Felix Schäfer, M.Sc.
PhD Student
Corrensstraße 36
48149 Muenster
F: +49 251 8339772
felix.schaefer@uni-muenster.de
Curriculum Vitae
08/2020 - 08/2024 PhD Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster 10/2019 - 04/2020 Master thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. David MacMillan, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA 10/2017 - 05/2020 MSc studies of Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany; Research stay in the group of Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell 10/2018 - 11/2018 Internship at patent law firm Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner 03/2018 - 04/2018 Research internship at BASF SE, Department Synthesis and Homogeneous Catalysis, Ludwigshafen, Germany 09/2016 - 07/2017 Erasmus exchange year, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Research stay in the group of Prof. Dr. David Lennon 10/2013 - 09/2016 BSc studies of Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany; Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Dirk Trauner 09/2005 - 07/2013 Ludwigsgymnasium Saarbrücken with Final School Examination (Abitur), Germany Publications
F. Schäfer, L. Lückemeier, F. Glorius,
Improving reproducibility through condition-based, sensitivity assessments: application, advancement, and prospect,
Chem. Sci. 2024, Accepted Manuscript. DOIJ. L. Tyler,§ F. Schäfer,§ H. Shao, C. Stein, A. Wong, C. G. Daniliuc, K. N. Houk*, F. Glorius,*
Bicyclo[1.1.0]butyl Radical Cations: Synthesis and Application to [2π + 2σ] Cycloaddition Reactions,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 16237-16247.
§ These authors contributed equally.M. L. Schrader,§ F. R. Schäfer,§ F. Schäfers,§ F. Glorius,
Bridging the information gap in organic chemical reactions,
Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 491-498.
§ These authors contributed equally.
SharedIt linkS. Dutta, Y.-L. Lu,§ J. E. Erchinger,§ H. Shao, E. Studer, F. Schäfer, H. Wang, D. Rana, C. G. Daniliuc, K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*
Double Strain-Release [2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5232-5241.
§ These authors contributed equally.R. Kleinmans,§ S. Dutta,§ K. Ozols, H. Shao, F. Schäfer, R. E. Thielemann, H. T. Chan, C. G. Daniliuc, K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*
ortho-Selective Dearomative [2π + 2σ]-Photocycloadditions of Bicyclic Aza-Arenes,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 12324-12332.
§ These authors contributed equallyA. Kaithal, H. Sekhar Sasmal, S. Dutta, F. Schäfer, L. Schlichter, F. Glorius,
cis-Selective Hydrogenation of Aryl Germanes: A Direct Approach to Access Saturated Carbo- and Heterocyclic Germanes,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4109-4118.F. Strieth-Kalthoff,§ F. Sandfort,§ M. Kühnemund, F. R. Schäfer, H. Kuchen, F. Glorius,
Machine Learning for Chemical Reactivity: The Importance of Failed Experiments,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202204647; Angew. Chem. 2022, 134, e202204647.
§ These authors contributed equallyJ. Ma,§ S. Chen,§ P. Bellotti,§ R. Guo, F. Schäfer, A. Heusler, X. Zhang, C. Daniliuc, M. K. Brown,* K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*
Photochemical Intermolecular Dearomative Cycloaddition of Bicyclic Azaarenes with Alkenes,
Science 2021, 371, 1338-1345.
§ These authors contributed equally.Awards and Scholarships
10/2019 – 04/2020 DAAD/LMU-PROSA fellow at Princeton University since 07/2018 Fellow of the European Talent Pool of the BASF SE 09/2016 - 07/2017 ERASMUS+ scholarship Teaching Experience
10/2017 - 03/2019 Tutor in Advanced Organic Chemistry (LMU, Prof. Dr. Hendrik Zipse) 04/2018 - 09/2018 Tutor in Organic Chemistry (LMU, Prof. Dr. Oliver Trapp) 10/2017 - 09/2018 Promoting science to young students: Supervision and mentoring of students from different grammar schools (age 12-17) during their projects 04/2011 - 09/2013 Private Tutor in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry