CV Jan Riebe

Dr. Jan Riebe

 

University of Duisburg-Essen

Faculty of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry

Universitätsstraße 7

45117 Essen

Room: S07 S05 C25

Phone: +49 201 183 7382

Email: jan.riebe@uni-due.de

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Career

  • since 04/2025        Senior Scientist (Akademischer Rat) / University of Duisburg-Essen / Group of Prof. Jochen Niemeyer
  • 07/2024 - 03/2025 Staff Scientist / University of Duisburg-Essen / Group of Prof. Jochen Niemeyer
    • Organisational management of the basic practical courses for organic chemistry
    • Teaching organic chemistry for the chemical laboratory technician training programme

Education

  • 01/2021 - 03/2024   Doctoral studies (Dr. rer. nat) / University of Duisburg-Essen / Group of Prof. Jochen Niemeyer
    • „Applications of mechanically interlocked molecules: Switchable [2]rotaxanes for singlet oxygen production -and- First steps towards mechanically chiral organocatalysts“ (grade: summa cum laude)
      • Evonik Faculty Award for the best dissertation 2024
  • 04/2020 - 09/2020   Master of Science in Chemistry / University of Duisburg-Essen / Group of Prof. Jochen Niemeyer
    • Evonik Faculty Award for excellent Master's theses
      • Graduation with distinction (top 10% of the class) - grade: excellent 
  • 07/2018 - 10/2018   Research stay / University of Glasgow (UK) / Dr. Alistair Boyer
    • „ Novel Norbornene Shuttles for Selective C-H Functionalisation”
      • DAAD RISE-Scholarship
  • 10/2015 - 09/2020   Studies in chemistry / University of Duisburg-Essen

Industrial internships

  •  Evonik (Process Development, Hanau), BYK-Chemie (Surface technology, Wesel), Lanxess (Specialty Addititves, Leverkusen; Rubber Chemicals, Dormagen)

Education

  • 08/2012 – 06/2015  Training as a chemical laboratory technician / Lanxess Deutschland GmbH / Dormagen
    • Early final examination with top marks (overall grade: excellent)
    • Honoured by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce "Mittlerer Niederrhein"

Fellowships and Awards

  • 2025                In the top 15 in the 6th Merck Compound Challenge (team captain)
  • 2024                Evonik Faculty Award for the best dissertation 2024
  • 2023                In the top 51 - 75 in the 5th Merck Compound Challenge (team captain)
  • 2022                In the top 4 in the 4th Merck Compound Challenge (team captain)
  • 2020                Evonik Faculty Award for excellent Master theses 
  • 2018                DAAD RISE scholarship for an internship / University of Glasgow / UK
  • 2017 - 2020    "Deutschlandstipendium" sponsored by the Evonik Foundation

 

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