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Studierende laufen über den Campus. Es ist eine große rote Skulptur in Form von großen Zahnrädern zu erkennen. © Roland Baege​/​TU Dortmund

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. Daniel Summerer

Academic Education

03/2000 - 10/2000 Diploma Thesis in Org. Chemistry, University of Bonn
10/1997 - 09/2000 Biology Studies (partial), University of Bonn
10/1994 - 03/2000 Chemistry Studies, University of Bonn

Academic Degrees

03/2004 Dr. rer. nat., University of Bonn with Prof. Dr. A. Marx

Career Stages

since 09/2015 Professor for Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids,
TU Dortmund University, Germany
10/2014 - 03/2015
and 10/2013 - 03/2014
 		 Acting Professor of Organic Chemistry
(Chair for Chemistry of Heterocycles),
University of Konstanz, Germany.
01/2011 - 08/2015 Research Fellow (Group Leader) at the Zukunftskolleg,
University of Konstanz, Germany.
07/2007 - 12/2010 Head of Application Development EOCT
(Biotech Industry)
09/2006 - 07/2007 Project Manager,
(Biotech Industry)
05/2004 - 08/2006 Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla (USA).
with Prof. P.G.Schultz.
11/2000 - 03/2004 Doctoral Thesis at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Bonn. with Prof. A. Marx

Selected Honors/Awards

2016 ERC Consolidator Grant (EPICODE)
2015 Hellmut-Bredereck Price of the GDCh
2011 Fellow of the Zukunftskolleg, Konstanz
2004 Feodor-Lynen-Fellow (Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation)
2004 Klaus Grohe Price of the GDCh
2004 Doctorate with “summa cum laude”
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Location & approach

The campus of TU Dort­mund University is located close to interstate junction Dort­mund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dort­mund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is "Dort­mund-Eichlinghofen" (closer to Campus Süd), and from B 1 / A 40 "Dort­mund-Dorstfeld" (closer to Campus Nord). Signs for the uni­ver­si­ty are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dort­mund.

To get from Campus Nord to Campus Süd by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at Campus Nord and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.

TU Dort­mund University has its own train station ("Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät"). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dort­mund main station ("Dort­mund Hauptbahnhof") and Düsseldorf main station via the "Düsseldorf Airport Train Station" (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 20 or 30 minutes). The uni­ver­si­ty is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.

You can also take the bus or subway train from Dort­mund city to the uni­ver­si­ty: From Dort­mund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station "Stadtgarten", usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At "Stadtgarten" you switch trains and get on line U42 towards "Hombruch". Look out for the Station "An der Palmweide". From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dort­mund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dort­mund main station to the stop "Dort­mund Kampstraße". From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop "Dort­mund Wittener Straße". Switch to bus line 447 and get off at "Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät S".

The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dort­mund University. There are two stations on Campus Nord. One ("Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät S") is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the uni­ver­si­ty directly with the city of Dort­mund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the "Technologiepark" and (via Campus Süd) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at Campus Nord and offers a direct connection to Campus Süd every five minutes.

The AirportExpress is a fast and convenient means of transport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Dortmund Central Station, taking you there in little more than 20 minutes. From Dortmund Central Station, you can continue to the university campus by interurban railway (S-Bahn). A larger range of international flight connections is offered at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is about 60 kilometres away and can be directly reached by S-Bahn from the university station.

The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent "Technologiepark".

Site Map of TU Dortmund University (Second Page in English).