Wolf-Dieter Fessner
Dr. rer. nat. Professor for Organic Chemistry
CURRICULUM VITAE
- 1955 born in Bietigheim/Germany (swabia)
- 1981 Diploma in Chemistry, University of Freiburg/Germany (H. Prinzbach)
- 1986 Dr. rer. nat., University of Freiburg/Germany (H. Prinzbach)
- 1987 Postdoc, Harvard University, Cambridge/USA (G.M. Whitesides)
- 1988 Postdoc, University of Southern California, Los Angeles/USA (G.A. Olah)
- 1992 Habilitation, University of Freiburg/Germany
- 1993 Associate Professor, Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen/Germany
- since 1998 Full Professor, Organic Chemistry, TU Darmstadt/Germany
Awards
- 1986 DFG Research Fellowship
- 1989 Gödecke Research Award
- 1992 ADUC Award
- 1993 Heisenberg Fellowship
- 2000 Novartis Lecture
Professional Activities
| Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic |
1996 – present |
| Editorial Advisory Board, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis | 2000 – present |
| Liaison Officer, Fund of the Chemical Industry Association | 1998 – present |
| Member, Steering Committee BioTrans Conference Series | 1998 – present |
| Chairman, BioTrans Conference | 2001 |
| Management Committee, COST action D25 Applied Biocatalysis | 2001 -2007 |
| Management Committee, COST action CM0701 Cascade Chemoenzymatic Processes |
2008 – 2012 |
| Management Committee, COST action CM1303 Systems Biocatalysis | 2014 – present |
| Elected Member, DECHEMA Committee “Biotransformationen” | 2008 – present |
| Dean of Studies, Department of Chemistry | 2002 -2007, 2017 – present |
| Coordinator, EU-Project Carbazymes | 2015 – present |
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