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
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)
External offers
01/2023 External offer for a W3-Professorship (declined)
11/2019 External offer for a W2-Professorship (declined)