The Wagenknecht group

H.-A. Wagenknecht
Curriculum Vitae    
     
Name: Hans-Achim Wagenknecht
Academic degree: Prof. Dr.
Birthday: 1968 in Pforzheim
Familiary status : married with Jutta Wagenknecht, 2 children
Work address : Universität Regensburg
Universitätsstr. 31, D - 93053 Regensburg, Germany
Tel.: Int.+49 (0)941-943-4802
Fax.: Int.+49 (0)941-943-4617
E-Mail: achim.wagenknecht[at]chemie.uni-regensburg.de  
Internet: www-oc.chemie.uni-regensburg.de/wagenknecht  
       
School education :

     
09/75 - 08/79 Basic school Offenburg-Windschläg    
09/79 - 08/88 Schillergymnasium Offenburg
(Musikzug mit mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichem Zug)
09/86 - 05/88 Gymnasiale Oberstufe (mit den Leistungskursen Musik und Mathematik)
05/88 General certificate (Allgemeine Hochschulreife, Note 1.1)    
       
Scientific education:


   
10/89 - 08/91 Basic studies , University Freiburg i. Br., Germany    
08/91 Prediploma (mit sehr guter Bewertung)    
10/91 - 06/94 Main studies with Chemistry with focus on Biochemistry    
07/94 - 04/95 Diploma work, Prof.Dr. Jochen Lehmann
Synthesis of unusual glycoside analogs as competitive inhibitors of glycosidases
05/95 Diploma (mit sehr guter Gesamtbewertung)    
08/95 - 05/98 Dissertation, Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Woggon
Institute for Organic Chemistry, University Basel, Switzerland

Chloroperoxidase - Synthesis of enzyme models and identification of intermediates of the catalytic cycle
05/98 Promotion summa cum laude    
09/98 - 08/00 Postdoctorate, Prof. Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

Synthesis of DNA-peptide- and DNA-metal complex-conjugates
Modulation of charge transfer in DNA through bound peptides and proteins

Independent research

 

09/00 - 09/05 Chemistry Department, Prof. Dr. Horst Kessler
Technical University Munich, Germany

12/03 Habilitation
Investigation of charge transfer in DNA by synthetically modified oligonucleotides
02/04 Privatdozent    

06/05

Calls for professorships at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg and at the University Regensburg    
10/05 - 09/10 Professor for Organic Chemistry, University Regensburg    

10/10

Call for professorships at the Karlsruher Intstiut für Technologie    
since 10/05 Professor for Organic Chemistry, Karlsruher Intstiut für Technologie    
       
Industrial experience


     
07/92 - 10/92 Research placement at Ciba-Geigy AG (now Novartis AG), Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Eva Altmann
Synthesis of Ca-alkylated arginine and potential leukotriene D4 a ntagonists
03/95 - 05/95 Research placement at Ciba-Geigy AG (now Novartis AG), Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Eva Altmann
Synthesis of potential inhibitors of the tyrosie kinase c-Src
       
Awards and awarded fellowships :


   
09/98 - 02/99 Postdoctoral fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation
03/99 - 08/99 Postdoctoral fellowship of the Novartis foundation    
09/99 - 02/00 Postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Health    
03/00 - 08/00 Emmy-Noether-fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft    
01/01 Synthesis/Synlett-Journal Award of the Thieme publisher    
12/03 Award of the Dr.-Otto-Röhm-Gedächtnisstiftung    
09/04 ORCHEM-Award of the German Chemical Society    
09/05 Bredereck Award for Bioorganic Chemistry    
10/06 Grammaticakis-Neumann Award of the Swiss Chemical Society    
       
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