Organic Chemistry Colloquium
The Organic Chemistry lectures take place on Wednesdays at 5.15 pm in lecture hall MN30, unless otherwise stated. After the lectures, at about 7 pm, there will be a discussion over dinner with the guest speaker.
Lecture List:
Tuesday, 13.10.2026
Prof. Dr. Anna Wuttig (University of Chicago)
“Designing for Disorder: Electrocatalytic Synthesis with Interfacial Control”
Wednesday, 21.10.2026
Dr. Markus Lakemeyer (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
“Decoding Microbial Enzymes using Covalent Inhibitors and Chemical Proteomics”
Wednesday, 28.10.2026
Prof. Dr. Kálmán Szabó (Stockholm University)
“Catalytic asymmetric homologation of boron compounds by carbene insertion”
Wednesday, 04.11.2026
Dr. Felix Kaspar (Universität des Saarlandes)
“Biocatalysis with phosphorylated intermediates”
Wednesday, 11.11.2026
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kirschning, (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
“Expanding the terpenome: Terpene synthases and UPOs are synthetic "Jack-of-all-trades" ”
Wednesday, 18.11.2026
Prof. Dr. Golo Storch (Johannes Gutenber-Universität Mainz)
“Catalysis with Photochemically Excited Flavins”
Thursday, 26.11.2026
Prof. Dr. Jose Lassaletta (Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, Sevilla)
“Axis Dynamiziation as a Key Strategy in Atroposelective Catalysis”
Wednesday, 09.12.2026
Dr. Franz-Lucas Haut (Freie Universität Berlin)
“Exploring Organosulfur Chemistry: From Directed Cycloporpanations to SO2-Transfer”
Wednesday, 27.01.2027
Prof. Dr. Luca Dell´Amico (Università di Padova)
“Mechanistic Investigations in Synthetic Photochemistry and Photocatalysis”
Wednesday, 03.02.2027
Prof. Dr. Jun Shimokawa (Kyoto University)
“Organic Synthesis around the Silicon Atom: The Si(pan) Platform”