Philipp Miro Pflüger, M.Sc.

Philipp Pflüger
© Marius Kühnemund / Uni MS
Philipp Pflüger
PhD Student
Room 427, OC/BC I
Corrensstraße 36
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 8335323
F: +49 251 8339772
philipppflueger@uni-muenster.de
External Profiles:
  • Curriculum Vitae

    since 11/2019 PhD Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    04/2019 - 09/2019 Master Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    09/2018 - 03/2019 Research Internship in the group of Prof. Dr. Matthew Gaunt, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    02/2018 - 04/2018 Research Internship in the group of Prof. Dr. Guosheng Liu, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China
    since 10/2017 Master studies in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
    2014 - 2017 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster; Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius: Total synthesis of 8-oxypalmatine and 8-oxypalmatine enabled by a Cp*CoIII-catalyzed C–H-activation approach.
    2006 - 2014 Grammar (Secondary) School: Don Bosco Gymnasium, Essen, with Final Examination (Abitur)
    2011 Internship at Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim, Germany
  • Awards and Scholarships

    2014 Award for best “Abitur” in Chemistry (GDCh)
  • Publications

    L. Schlosser, D. Rana, P. Pflüger, F. Katzenburg, F. Glorius,*
    EnTdecker – A machine learning-based platform for guiding substrate discovery in energy transfer catalysis,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 13266-13275.

    D.-H. Liu,§ P. M. Pflüger,§ A. Outlaw,§ L. Lückemeier, F. Zhang, C. Regan, H. Rashidi Nodeh, T. Cernak,* J. Ma,* F. Glorius,*
    Late-Stage Saturation of Drug Molecules,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 11866-11875.
    § These authors contributed equally.

    D. Rana, P. M. Pflüger, N. P. Hölter, G. Tan, F. Glorius,
    Standardizing Substrate Selection: A Strategy toward Unbiased Evaluation of Reaction Generality,
    ACS Cent. Sci. 2024, 10, 899-906.

    P. M. Pflüger,§ M. Kühnemund,§ F. Katzenburg,§ H. Kuchen, F. Glorius,
    An evolutionary algorithm for interpretable molecular representations,
    Chem 2024, 10, 1391-1405.
    § These authors contributed equally. Selected for cover image.

    L. Quach, S. Dutta, P. M. Pflüger, F. Sandfort, P. Bellotti, F. Glorius,
    Visible-Light-Initiated Hydrooxygenation of Unactivated Alkenes - A Strategy for Anti-Markovnikov Hydrofunctionalization,
    ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 2499-2504.

    P. M. Pflüger, F. Glorius,
    Molecular Machine Learning: The Future of Synthetic Chemistry?,
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 18860-18865; Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 19020-19025.

    H.-M. Huang, P. Bellotti, P. M. Pflueger, J. L. Schwarz, B. Heidrich, F. Glorius,
    A Three-Component, Interrupted Radical Heck/Allylic Substitution Cascade Involving Unactivated Alkyl Bromides,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10173-10183.

    H.-M. Huang , M. Koy, E. Serrano, P. M. Pflüger, J. L. Schwarz, F. Glorius,
    Catalytic radical generation of π-allylpalladium complexes,
    Nature Catal. 2020, 3, 393-400.

    C. Chen, P. M. Pflüger, P. Chen, G. Liu,*
    Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Aminotrifluoromethoxylation of Unactivated Alkenes using CsOCF3 as a Trifluoromethoxide Source,
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2392-2396; Angew. Chem. 2019, 131, 2414-2418.

  • Teaching Experience

    2021 Project Leader of the Project Seminar: "Data Extraction from Chemical Journals"
    2020 Tutor at the Workshop: "An introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Chemists and Pharmacists"
    2020 Project Leader of the Project Seminar: "Data Extraction from Chemical Journals"
    2017 Mentor to First-Year Students in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
    2017 Tutor in General Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
    2016 - 2017 Supervisor for Practical lab course for minor subject students in General chemistry, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
    2016 Assistant, Sims Europe 2016 Conference
    since 2012 Private tutor, subjects: chemistry, math and physics
  • Interests and Activities

    •    Swimming
    •    Photographie
    •    Wintersports
    •    Member of the student association in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität