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Jan Deska, Prof. Dr.
* 27.05.1979 in Quierschied/Germany
Curriculum Vitae
Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
since 08/2015: Professor for Synthetic Organic Chemistry (tenure track)
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
04/2012 – 03/2015: Chair substitute – Organic Chemistry I
University of Cologne, Germany
07/2014: Habilitation, venia legendi in Organic Chemistry
04/2010 – 07/2015: Liebig junior research group leader: 'Synthetic Biocatalysis'
Stockholm University, Sweden
02/2008 – 03/2010: Postdoc with J.-E. Bäckvall: 'Novel transition metal-catalyzed
racemizations in chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolutions'
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
10/2007 – 12/2007: Postdoc with G. Mehta: 'Studies towards the total synthesis of
phaeofuran A'
Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
04/2007 – 10/2007: Postdoc with R. Müller and U. Kazmaier: 'Investigations on the
biosynthesis of cinnabaramide/salinosporamide'
11/2004 – 04/2007: Doctoral studies under supervision of U. Kazmaier: 'Chelated
peptide ester enolates in the palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation'.
Disseration (Dr. rer. nat.): 07/2007, summa cum laude
01/2004 – 7/2004: Diploma studies, thesis under supervision of U. Kazmaier and
R. Hempelmann: 'Immobilization of Hoveyda-Grubbs-type catalysts in ferrofluids'
10/1999 – 12/2013: Undergraduate studies in Chemistry