Herbert Waldmann
Chemical Biology
Phone:+49 (231) 133-2400
herbert.waldmann@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
Secretary
Brigitte Rose
Phone: +49 (231) - 133 2401
Fax: +49 (231) - 133 2499
brigitte.rose@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
EDUCATION |
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1976 – 1985 |
Studied Chemistry at the University of Mainz, Germany. Received a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1985 under the guidance of Prof. H. Kunz |
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1985 – 1986 |
Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. George Whitesides at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
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1986 – 1991 |
Habilitation at the University of Mainz. Obtained tenure in 1991 |
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CURRENT POSITIONS |
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1999 – now |
Director at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Department of Chemical Biology, Dortmund, Germany |
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1999 – now |
Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the TU Dortmund University, Germany. |
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2005 – now |
Head of the Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund, Germany |
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PREVIOUS POSITIONS |
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1991 – 1993 |
Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Bonn, Germany |
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1993 – 1999 |
Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany |
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2005 to date |
Head of the Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund, Germany |
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2007 – 2008 |
Managing Director of the Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (“caesar”), Bonn, Germany |
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2014 |
Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h. c.) bestowed by Leiden University, NL |
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AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS |
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1982 |
Adolf-Todt-Award |
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1986 |
Friedrich Weygand Award for the Advancement of Peptide Chemistry |
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1986 |
Award of the Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz |
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1991 |
Habilitanden-Preis of the ADUC |
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1992 |
Carl Duisberg Award of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker |
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1992 |
Dozenten-Price of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
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1997 |
Steinhofer Award of the Steinhofer Foundation, University of Freiburg |
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2001 |
Otto-Bayer-Award |
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2003 |
Max-Bergmann Medal |
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2004 |
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle/Saale |
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2006 |
Glaxo SmithKline-Award for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Chemical Biology |
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2009 |
NRW Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste |
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2009 |
Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz |
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2010 |
Hans-Herloff Inhoffen-Medaille 2010 |
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2011 |
Wilhelm-Manchot Research Professor- and Lectureship, TU Munich |
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2011 |
ERC Advanced Investigator Grant of the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) |
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2012 |
Emil Fischer Medal of the GDCh (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker) |
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2013 - 2016 |
Visiting Scientist at RIKEN, Japan |
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2014 |
Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h. c.) bestowed by Leiden University, NL |
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2015 - 2017 |
Cheney Professor, University of Leeds, UK |
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2016 |
Nauta Professor, VU Amsterdam |
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2017 |
Paul Karrer Medal, Universität Zürich |
