Marco Pierau, M.Sc.
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Curriculum Vitae
since 11/2021 PhD Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster 04/2021 - 10/2021 Master Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster; Title: Synthesis of saturated N-heterocycles via a cascade hydrogenation & Imidazolium-based lipid analogues as versatile membrane manipulators. 10/2020 - 03/2021 Research stay in the group of Prof. Dr. Thomas Maimone, University of California, Berkeley, USA 02/2020 - 03/2020 Research Internship in the group of Prof. Dr. Debabrata Maiti, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India since 10/2019 Master studies in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster 06/2019 - 08/2019 Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, WWU Münster, Germany: “Novel approaches for the insertion of polarized π-bonds into carbon-metal species generated through undirected C–H-activation” 10/2016 - 08/2019 Bachelor studies in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster 08/2007 - 06/2015 Freiherr-vom-Stein Gymnasium Hamm, Germany, with Final Examination (Abitur) Awards and Scholarships
2021 Award for the best master thesis of the department in 2021 10/2020 - 03/2021 PROMOS Scholarship 2015 GDCh Award for the best Abitur thesis in Chemistry at Freiherr-vom-Stein Gymnasium Hamm 2015 DMV Award for the best Abitur thesis in Chemistry at Freiherr-vom-Stein Gymnasium Hamm Publications
L. Lückemeier,§ M. Pierau,§ F. Glorius,
Asymmetric arene hydrogenation: towards sustainability and application,
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2023, 52, 4996-5012.
§ These authors contributed equallyT. Wegner,§ A. L. L. Matos,§ K. Porte,§ K. Mehring,§ M. Pierau,§ H. Horstmeier, V. Gerke,* F. Glorius,*
A bifunctional imidazolium-based cholesterol analog for the tracking of cellular cholesterol distributions and cholesterol–protein interactions,
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 4817-4822.
§ These authors contributed equallyY. Zheng,§ T. Wegner,§ D. Di Iorio, M. Pierau, F. Glorius,* S. V. Wegner,*
NTA-Cholesterol Analogue for the Nongenetic Liquid-Ordered Phase-Specific Functionalization of Lipid Membranes with Proteins,
ACS Chem. Biol. 2023, 18, 1435-1443.
§ These authors contributed equallyT. Wagener, M. Pierau, A. Heusler, F. Glorius,
Synthesis of Saturated N-Heterocycles via a Catalytic Hydrogenation Cascade,
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 3366-3371.Teaching Experience
since 2019 Tutor in Organic Chemistry for undergraduate students 2018 - 2019 Tutor in General Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität 2018 Private Tutor, subjects: Chemistry, Math, Physics