CV Prof. Dr. Jochen Niemeyer
Prof. Dr. Jochen Niemeyer
Faculty of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitätsstraße 7
45117 Essen
Room: S07 S04 C21
Phone: +49 201 183 3148
Curriculum vitae
Professional career
since 2023 Heisenberg-Professor for Organic Chemistry (W3, full professor)
2020 -2023 Heisenberg-Professor for Organic Chemistry (W2, associate professor)
2020 Habilitation in Organic Chemistry
2014 - 2020 Young Group Leader (Habilitand), University of Duisburg-Essen (with Prof. Carsten Schmuck)
2011 – 2014 Laboratory head, Evonik Industries AG, Marl
2010 – 2011 Postdoctoral stay, University of Oxford (Prof. Simon Aldridge)
2005 – 2009 Doctoral studies, University of Münster (Prof. Gerhard Erker)
2006 - 2007 Research stay (6 months), University of Nagoya, Japan (Prof. Yoshihito Watanabe)
2004 Research stay (5 months), Emory University, Atlanta, USA (Prof. Lanny S. Liebeskind)
2000 – 2005 Studies in chemistry, University of Münster
Fellowships and awards
2024 Chemical Communications Pioneering Investigator 2024
2023 Selected as Henriette-Herz-Scout by the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung
2023 Organic Chemistry Frontiers Emerging Investigator 2023
2019 Research Prize by the Dr.-Otto-Röhm-Foundation
2019 Selected for the Heisenberg-Programme of the (DFG)
2019 Teaching Award by the University of Duisburg-Essen
2018 Teaching Award by the Faculty of Chemistry at University of Duisburg-Essen
2017 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2015 – 2017 Member of the Global Young Faculty IV
2015 Participant of the 65. Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting
2014 - 2019 Liebig-Fellowship by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, FCI
(positive interim-evaluation in 02/2017)
2010 – 2011 Postdoc fellowship by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2006 – 2008 PhD-Fellowship by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, FCI
2006 PhD-Fellowship by the International Research Training Group Münster-Nagoya
2004 Fellowship for Studies Abroad by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
2002 – 2005 Graduate Fellowship by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Funding
2026 - 2028 DFG-NRF project funding in cooperation with Prof. Joohoon Kim (Kyung Hee University) (NI1273/7-1)
2024 - 2027 Sachbeihilfe by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (NI1273/6-1)
2023 - 2027 Member of the LUCES Cost-Action funded by the European Union
2023 - 2028 Funding by the Henriette-Herz-Scouting-Programme of the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung
2023 - 2025 Project Funding by the consortium for Joint Industrial Acadamic Research (IGF),
funded by the Federal Ministry for Economics and Climate Action
2022 - 2025 Cooperation grant by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR)
2021 - 2025 Sachbeihilfe by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (NI1273/2-2)
2021 - 2024 Sino-German Mobility Programme (together with Prof. Xiaoyu Hu, NUAA)
2020 -2025 Heisenberg-Programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (NI1273/4-1)
2018 - 2022 Sachbeihilfe by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (NI1273/3-1)
2018 - 2019 Exploration Grant by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
2017 Grant for young researchers by the Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)
2017 - 2021 Sachbeihilfe by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (NI1273/2-1)
2016 - 2018 Start-up grant by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR)
2017 Grant for chemical costs by the Deutsches Stiftungszentrum
2016 - 2019 PhD fellowship by Evonik Industries AG, awarded to Mrs. Martha Kohlhaas
2015 - 2017 Travel grant, associated to the membership in the Global Young Faculty
2015 - 2017 Start-up grant by the University of Duisburg-Essen
2014 - 2019 Liebig-Fellowship by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, FCI
(positive interim-evaluation in 02/2017)
2010 - 2011 Postdoctoral fellowship by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (NI1273/1-1)
Voluntary commitment
Since 2025 Member of the Board in the "Supramolecular Chemistry" division of the GDCh
Since 2024 Ombudsman for the Faculty of Chemistry
Since 2024 Appointment Commissioner (Berufungsbeauftrager) for the Faculty of Chemistry
2021–2023 Elected member of the Faculty Council at the Faculty of Chemistry
2017–2024 Chair of the Colloquium for Organic Chemistry
External offers
01/2023 External offer for a W3-Professorship (declined)
11/2019 External offer for a W2-Professorship (declined)
Personal information
Family Married, two kids (* 2019 and 2024)
Parental leave 11/2019, 03/2020, 08/2024 (0% worktime)
04/2020 – 09/2020 (75% worktime)
03/2025 – 09/2025 (25% worktime)