating, multistep flow reactions of active compounds
- Total, semi- and mutasynthesis of biologically active natural products: Anti-infectives, antitumor agents, antivirals; natural products as basic building blocks of active compounds
- New concepts for drug targeting and delivery
- Molecular evolution and the origin of life
- In cooperation with Dr. Dräger: Biocompatible (bio)materials for medical implants: Synthesis of materials, surface functionalization, active ingredients for stem cell research
Curriculum Vitae
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Personal data
Place of Birth Hamburg, Germany -
Career History
since 2000 Professorship (C4), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany 04/1991 - 06/1996 Habilitation in organic chemistry, Technische Universität Clausthal, Germany
Synthetic and biosynthetic studies on deoxyglycoconjugates
08/1989 - 10/1990
Postdoc with Prof. H. G. Floss, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Biosynthetic studies on macrolactam antibiotics
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Education
04/1989 Doctorate with Prof. Dr. E. Schaumann, University of Hamburg, Germany
Synthetic organo-silica chemistry
08/1986 Diploma degree with Prof. Dr. E. Schaumann, University of Hamburg, Germany 10/1983 - 07/1984 Chemistry studies with final examination B. Sc., Southampton University, UK 10/1980 - 08/1986 Diploma studies, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Honours
2013 Novartis Chemistry Lectureship 1989 - 1990 Feoder-Lynen-scholarship for the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation 1989 Fritz-Prosiegel scholarship 1983 - 1984 DAAD-study scholarship for UK -
Visiting Professorships
2009 - 2011 Visiting Professor, Université de Strasbourg Ecole européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), France 2007 Visiting Professor, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy 2007 Visiting Professor, Université Le Mans, France 2003 Visiting Professor, Université de Rennes, France 1998 Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
1997 Visiting Professor, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany -
Memberships
since 2005 TECHNION Gesellschaft since 2003 Royal Society of Chemistry
since 1989 Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh -
Additional Positions
seit 2010 Editorial Board J. Flow Chem
seit 2007 Editorial Board of Natural Product Reports (NPR) seit 2006 Editorial Board of Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (BJOC) 2001 - ??? Director of Institut of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany seit 2003 Member of the Natural Product Forum of the DECHEMA 2005 - 2009 Board member of the DECHEMA Sektion "Chemical Biology" seit 1998 Selection commitee of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Teaching Courses
WS (Bachelor Chemistry):
- Organic Chemistry 3 (Lecture, tutorial)
- Practical course Organic Chemistry 2
WS (Master Chemistry):
- Stereocontrol and asymmetric synthesis (lecture, tutorial, practical course)
SS (Master Chemistry):
- Biogenesis of natural products (lecture, tutorial, practical course)
- Elementorganic Chemistry (lecture, tutorial, practical course)
- Research-oriented practical course in drug and natural product chemistry
Further information about the courses can be found here in Stud.IP.
