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Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Max Martin Hansmann

Technische Universität Dortmund
Organische Chemie
Otto-Hahn-Str. 6
D-44227 Dortmund

Phone.: +49 231 7555362
E-Mail: max.hansmanntu-dortmundde

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Portrait Max Hansmann © Bettina Engel-Albustin
Since 2023 Full professor in organic chemistry (TU Dortmund)
2019 - 2023 Tenure-track junior professor in organic chemistry (TU Dortmund)
2018 - 2019 Independent research group leader/Liebig fellow (Georg August Universität Göttingen)
2015 - 2017 Postdoctoral research as Alexander von Humboldt scholar with Guy Betrand (UCSD San Diego)
2012 - 2015 PhD (summa cum laude) with A. Stephen K. Hashmi (Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg)
2012 - 2013 Visiting researcher with Mark Lautens (University of Toronto)
2011 External Master’s thesis with Barry M. Trost (Stanford University)
2011 Research stay with Dominic Wright (Cambridge University, UK)
2010 Research stay with Mike Krische (University of Texas at Austin)
2009 - 2011 Master of Science in chemistry (Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg)
2006 - 2009 Bachelor of Science in chemistry (Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg)

Awards

2024 Klung-Wilhelmy science prize
2023 JSP-Scholarship
2022 ERC Starting Grant
2022 ORCHEM-Prize
2022 FCI Dozentenpreis of the Fonds der chemischen Industrie
2022 ADUC prize 2022 (GDCH)
2021 Prize of the “Dr. Otto Röhm Gedächtnisstiftung“
2021 Ernst Haage Prize of the Max-Planck Institute (CEC)
2020 Emmy-Noether fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2019 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2018 - 2019 Liebig-scholarship of the "Fonds der chemischen Industrie"
2016 Karl-Freudenberg-Award
2015 Feodor Lynen scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2013 Winner of the international Reaxys PhD prize
2013 Participation in the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting
2012 - 2014 PhD scholarship of the “Fonds der chemischen Industrie”
2011 Victor Meyer prize und prize of the Theodor-Curtius foundation
2009 Prize of the Dr. Otto-Hofmann foundation
2006 - 2015 Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes“

Memberships

2024 Member of the Early Career Advisory Board of Organic Chemistry Frontiers
2023 Member of the Excellence Cluster RESOLV
2023 Member of the Junges Kolleg der Akademie der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste
2022 - 2025 Member of the Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board
2016 - 2021 Member of the "Kolleg der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften"
Since 2006 Member of the “Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker“ (GDCH)

Presentations

Oral contributions:
46. University of Freiburg, Germany, 09.12.2024, "From fundamental carbon compounds to new reagents for C-atom transfer"
45. FU Berlin, Klung-Wilhelmy prize lecture, Germany, 21.11.2024, "Von reaktiven Intermediaten zu neuen Reagenzien in der organischen Synthese"
44. RWTH Aachen, Germany, 31.10.2024, "From Fundamental Carbon Compounds to C-atom Transfer"
43. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, 13.09.2024, "From Fundamental Carbon Compounds to Novel Reagents"
42. FU Berlin, Germany, 14.05.2024, "From Bond Polarization to Novel Carbon Compounds"
41. Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Toulouse, France, 22.02.2024, "From Organic Redox-Systems to Unusual Carbon Compounds"
40. University of Mainz, 12.12.2023, "From Organic Redox-Systems to Novel Carbon Compounds"
39. International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis (ICOC), Goa, India; 29.10.-02.11.2023  "From polarized olefins to stable diazoalkenes"
38. TU Chemnitz, 13.07.2023, "From Organic Redox-Systems to Novel Carbon Compounds"
37. Physical Organic Gordon Conference, Holderness, US; 24.06.-30.06.2023, "Stable Diazoalkenes – Taming a Reactive Intermediate"
36. LMU München, 19.06.2023, "Polarizing bonds: From organic redox-systems to novel substance classes"
35. TU München, 25.05.2023, "From Organic Redox-Systems to Unusual Organic Molecules"
34. University of Oldenburg, 24.04.2023, "From Organic Redox-Systems to the Stabilization of Elusive Carbon Compounds"
33. University of Düsseldorf; 20.04.2023; “From Organic Redox-Systems to Unusual Carbon Compounds”
32. JungChemiker Symposium Ruhr; 02.03.2023; "Taming Reactive Intermediates in Organic Chemistry: Stable Diazoalkenes"
31. Ruhr-Universität Bochum; 19.01.2023; “From Organic Redox-Systems to Fundamental Organic Substance Classes”
30. University of Tübingen; 10.01.2023; “From organic redox-systems to novel carbon compounds”
29. SERB-DFG Week of Young Researcher (07.11.-10.11. 2022); New Delhi; India „Taming Fundamental Intermediates in Organic Chemistry: Stable Diazoalkenes”
28. ORCHEM 2022; University of Münster; 06.09.2022 „Room temperature stable diazoalkenes”
27. University of Münster; 28.04.2022 „Organic two electron redox systems and novel carbon based compounds”
26. University of Regensburg; online; 09.02.2022 „Organic redox-systems and unusual organic molecules”
25. University of Tel Aviv, Israel; online; 19.12.21 “From organic redox systems to novel carbon compounds”
24. University of Jena; online; 08.12.21 "Organic redox systems and novel carbon based compounds"
23. Ernst Haage award ceremony; MPI Mülheim; 05.11.2021 "From polarized olefins to room temperature stable diazoalkenes"
22. GDCH-Wissenschaftsforum (WiFo); online; (29.8.-1.9.2021) “Taming reactive organic compounds: A room-temperature stable diazoalkene”
21. TU Dortmund Chemistry & Physics Seminar; online; (21.7.2021) “Organic redox-systems and unusual organic molecules”
20. Chemiedozententagung, online; 17.03.2021 “Redox-active hybrid molecules and mesoionic N-heterocyclic olefins”
19. TU Dortmund, online, 19.01.2021; “Organic redox systems and unusual olefins”
18. FCI scholar meeting; University of Münster, Germany; 26.02.2020; "Mesoionic olefins – A new class of strong donor ligands"
17. TU Berlin, Germany; 09.01.2020; "Synthesis of Hybrid-Systems Derived from Pyrylium and Pyridinium Salts"
16. Steinheimer Gespräche, Fonds der chemischen Industrie; 16.05. – 18.05.2019; Mainz, Germany; "Photo- and electrochemistry with organic hybrid molecules"
15. JCF-Symposium; 31.05.2018; University of Göttingen, Germany; “Taming the Untamable: From Carbenes and Phosphinidenes to Radicals”
14. University of Göttingen, Germany; 19.10.2017; “Correlating the Reactivity of Gold and Boron Electrophiles and New Insights into Main Group Chemistry”
13. University of Regensburg, Germany; 28.03.2017; “Gold and Boron – Two Useful Electrophiles in Organic Synthesis”
12. University of Münster, Germany; 23.03.2017; “Gold and Boron – Two Useful Electrophiles in Organic Synthesis”
11. Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaire (ISIS); 21.03.2017, France, “Gold and Boron – Two Useful Electrophiles in Organic Synthesis”
10. University of Aachen, Germany; 20.03.2017; “Gold and Boron – Two Useful Electrophiles in Organic Synthesis”
09. 2nd Annual Chemistry & Biochemistry Postdoctoral Research Symposium; 22.09.2016, La Jolla, USA; “From Electrophilic Boron to Electrophilic Phosphorus”
08. Prize lecture at the Heidelberg Academy of Science and Humanities; 20.05. – 21.05.2016, Heidelberg; Germany; “Correlating the reactivity of gold and boron electrophiles”
07. 251th ACS meeting; 13.03. – 17.03.2016, San Diego, United States; “B(C6F5)3 a unique π-Lewis acid – Rearrangement and Carboboration Reactions”
06. 17th JCF spring symposium; 25.03. – 28.03.2015, Münster, Germany; “Application of B(C6F5)3 as π-Lewis acid in Organic Synthesis”
05. 2nd Reaxys Conference; 21.09. – 24.09.2014, Grindelwald, Switzerland; “B(C6F5)3 a unique π-Lewis acid”
04. PhD seminar of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”; 22.05. – 25.05.2014, Wannseeforum Berlin; Berlin, Germany; “Gold and boron – Two Lewis acids for organic synthesis”
03. 16th JCF spring symposium; 26.03. – 29.03.2014, Jena, Germany; “Organic Synthesis with Two Gold Centres”
02. Meeting of the “Fonds der Chemischen Industrie” (FCI); 31.1.2014, Würzburg, Germany; “Gold and boron – Two unique π-Lewis acids”
01. 1st Reaxys Chemistry Conference; 22.09. – 24.09.2013, Grindelwald, Switzerland; “Two Gold Centers combined for Organic Synthesis – New Concepts and Intermediates”

 

Other conferences attended:
11. Emmy-Noether-Treffen; 07.07.-09.07.23, Potsdam, Germany.
10. 25th Steinheimer Gespräche; 15.6.-17.6.23; Mainz, Germany.
09. 56th Bürgenstock Conference 2023; 07.05.-11.05.23, Brunnen, Switzerland.
08. Hochschule trifft Industrie; 28.09.-30.09.2022, Bieberach an der Riss, Germany.
07. Organic Battery Days; 03.06. – 05.06.2019, Jena, Germany.
06. ACS Publication Forum: Diversity in Inorganic/Organic Chemistry; 10.10. – 11.10.2018, Heidelberg, Germany.
05. 5th Lower Saxony Catalysis Symposium (NIKAS); 19.09. – 20.09.2018, Göttingen, Germany.
04. Chemiedozententagung; 05.03. – 07.03.2018, Jena, Germany.
03. GAIN-meeting (German Academic International Network); 09.09. – 11.09.2016, Washington D.C., USA.
02. Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting; 30.06. – 05.07.2013, Lindau, Germany.
01. Trost Conference; 2011 Stanford University, USA.