Junior Research Group Leader
Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen (Liebig Fellow, hosted by Prof. Dr. Lutz Ackermann)

Development of redox-active heterocyclic radical precursors, including dihydropyrimidines, for the controlled generation of alkyl radicals; palladium-catalyzed functionalization of biobased furan derivatives; organocatalytic (chiral N-heterocyclic carbene and isothiourea) synthesis of chiral radical precursors and more.

Postdoctoral Researcher
Research group of Prof. Dr. Martin Oestreich, Technical University Berlin

Postdoctoral research in organometallic chemistry.

Postdoctoral Researcher
Research group of Prof. Dr. Rubén Martín, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain

Development of nickel-catalyzed carboxylation of aziridines with CO₂, nickel-catalyzed C–H carboxylation via a 1,4-Ni/H shift, and nickel-catalyzed hydroalkylation of alkynes with aziridines.

Doctorate
Research group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, University of Münster

Doctoral research on N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis, including NHC-catalyzed hydroacylation, ortho-quinodimethane generation, and Truce–Smiles rearrangement; switchable NHC organocatalysis; dual NHC/palladium-catalyzed annulations; photoswitchable organic superbases and photoswitchable CO₂ fixation; and chiral, amino-functionalized metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).

Research Stay
Research group of Prof. Dr. Christopher Bielawski, University of Texas at Austin, USA (now at UNIST, South Korea)

Seven-month research stay on the synthesis of novel, highly reactive N-heterocyclic carbenes for small-molecule activation.

Master's Degree: Chemistry
University of Münster

One-month research placements on frustrated Lewis pairs (Prof. Dr. Gerhard Erker), quantification of alkaloids by HPLC-MS (Prof. Dr. Uwe Karst), and NHC-catalyzed Stetter reactions (Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius).

Bachelor's Degree: Chemistry
University of Münster

Bachelor's thesis: statistical analysis of molecular dynamics simulations for the detection of hidden complexity (Prof. Dr. Andreas Heuer).