Below you can find our group photos, more detailed information about Tanja as well as a list of all current and former group members.

The Group

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About Tanja

Prof. Dr. Tanja Gulder

Prof. Dr. Tanja Gulder

Head of the Group

Johannisallee 29, Room 166
04103 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-36540

  • Since 1/2024: Full Professor (W3), Organic Chemistry, Saarland University, Germany
  • Since 11/2023: Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)
  • 1/2020 – 9/2024: Full Professor (W3) of Organic Chemistry/Biomimetic Catalysis, Leipzig University, Germany
  • 1/2018–12/2019: Heisenberg-Professor for Biomimetic Catalysis, Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, TU Munich
  • 6/2014–12/2017: Junior-Research-Group Leader, Department Chemie, TU München, Germany
  • 9/2010–5/2014: Junior-Research-Group Leader, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (maternity leave 08/2013-11/2013)
  • 5/2008–8/2010: Postdoctoral-Research Associate with Prof. Dr. P. S. Baran, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
  • 3/2004–3/2008: PhD Thesis with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. G. Bringmann, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany
  • 5/2003–2/2004: Diploma Thesis with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. G. Bringmann, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany

Further Engagements:

  • since 2023: Member of the Senate and the Granting Committee for Research Training Groups (DFG)
  • since 2023: Ordenary Member of the Saxonian Academy of Science
  • since 2023: Advisory Board Member Chemical Science (RSC)
  • 2023-2024: Guest Editor for the Special Issue “Hypervalent Halogen Chemistry”, Beilstein Journal of Organic Synthesis
  • since 2022: Expert:innen-Pool Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC)
  • since 2022: Mentor for Junior-Professor J. Westermayr, Leipzig University
  • since 2021: Vice-Speaker Research Training Group 2721 ‘Hydrogen Isotopes’ (DFG)
  • since 2021: Advisory Board Member PREPARE Project ‘BioLIGHT’, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
  • 2020 - 2023: Member of the committee for Digital Teaching at Leipzig University
  • 2020 - 2023: Mentor for female postdoctoral researchers within the Leipzig University t.e.a.m program 
  • 2016 - 2019: Mentoring within the TUM Graduate School and the TUM Talent Factory
  • 2013 - 2023: Member of the Research Fellowship Committee, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Bonn
  • Member of the organizing committee for the conference ‘International Hyperpolarization Conference HYP23’, ‘Industry meets Academia 2017’ and the 53rd PhD Workshop ‘Natural Products: Chemistry, Biology and Ecology’
  • Regular reviewer for scientific Journals (Nature, Science, Wiley, ACS, RSC, Thieme, Elsevier)
  • Member of the FREQ-Network of Female Liebig Scholars
  • 2023: Fluorine Publication Prize (GDCh)
  • 2023: Offer Full Professorship (W3) Organic Chemistry, TU Dresden (declined)
  • 2020 – 2023: Professorinnen-Programm III, BMBF
  • 2019: ChemBioTalent
  • 2017: CIPSMwomen Fund
  • 2017: Heisenberg-Professorship ‚Biomimetische Katalyse‘ (DFG)
  • 2017: Offer Associate Professorship (W3) Organic Chemistry, University of Heidelberg (declined)
  • 2016: CIPSMwomen Fund
  • 2015: BASF Creator Space Science Symposium Award
  • 2015: Award of the Dr. Otto-Röhm-Gedächtnisstiftung
  • 2014 – 2019: Member of the Excellence Cluster CiPSM
  • 2013 – 2022: Emmy-Noether Fellowship of the DFG
  • 2013: JSP fellowship for the Bürgenstock conference
  • Since 2012: Member of the Fast-Track-Program for Excellent Women in Science, Robert-Bosch Foundation
  • 2012: Thieme Journals Award
  • 2010 – 2013: Liebig Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
  • 2009 – 2010: Research Fellowship of the DFG
  • 2008: Award for an excellent PhD Thesis of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Wuerzburg
  • 2008 – 2009: Postdoctoral Fellowship of the DAAD
  • 2007: Klaus-Grohe Award for Medicinal Chemistry of the GDCh
  • 2006 – 2007: PhD Fellowship University of Wuerzburg
  • 2004 – 2006: PhD Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie

Current Members

Dr. Kathrin Bellmann Sickert

Dr. Kathrin Bellmann Sickert

Research and Teaching Associate

Johannisallee 29, Room 162
04103 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-36581

Dr. Martin Kretzschmar

Dr. Martin Kretzschmar

Research and Teaching Associate

Johannisallee 29, Room 165
04103 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-36574

Dr. Markus Tost

Dr. Markus Tost

Research and Teaching Associate

Campus C4 2, Room 0.03.2
66123 Saarbrücken

Telephone: +49 681 302 6526

 Katrin Hengst

Katrin Hengst

Secretary

Johannisallee 29, Room 164
04103 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-36550
Telefax: +49 341 97-36599

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Katarina Nisius

Secretary

Campus C4 2, Room 0.03.3
66123 Saarbrücken

Telephone: +49 681 302 6588

 Kristin Bullin

Kristin Bullin

Technical Assistance

Johannisallee 29, Room 226
04103 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-36531

 Samira Speicher

Samira Speicher

Chemical-Technical Assistance

Campus C4 2, Room 1.08
66123 Saarbrücken

Telephone: +49 681 302 6529

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Lukas Forster

Chemical-Technical Assistance

Campus C4 2, Room 1.08
66123 Saarbrücken

Telephone: +49 681 302 6529

Dr. Aniruddha Biswas

Dr. Aniruddha Biswas

PostDoc

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

Dr. Rachel Epplin

Dr. Rachel Epplin

PostDoc

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

Dr. Nieves Ramírez

Dr. Nieves Ramírez

PostDoc

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

Dr. Kanak Das

Dr. Kanak Das

PostDoc

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

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Dr. Ben Zoller

PostDoc

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

M.Sc. Pengyuan Zhao

M.Sc. Pengyuan Zhao

PhD Student

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

M.Sc. Simon Schmidt

M.Sc. Simon Schmidt

PhD Student

Johannisallee 29, Room 224
04103 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-36577

M.Sc. Tobias Theiss

M.Sc. Tobias Theiss

PhD Student

Johannisallee 29, Room 223
04103 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-36579

M.Sc. Jonathan Lebelt

M.Sc. Jonathan Lebelt

PhD Student

Johannisallee 29, Room 227
04103 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-36575

M.Sc. Christian Lucht

M.Sc. Christian Lucht

PhD Student

Johannisallee 29, Room 227
04103 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-36575

M.Sc. Nicolás Rascón

M.Sc. Nicolás Rascón

PhD Student

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

M.Sc. Ru Zhang

M.Sc. Ru Zhang

PhD Student

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

M.Sc. Jan Balzer

M.Sc. Jan Balzer

PhD Student

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

M.Sc. Suman Pal

M.Sc. Suman Pal

PhD Student

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

M.Sc. Demetra Zambardino

M.Sc. Demetra Zambardino

Exchange PhD Student, University of Sienna, Italy

Campus C4 2
66123 Saarbrücken

Alumni

Postdocs

  • Dr. Shangze Wu - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
  • Dr. Aarón Gutiérrez Collar - Sygnature Discovery
  • Dr. Maciej Stodulski - Polish Academy of Science
  • Dr. Ayan Dasgupta - Cardiff University

PhD Students 

  • Vu Hoai-Thuong Tran
  • Dr. Yang Ni
  • Pierre Zeides - Fleuchhaus & Gallo, Patent Attorneys
  • Dr. Binbin Liu - Henan Institute of Science and Technology
  • Dr. Julia Binder - Syngenta Crop Protection AG
  • Dr. Andreas Arnold - Lundbeck
  • Qingqi Zhao - Roche
  • Dr. Gabriel Kiefl - Patentantwaltskanzlei Maiwald GmbH
  • Dr. Jaroslaw Marciniszyn - DiaSorin Deutschland GmbH
  • Dr. Wanying Wang - Suzhou Novartis Pharma Technology Co., Ltd
  • Dr. Catharina Seel - Gen-Plus
  • Dr. Christoph Brunner - Rudolf GmbH
  • Dr. Christoph Patzelt - TUMForte
  • Dr. Anna Andries - Merck
  • Dr. Stefanie Kohlhepp - Stockholm University

Master Students

  • Ryv Eifler
  • Josephine Scheurell
  • Lisa Timmermann
  • Henrik Weingärtner
  • Jan Balzer
  • Georg Fischer
  • Simon Cardia
  • Stefanie Tympel
  • Jonathan Lebelt
  • Christian Lucht
  • Verena Kasimir
  • Tobias Theiss
  • Vu Hoai-Thuong Tran
  • Simon Schmidt
  • Nick Neuling
  • Veronika Burger
  • Manuel Seitz
  • Markus Müller
  • Simon Vogt
  • Petra Bestler
  • Julia Binder
  • Michael Röhrl
  • Jaroslaw Marciniszyn
  • Stefanie Mayr
  • Andreas Arnold
  • Christoph Brunner
  • Tobias Gmelch
  • Qingqi Zhao
  • Ugur Kaya
  • Jens Mrozcok
  • Stefanie Kohlhepp
  • Christoph Patzelt
  • Server Uzungelis
  • Stefanie Hörner

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