Armido Studer receives an ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. After learning of his prestigious achievement, the Studer group came together in the coffee room and celebrated with prosecco, beer and pizza.

On Friday 26.02.2024 Florian Lind received his doctoral degree. Due to his outstanding performance in the doctoral thesis with the title “Design, Synthese und Anwendung neuartiger Acylsilane” he was also awarded with the Ellen-Baier-Award.

The European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) has accepted the chemist Prof. Dr. Armido Studer as a new member in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of organic synthesis.

Prof. Armido Studer from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster receives the Paracelsus Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society. He is honoured for his work in the field of radical chemistry.

Florian Lind designed in his doctoral studies a silicon-based protecting group which can be selectively removed with blue light. Benzoyldiisopropylsilyl group can be easily installed on primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols by using the corresponding chloride. The study was published in Chemical Science and further highlighted in Chemistry World.

Prior to the ICOC 2023 in Goa, Armido reconnected with his former Indian coworker who now holds esteemed academic positions in various prestigious institutions in India. Together, they engaged in insightful scientific discussions in a Studer group mini-symposium.
Overview of Alumni in India

At the 2023 International Conference on Photochemistry and Industry (ICPI), Armido had the opportunity to reconnect with several of his former group members and alumni from the Organic Institute Münster. All of them have continuously advanced in their respective careers.

Prof. Armido Studer is honored with the "Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award" for pioneering radical-based methodologies. With his work in the field of radical chemistry, Armido Studer has made a significant contribution to the renaissance of free radicals in organic synthesis and in polymer chemistry.

The Studer group entered this year's Chem Cup as the "Armigos" with the head coach Christophe Pauly. After finishing the group phase as group leader, the team persevered through challenging conditions to secure a commendable 6th place in the knockout stage.

On a sunny Friday afternoon in 2023, the eagerly awaited Studer Games unfolded. The Studer group engaged a series of lively and thrilling small games. In the end Elena and Max emerged as the champions, their hearts filled with excitement for the forthcoming games they're eager to organize.

At the 10th Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry (PSRC-10) held in Kyoto, Till Drennhaus received the Poster Prize in recognition of his outstanding presentation titled “Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed FUKUYAMA Indole Synthesis from 2-Vinylphenyl Isocyanides”. This work was recently published. [10.1021/jacs.3c01667]

With the title “Formal (3+2)-Cycloaddition of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes with Ketenes” Niklas Radhoff presented his recent publication (10.1002/anie.202304771) and won the Poster Prize at the 11th Edition of the FoChIn (Forschung der Chemischen Industrie) in Münster.

Stefanie Plöger received her doctoral degree from the faculty of chemistry and pharmacy of her thesis titled “Thermisch und photochemisch induzierte NO-Dissoziation zur radikalischen Difunktionalisierung von Alkenen” and was further awarded with the Ellen-Baier-Award for her outstanding performance.

In the first graduation ceremony of the faculty of chemistry and pharmacy of the year five(!) members of the Studer group received their doctoral degree. Frauke Weidlich, Christian Breuers, Nils Lennart Frye, Philipp Lenz und Philipp Gerdt (f.l.) were further awarded with the Ellen-Baier-Award for their outstanding performance.

For the fifth time Prof. Armido Studer was regonized by Clarivate Analytics together with two other researchers of the University of Münster as world’s most influential researchers. Every year Clarivate Analytics publishes a list of researchers with multiple publications ranked in the top 1% regarding citations in their field.

In the last graduation ceremony of the faculty of chemistry and pharmacy of the year Alexis Emmerich received his doctorate degree with his thesis “Synthese chiraler Polymere durch Ringöffnungspolymerisation von Donor-Akzeptor Cyclopropanen und PEGylierung neuartiger Cyclopropane zur Aktivierung mit Ultraschall”

In this year's Chem Cup, the Studer working group participated as usual in berry jerseys as FC AS69 in a highly competitive event. We are delighted to announce that we clinched the sixth position in our group. This result fills us with high hopes and anticipation for the upcoming year.

After their Graduation Ceremony on July 8th in the Münster castle Maximilian Scherübl, Kalipada Jana and Nadine Döben were awarded as part of the promotion party with the Ellen-Baier-Award for their outstanding performance during their doctoral thesis!

Lena Lezius received the Kekulé Fellowship for doctoral students of the "Fond der chemischen Industrie". The "Fellowship is to promote young outstanding scientists in chemistry and chemistry-related life science subjects."

Constantin Stuckhardt finished his thesis with the title "Neue Anwendungen der Photochemie von Acylsilanen" and received the doctoral degree by the faculty of chemistry and pharmacy. On July 9th he was awarded with the Ellen-Baier-Award for his excellent performance!

The JCF Münster and Evonik awarded Constantin Stuckhardt with the "Evonik Preis 2022" for his outstanding performance during the doctoral theses. His contribution to photoclick reaction of acylsilanes on indoles was recently published in Angewandte Chemie.

Also in 2021 Prof. Armido Studer was regonized by Clarivate Analytics together with two other researchers of the University of Münster as world’s most influential researchers. Every year Clarivate Analytics publishes a list of researchers with multiple publications ranked in the top 1% regarding citations in their field.

Florian Clausen, Eva Kran und Shubhadip Mallick finished their doctorate and were awarded with the doctoral degree in the graduation ceremony of the faculty of chemistry and pharmacy at the end of October. On the next day all three received the Ellen-Baier-Award.

In this years ChemCup the studer group participated as "Studerlicious" and could reach the 9^th place. Florian Lind and Till Drennhaus were awarded as top scorer and MVP of the studer group, respectively.

The "Fond der chemischen Industrie" awarded Gesa Seidler with the Kekulé Fellowship. The "Fellowship is to promote young outstanding scientists in chemistry and chemistry-related life science subjects."

The scientific society "Academia Europaea" has admitted Prof. Armido Studer. The Academia Europaea awards membership to individuals who have demonstrated "sustained academic excellence."
Member profile

The German Research Foundation (DFG) approves new international research training group (IRTG) between the University of Münster and Nagoya. Prof. Armido Studer and Prof. Shigehiro Yamaguchi will be spokesmen of the IRTG with the topic "Functional pi-Systems: Activation, Interaction and Application". IRTG website

Prof. Armido Studer and four other researchers of the University of Münster were recognized by Clarivate Analytics as world’s most influential researchers. Every year Clarivate Analytics publishes a list of researchers with multiple publications ranked in the top 1% regarding citations in their field.

The National Academy of Sciences, “Leopoldina”, recently appointed Prof. Armino Studer as a new member. In doing so, the Academy acknowledges his outstanding scientific achievements. “For me, it is a very special accolade to be part of the oldest society of scientific and medical scholars in German-speaking countries,” says Armido Studer.

Marvin Kischkewitz has been selected as one of the 45 finalists of the Reaxys PhD Prize 2020 for exploring the scope of radical-polar crossover reactions of boron ate complexes! We congratulate Marvin on his outstanding work and wish him all the best for his postdoctoral research stay in Oxford.

Anup Bhunia just published his article "Boron has more surprises" in the journal Chem. In his article he convincingly highlights the versatile reactivity of boron compounds towards radicals and underlines the potential of these reaction in modern organic chemistry. Great article, Anup! Congrats!

On Friday January 31^st Henning Klaasen received his PhD during the graduation ceremony in the castle of Münster. On the next day, Florian Friese presented him the Ellen-Baier-Award of the Studer group as part of the promotion party. The whole groups congratulates him to his good performance.

Together with two other Master’s graduates Stefanie Plöger received an award for her outstanding Master thesis “Development of Novel Reactions via Radical Functional Group Migration“. A representative of Thescon (Coesfeld) presented the prize at the ceremonial awarding of the master's certificates at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy.

Also, this year the Studer Group participated in the soccer tournament “ChemCup” of the University of Münster. In a strong competition the Studer team were able to reach the 6^th place.

On a sunny day in August the Studer group went for a canoeing trip enjoying the beautiful weather in the middle of the nature. After a five-hour trip on the river Ems from Telgte to Handorf a joined BBQ was organized to end the day in a relaxed atmosphere.

Prof. Armido Studer is this year's winner of the Pedler Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry for his "outstanding contribution to method development in the field of radical chemistry". The award commemorates the chemist Alexander Pedler and is awarded annually for important scientific contributions in organic chemistry to internationally established researchers.