Prof. Dr. Christina Thiele
Contact
cthiele@thielelab.de
work +49 6151 16-21830
fax +49 6151 16-21828
Work
L2|07 7
Peter-Grünberg-Str. 16
64287
Darmstadt
Education
| 1993 | Final Secondary School Examination, Bundesrealgymnasium Auhof, Linz, Austria |
| 1993 – 1998 | Study of Chemistry, University of Dortmund, Dortmund |
| 01/1998 – 08/1998 | Diploma thesis (natural product synthesis), Department of Chemistry, King's College, London, UK (with Prof. K. Jones) |
| 1998 – 2002 | Ph. D. thesis (organometallic chemistry, NMR spectroscopy), Graduation date: February 8th, 2002; Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Dortmund, Dortmund (with Prof. T. N. Mitchell) |
| 04/2002 – 10/2005 | independent research activity (NMR-spectroscopic structure determination of organic molecules), Institute for Analytical Chemistry of Leipzig University, Leipzig (with Prof. Dr. S. Berger) |
| 10/2005 – 03/2011 | continuation of independent research activities (NMR spectroscopy), Clemens-Schöpf-Institut at TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, (with Prof. M. Reggelin) |
| 05/2007 – 07/2007 | teaching appointment, University of Dortmund, Dortmund |
| 2010 | call for full professorship in analytical chemistry, University of Bremen (declined) and offer from TU Darmstadt (accepted) |
| since 04/2011 | W3 professorship for organic structure elucidation, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt |
| summer 2015 | Sabbatical stay, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| summer 2019 | Sabbatical stay, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, as a fellow of the Wenner Gren Foundation |
| summer 2024 | Sabbatical, NMR Methodology Group, University of Manchester, U.K. |
Diploma thesis
| Title | Approach to the Synthesis of a Difluorinated Analogue of Coelenterazine |
| Group | Prof. K. Jones |
| Place | King's College, London |
Dissertation
| Title | Hydrostannierung funktionalisierter Alkine mit gemischten Zinnhalogenidhydriden, Klärung von Struktur und Mechanismus mittels NMR-Spektroskopie |
| Group | Prof. Dr. T. N. Mitchell |
| Place | Universität Dortmund |
Habilitation
| Title | Residuale Dipolare Kopplungen (RDCs) als neuartige NMR-Parameter in der Strukturaufklärung organischer Verbindungen |
| Mentor | Prof. Dr. M. Reggelin |
| Place | TU Darmstadt |
Prizes and Awards
| 03/2008 | ADUC prize for “Habilitanden” |
| since 05/2008 | Emmy-Noether-Fellowship |
| 01/2009 | Prize of the Adolf-Messer-Foundation 2008 |
| 05/2010 | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2010 |
| 07/2010 | ERC starting grant: RDC@catalysis |
| 01/2018 | Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2018 |
Member of (scientific) Boards
| 2003 | Committee for the Ernst Award 2003 |
| 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 | Member of the scientific committee of the Discussion Meeting of the Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Division (FGMR) of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
| 2006, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 | Member of the scientific committee of SMASH |
| 2009 – 2016 | Member of the board of the Magnetic Resonance Division (FGMR) of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
| 2009 | Member of the GDCh selection committee of the RISE program |
| 2010 | Organizing committee for the Sino-German Frontiers of Chemistry Meeting 2010 |
| 2011, 2014, 2017 | Member of the scientific committee of EUROMAR |
| 2011 | Program Chair of SMASH |
| 2012 – 2021 | Elected member of the organizing committee of SMASH (emeritus status) |
| 2012 – 2020 | Director of the NMR-Zentrum Darmstadt |
| 2012 | Board of the scientific committee for the Sino-German Frontiers of Chemistry Meeting 2012 |
| 2013 – 2016 | Chairwoman of the Magnetic Resonance Division (FGMR) of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
| 01/2013 – 01/2018 | Member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE), currently YAE Alumnus |
| 04/2013 – 03/2014 | Chairwoman of the Division Darmstadt of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
| 07/2014 – 12/2020 | EUROMAR Board of Trustees |
| 07/2014 – 09/2024 | Ampere Committee |
| 2015 | Member of the scientific committee of ISMAR |
| 09/2015 | Conference Chair and local organizer of the GDCh FGMR 37th Annual Discussion Meeting (joint conference with the NMR DG and EPR Society UK) |
| since 01/2016 | Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance |
| 2017-2023 | Member of the FiF commission (FiF: Forum for interdisciplinary research) of the Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| since 01/2018 | Member of the ISMAR Council |
| 2019 | Organization of the “Heraeus Seminar on Physical Organic Chemistry: Recent developments in instrumentation, structure, theory, and mechanisms” (together with Prof. P. R. Schreiner) |
| since 2020 | Member of the scientific advisory council of the Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| since 01/2021 | Member of the commission of the Heilbronner-Hückel lecture |
| since 03/2021 | Vice President of the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV) |
