Prof. emeritus Dr. Hans J. Schäfer
Organisch-Chemisches Institut
Tel: +49 (0)251 8333231
Fax: +49 (0)251 8336523
schafeh@uni-muenster.de

Curriculum Vitae

Born 1937	Mannheim
1963	Dr. rer. nat., Univ. Heidelberg, U. Schöllkopf
1964 - 1966	Postdoctoral Research: Univ. Göttingen, U. Schöllkopf; Yale Univ., K.B. Wiberg
1970	Habilitation, Univ. Göttingen
1971	Docent Fellowship "Fonds der Chemischen Industrie"
1973	University professor (C4), Univ. Münster
1985	Member Dechema Panel "Electrochemical Processes"
1988	Dean Fachbereich Chemistry, Univ. Münster
1989	Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Award
1990 - 1994	Member of Senate Univ. Münster
1993 - 1998	Coordinator of EC-Human Capital and Mobility Network "Electron Transfer"
1995	Journal "Fett, Lipid", Advisory Board
1998	Manuel Baizer Memorial Award of the Electrochemical Society
2002	Normann-Medal of the German Society for Fat Science (Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fettwissenschaft)

Research Interests

Organic Electrosynthesis
Anodic and Cathodic C-C Bond Formation and Functional Group Interconversion; Stereoselective Reactions of Electrochemically Generated Reactive Intermediates
Radical Reactions
Selective Oxidations of C-H Bonds Remote from Activating Groups; Inter- and Intramolecular Addition of Radicals to C-C Double Bonds
Natural Product Synthesis
Guaianolides, Morphine and Taxane Precursors; Alkaloids (Indolizidines and Quinolizidines)
Renewable Resources
Conversion of Fatty Acids at the Carboxyl Group, C-H and C-C Double Bonds to Higher Value Oleochemicals; Selective Oxidation of Carbohydrates
Two and Three Dimensional Supramolecular Structures of Fatty Compounds