since 2009 Juniorprofessor at the ITMC, RWTH Aachen University 2005 - 2009 Research Assistant at the ITMC, RWTH Aachen University 2003 - 2004 Postdoctoral research with Dr. John M. Brown, University of Oxford 2002 - 2003 Postdoctoral research with Prof. Dr. Francois Mathey and Dr. Duncan Carmichael, École Polytechnique, Paris 1998 - 2002 Ph. D. Thesis under supervision of Prof. Dr. Henri Brunner, University of Regensburg 1998 - 1999 Diploma Thesis under supervision of Prof. Dr. Henri Brunner, University of Regensburg 1993 - 1998 Study of Chemistry, University of Regensburg

Mechanismen in der Katalyse

Mechanisms in Catalysis NMR Spectroscopy in Catalysis Asymmetric Catalysis Application of Ionic Liquids in Catalysis Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass Sustainable Industrial Chemistry

F. M. A. Geilen, T. vom Stein, B. Engendahl, S. Winterle, M. Liauw, J. Klankermayer*, W. Leitner* Highly Selective Decarbonylation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural in the Presence of Compressed Carbon Dioxide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 6831. Link Q. Gong, J. Klankermayer*, B. Blümich* Organometallic Complexes in Supported Ionic-Liquid Phase (SILP) catalysts: A PHIP NMR Spectroscopy Study. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 13789. Link D. Chen, Y. Wang, J. Klankermayer* Enantioselective Hydrogenation with Chiral Frustrated Lewis Pairs. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 9475. Link F. M. A. Geilen, Barthel Engendahl, A. Harwardt, W. Marquardt, J. Klankermayer*, W. Leitner* Selective and flexible transformation of biomass-derived platform chemicals by a multifunctional catalytic system. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 5510. Link D. Chen, J. Klankermayer* Metal-free catalytic hydrogenation of imines with tris(perfluorophenyl)borane.

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