Frank Glorius#
| Membership Number: | 6212 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uni-muenster.de/Chemie.oc/glorius/index.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0648-956X |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 08/2007 Full Professor for Organic Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 2004 - 2007 C3-Professor for Organic Chemistry at the University of Marburg
- 2001 - 2004 Independent research at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim/Ruhr (Mentor: Prof. A Fürstner)
- 2000 - 2001 Postdoctoral studies with Prof. D. A. Evans, Harvard University
- 1997 - 2000 PhD thesis with Prof. A. Pfaltz, University of Basel and Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim/Ruhr
- 1996 - 1997 Diploma thesis with Prof. A. Pfaltz and Prof. H. M. R. Hoffmann, MPI für Kohlenforschung, and University of Hannover
- 1995 - 1996 Research studies with Prof. P. A. Wender, Stanford University
- 1992 - 1997 Studies of chemistry at the University of Hannover
Fields of Scholarship
- Photocatalysis
- C-H activation
- Arene hydrogenation
- Catalysis
- N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs)
- NHCs on surfaces
- Organocatalysis
- Data science and machine learning
- Battery chemistry
- Lipid analogs
Honours and Awards
- 2021 - 2014 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (Thomson Reuters till 2016)
- 2021 Prize for University Innovations of the GDCh Patent Law Division
- 2021 Elected Member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
- 2020 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award
- 2020 Otto-Roelen-Medal (DECHEMA & German Catalysis Society)
- 2019 "Professor of the Year 2019" (German competition), second in medicine/natural sciences, UNICUM-Foundation
- 2019 Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize
- 2018 Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- 2018 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2018 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
- 2017 Mukaiyama Award of The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ)
- 2017 IPMI Faculty Advisor Award
- 2014 Goldener Brendel Award (Award for excellent teaching from the students of the Department of Chemistry & Pharmacy)
- 2013 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Award 2013
- 2012 Springer Heterocyclic Chemistry Award
- 2011 OMCOS award
- 2010 ERC Independent Researcher Starting Grant
- 2006 Alfried Krupp Prize for Young University Teachers
- 2005 Dozentenstipendium of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI)
- 2005 BASF Catalysis Award
