Local Section Ruhr



Chairman

New Chairman
Prof. Dr. Alexander A. Auer
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion
Stiftstr. 34-36
45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr

Local Lectures and Events

Date Time Speaker Topic Place Gallery

07.10.2004

16:15 Prof. Dr. J.-E. Bäckvall
Univ.Stockholm, Schweden

Recent Advances in Combination of Metal and Enzyme Catalysis for Asymmetric Synthesis

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

18.11.2004

16:15 Prof. Dr. Diederich
ETH Zürich,Schweiz

Molekulare Erkennung mit biologischen ETH Rezeptoren: Strukturbasierte Entwicklung nichtpeptidischer Enzyminhibitoren

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

25.11.2004

17.00 Prof. Dr. P.A. Jacobs
Katholische Universität
Leuven/Belgien

Karl-Ziegler-Lectureship 2004:
Hybrid Solids: The Ultimate Solution to Catalyst Heterogenization?

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

16.12.2004

16:15 Prof. Dr. Andreas Manz
Institut für Spektrochemie und
Angewandte Spektroskopie (ISAS),
Dortmund und Berlin

Continuous-Flow Chemical Reactions and Separations on Chip

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

13.01.2005

16:15 Prof. Dr. W. Tolman
University of Minnesota, USA

Using Synthetic Chemistry to Understand Dioxygen Activation by Copper Protein Active Sites

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

07.04.2005

16:15 Dr. H. Hugl
Bayer Chemicals AG
(Lanxess Deutschland GmbH)

Custom Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals - A Challenging Exercise for Chemists

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

31.05.2005

16:15 Prof. Dr. Eric Meggers
University of Pennsylvania, USA

Bridging Bioorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry:
From Metals in Enzyme Inhibitors to Metallo-DNA

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

08.06.2005

16:15 Prof. Dr. D. Trauner
University of California,
Berkeley/USA

Chemical Synthesis and Synthetic Biology

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

28.07.2005

16:15 Dr. P. Kraft
Givaudan/Schweiz

Musks & More: Design and Synthesis of New Odorants

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

02.08.2005

16:15 Prof. Yian Shi
Colorado State University/USA

Developing Chiral Ketone Catalysts for Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins with Broad Substrate Scope

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

16.09.2005

16:15 Prof. K. Soai
University of Tokio/Japan

Role of Asymmetric Autocatalysis in Chiral Discrimination and Origin of Chirality

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

13.10.2005

16:15 Prof. Dr. F. Meyer
Universität Göttingen

Cooperating Metal Centers: Metalloenzyme Active Sites, Synthetic Models and Beyond

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

03.11.2005

16:15 Prof. S. Miller
Boston College/USA

Diverse Peptide-Based Catalysts for Various Organic Reactions

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

30.11.2005

17.00 Prof. Dr. K. N. Houk
University of California,
Los Angeles/USA

Karl-Ziegler-Lectureship 2005:
Mechanisms and Dynamics in Thermal Reactions of Hydrocarbons

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

26.01.2006

16:15 Prof. Dr. R. Ahlrichs
Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

Eigenschaften von Clustern: Messung und Berechnung

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

02.02.2006

16:15 Prof. Dr. D. Hilvert
ETH Zürich/Schweiz

Conformational diversity and catalysis

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

16.03.2006

16:15 Prof. Dr. M.J. Krische
University of Austin,
Texas/USA

Hydrogen-Mediated C-C Bond Formation: Discovery, Development and Diversions

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

27.04.2006

16:15 Prof. Dr. H. Grützmacher
ETH Zürich/Schweiz

Chemistry with Paramagnetic Late Transition Metal Complexes

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

01.06.2006

16:15 Prof. Dr. R. Herges
Universität Kiel

Aromatics do the twist, die Synthese der ersten Moebius-Annulene

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

12.10.2006

16:15 Prof. Dr. Shu Kobayashi
University of Tokyo/Japan

Truly Efficient and Powerful Catalyst Systems in Organic Synthesis

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

26.10.2006

16:15 Prof. Dr. K.P. de Jong
Universität Utrecht/Niederlande

Electron Tomography for Fundamental Studies on the Preparation of Supported Catalysts

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

08.11.2006

17.00 Prof. Dr. H. Yamamoto
Chicago/USA

Karl-Ziegler-Lectureship 2006:
Acid Catalysis in Organic Synthesis

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

29.11.2006

11:15 Prof. A. Echavarren
Inst. of Chemical Research of Catalonia,
Terragona/Spanien

Liebig Lecture:
On the Mechanistic Puzzle of Platinum and Gold-Catalyzed Reactions of Enynes and Beyond

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

08.02.2007

16:15 Prof. Dr. H. Gröger
Universität Erlangen

Designer Zellen für die Organische Synthese

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

21.06.2007

16:15 Prof. E. P. Kündig
Universität Genf/Schweiz

Advances in Transition Metal Lewis Acid - Mediated and - Catalyzed Reactions

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

23.08.2007

16:15 Prof. Dr. J. Mulzer
Universität Wien/Österreich

Total Synthesis and Drug Development

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

13.09.2007

16:15 Prof. Dr. K.P.C. Vollhardt
University of California,
Berkeley/USA

Apparent Progress in the Total Synthesis of Carbon

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

25.10.2007

16:15 Prof. Dr. W. Domcke
TU München

Conical intersections and photostability of the building blocks of life

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

10.04.2008

16:15 Prof. Dr. U. T. Bornscheuer
Universität Greifswald

Solving Organic Synthesis Problems with Modern Biocatalysis Tools: Examples for the Development of Highly Enantioselective Enzymatic Reactions

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

19.06.2008

16:15 Prof. Dr. A. Greiner
Universität Marburg

Elektrogesponnene Polymer-Nanofasern - eine Spielwiese für Chemiker, Physiker, Biologen u. v. a.

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

09.10.2008

16:15 Prof. K. P. Dinse
TU Darmstadt

High Frequency EPR in Material Sciences and Catalysis

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

20.11.2008

16:15 Prof. R. Müller
Universität Saarland

Biotechnology of Myxobacteria - promising resources for novel bioactive natural products

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

27.11.2008

16:15 Prof. C. Hertweck
HKI Jena (Biostruktur-Chemie)

Exploring and Engineering Polyketide Diversity in Microorganisms

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

05.02.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. H. Willner
Universität Wuppertal

Weakly coordinating Anions. From academic curiosity to industrially important compounds.

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

26.02.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. B. Breit
Universität Freiburg

Supramolecular Concepts in Homogenous Catalysis

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

05.03.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. H.-J. Steinhoff
Universität Osnabrück

Watching proteins at work:
Site-directed spin labeling and multi-frequency EPR spectroscopy

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

02.04.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. Matthias Drieß
TU Berlin

Silylenes in Concert for Catalysis and More

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

07.05.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. Dietmar Stalke
Universität Göttingen

What Synthetic Chemists Learn From Experimental Charge Densities

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

14.05.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. Klaus Gerwert
RU Bochum

From Protein Reactions Mechanisms Towards Protein Networks

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

02.07.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. M. Thevis
Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln

Detection of new drugs and methods of doping

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

15.10.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. C. Schmuck
Universität Duisburg-Essen

What have anion sensors, enzyme inhibitors and
nanoparticles in common?
Interacting molecules

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

19.11.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. L. Gooßen
TU Kaiserslautern

New catalytic transformations - On the way to "dream reactions"

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

26.11.2009

16:15 Prof. Dr. C. Strohmann
TU Dortmund

From Structure Formation Principles and Reactivity of Organolithium Compounds to Chiral Reagents

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

04.03.2010

16:15 Prof. Dr. T. J. J. Müller
Univ. Düsseldorf

Transition Metal Catalysis as an Entry to Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

29.04.2010

16:15 Prof. Dr. G. Henkel
Univ. Paderborn

Bis-Guanidines and Guanidin-Thiolate-Hybrides -
Ligands with Biomimikry-Potential

MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie,
Large Seminar Room

04.05.2010

17.00 Prof. Dr. S. E. Denmark
Univ. of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign/USA

Karl-Ziegler-Lectureship 2010:
Lewis Base Activation of Lewis Acids: A New Paradigm in Main Group Chemistry

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

10.06.2010

16:15 PD Dr. H. Jendralla
Sanofi-Aventis

Industrial Scale Enantioselective Synthesis of a 1,3-Aminoalcohol With Three Chiral Centres. Unprecedented Four-Component Mannich Reaction With Crystallization-Driven Dynamic Resolution.

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

24.06.2010

16:15 Prof. Holger Braunschweig
Univ. Würzburg

Borylene Complexes as Reagents in Organic and
Organometallic Synthesis

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

01.07.2010

16:15 Prof. Dr. C. Bolm
RWTH Aachen

Ligand effects in metal catalysis

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

19.08.2010

16:15 Prof. Dr. Y. Apeloig
Technion, Haifa/Israel

Recent Studies on Low-Coordination Silicon Compounds. Multiple Bonds, Metallosilanes and Silyl Radicals

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

16.09.2010

16:15 Prof. Judith A. K. Howard
University Durham, UK

Ligand effects in metal catalysis

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

04.11.2010

16:15 Prof. Martin Winter
Universität Münster

State of the Art: Possible Future Scenarios
of Large Lithium-Ion-Batteries

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

10.02.2011

16:15 Prof. Tobias Ritter
Harvard University, USA

Late-Stage Fluorination

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

31.03.2011

16:15 Prof. Dr. J. Okuda
RWTH Aachen

Stereoselective polymerization catalysis with
post-metallocenes

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

05.05.2011

16:15 Prof. Dr. Jean-Francois Carpentier
Université de Rennes 1

ansa-Lanthanidocenes for Stereoselective and
Coordinative Chain-Transfer Polymerization of
Styrene (catalytic methodologies for preparing
iPS, sPS and stereoblock polystyrenes)

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

25.05.2011

17.00 Prof. Dr. P. Chen
ETH Zürich, Schweiz

Karl-Ziegler-Lectureship 2011:
Ruthenium Carbenes:
From Gas Phase Mechanisms to Catalyst Design

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

16.06.2011

16:15 Prof. Dr. Jörg J. Schneider
TU Darmstadt

Synthesis and Functional Properties of Carbon
Nanotubes in Catalysis and Sensing

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

30.06.2011

16:15 Prof. Dr. A. Stephen K. Hashmi
Univ. Heidelberg

Gold Catalysis: Ligands, Methods and Mechanisms

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

26.09.2011

16:15 Prof. S. Panke
ETH Zürich / Schweiz

Synthetic Biology and the vision of a
fully engineer-able biological system

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

17.11.2011

16:15 Prof. Dr. Uwe Rosenthal
Universität Rostock

Many Metallocene-made Mad Metallacycles -
from Basics to Applications in Academia and Industry

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

01.12.2011

16:15 Prof. Peter R. Schreiner
Universität Giessen

Tunneling control of chemical reactions

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

09.02.2012

16:15 Prof. Ingo Krossing
Universität Freiburg

Chemistry with weakly coordinating anions:
From fundamentals to application...!

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

08.03.2012

16:15 Prof. Daniel Seidel
Rutgers University
Piscataway (USA)

Functionalization of Amines via Redox-Neutral Reaction Cascades

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

19.04.2012

16:15 Prof. Patrick Holland
University of Rochester
Rochester (USA)

N-N and C-F Activation by Low-Coordinate Iron and Cobalt Complexes

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

28.06.2012

16:15 Prof. Stefan Kaskel
TU Dresden

Modular Construction of Porous Materials for Catalysis and Adsorption

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

30.08.2012

16:15 Dr. H. Teles
BASF SE
Ludwigshafen

Oxidations from an industrial point of view

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

29.11.2012

16:15 Prof. Dr. J. Bode
ETH Zürich
Schweiz

Synthetic Chemistry:
Taking NO for an Answer

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

13.12.2012

16:15 Prof. Dr. G. Hilt
Univ. Marburg

Aspects in Modern Cobalt Catalysis:
Multi-Component Reaction,
Natural Product Synthesis,
Polycarbonyl Compounds and Graphenes

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

14.03.2013

16:15 Prof. V. Ananikov
Russische Akademie d. Wissenschaften,
Moskau/Russland

Adaptive Transition Metal and Nanoparticle Catalysis in Organic Synthesis

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

25.04.2013

16:15 Prof. L. Fensterbank
Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie
Paris/Frankreich

New Catalytic Processes in Radical
and Organometallic Chemistry

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

08.08.2013

16:15 Prof. Armido Studer
Univ. Münster

SET Reductions with Organic Reagents -
The Electron as a Catalyst!

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

21.11.2013

16:15 Prof. Dr. P.H. Seeberger
Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und
Grenzflächenforschung
Potsdam

Preventing and Curing Infectious Diseases:
Carbohydrate Based Vaccines and Continuous Flow
Synthesis of Artemisinin

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

09.01.2014

16:15 Prof. Michael R. Buchmeiser
Universität Stuttgart

CO2- and Metal Ion-Protected N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
as Latent Catalysts in Polymerization (Organo-) Catalysis

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

23.01.2014

16:15 Prof. Martin Suhm
Universität Göttingen

Physical energy conversion materials from a fundamental
perspective:
Hydrocarbon folding and stretching on the nanometer scale

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

30.01.2014

16:15 Prof. Karl J. J. Mayrhofer
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung
Düsseldorf

Stability of catalyst materials - the key for the deployment
of electrochemical energy conversion

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

12.06.2014

16:15 Prof. Rodney J. Bartlett
University of Florida, USA

The Evolution of the Gold Standard in Quantum Chemistry:
Coupled-Cluster Theory and its Applications

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

25.09.2014

16:15 Prof. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci
LIOS an der JKU Linz, Österreich

Organic and Bio-Organic Devices for Solar
Energy Conversion and CO2 Recycling

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

02.10.2014

16:15 Prof. Christoph Janiak
HHU Düsseldorf

Chemistry in the World of Dwarfs -
from Nanopores to Nanoparticles

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

05.02.2015

16:15 Prof. Albrecht Berkessel
Universität zu Köln

Carbene Catalysis and the Breslow Intermediate

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

26.03.2015

16:15 Prof. Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern
Max-Planck-Institut für
Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme
Magdeburg

Processes to separate enantiomers

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

20.05.2015

16:15 Prof. Dr. S. Grimm
Universität Bonn

Karl-Ziegler-Lectureship 2015:
Accurate Quantum Chemistry for Complex Chemical Systems

MPI für Kohlenforschung,
Large Lecture Theatre

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