Marco Pierau, M.Sc.

Marco Pierau
© Marco Pierau
Marco Pierau
PhD Student
Room 416, OC/BC I
Corrensstraße 36
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 8335321
F: +49 251 8339772
marco.pierau@uni-muenster.de
External Profiles:

  • 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 equally

    T. 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 equally

    Y. 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 equally

    T. 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