Selin Kara Explained
Selin Kara (born 20 January 1981) is a Turkish-born chemist and biotechnologist. She is currently a full professor and head of Industrial Biotechnology section at Aarhus University.[1] She studies biocatalysis and has been recognized for her work about deep eutectic solvents and her research regarding cofactor regeneration in biotransformations.[2] [3]
Books and publications
- Recent trends and novel concepts in cofactor-dependent biotransformations
- Deep eutectic solvents as efficient solvents in biocatalysis
- Enantioselective oxidation of aldehydes catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenase[4]
- Access to lactone building blocks via horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed oxidative lactonization[5]
- One-pot combination of enzyme and Pd nanoparticle catalysis for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 1,2-amino alcohols[6]
- A bi‐enzymatic convergent cascade for ε‐caprolactone synthesis employing 1, 6‐hexanediol as a ‘double‐smart cosubstrate’[7]
- More efficient redox biocatalysis by utilising 1, 4-butanediol as a ‘smart cosubstrate’[8]
- A fed‐batch synthetic strategy for a three‐step enzymatic synthesis of poly‐ϵ‐caprolactone[9]
Awards and honors
- 2018 - ChemCatChem - Young Researcher Series[10]
- 2016 - Selected Membership of Zukunftsforum Biotechnologie DECHEMA[11]
- 2015 - DAAD Conference Travel Award
- 2014 - Conference Travel Award – Frauenförderung at TU Dresden
- 2013 - Biotrans 2013 Poster Prize
References
- Web site: Industrial Biotechnology, Aarhus University.
- Kara. Selin. Schrittwieser. Joerg H.. Hollmann. Frank. Ansorge-Schumacher. Marion B.. 2014-02-01. Recent trends and novel concepts in cofactor-dependent biotransformations. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. en. 98. 4. 1517–1529. 10.1007/s00253-013-5441-5. 24362856 . 11725494 . 1432-0614.
- 2019-09-01. Deep Eutectic Solvents as Efficient Solvents in Biocatalysis. Trends in Biotechnology. en. 37. 9. 943–959. 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.03.007. 0167-7799. Pätzold . Magdalena . Siebenhaller . Sascha . Kara . Selin . Liese . Andreas . Syldatk . Christoph . Holtmann . Dirk . 31000203 . 121668011 .
- Könst. Paul. Merkens. Hedda. Kara. Selin. Kochius. Svenja. Vogel. Andreas. Zuhse. Ralf. Holtmann. Dirk. Arends. Isabel W. C. E.. Hollmann. Frank. 2012. Enantioselective Oxidation of Aldehydes Catalyzed by Alcohol Dehydrogenase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51. 39. 9914–9917. 10.1002/anie.201203219. 22936647 . 1521-3773.
- Kara. Selin. Spickermann. Dominik. Schrittwieser. Joerg H.. Weckbecker. Andrea. Leggewie. Christian. Arends. Isabel W. C. E.. Hollmann. Frank. 2013-11-01. Access to Lactone Building Blocks via Horse Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase-Catalyzed Oxidative Lactonization. ACS Catalysis. 3. 11. 2436–2439. 10.1021/cs400535c.
- H. Schrittwieser. Joerg. Coccia. Francesca. Kara. Selin. Grischek. Barbara. Kroutil. Wolfgang. d'Alessandro. Nicola. Hollmann. Frank. 2013. One-pot combination of enzyme and Pd nanoparticle catalysis for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 1,2-amino alcohols. Green Chemistry. en. 15. 12. 3318–3331. 10.1039/C3GC41666F. 46415723 . free.
- Bornadel. Amin. Hatti-Kaul. Rajni. Hollmann. Frank. Kara. Selin. 2015. A Bi-enzymatic Convergent Cascade for ε-Caprolactone Synthesis Employing 1,6-Hexanediol as a 'Double-Smart Cosubstrate'. ChemCatChem. en. 7. 16. 2442–2445. 10.1002/cctc.201500511. 97609853 . 1867-3899.
- Kara. Selin. Spickermann. Dominik. H. Schrittwieser. Joerg. Leggewie. Christian. Berkel. Willem J. H. van. E. Arends. Isabel W. C.. Hollmann. Frank. 2013. More efficient redox biocatalysis by utilising 1,4-butanediol as a 'smart cosubstrate'. Green Chemistry. en. 15. 2. 330–335. 10.1039/C2GC36797A. free.
- Scherkus. Christian. Schmidt. Sandy. Bornscheuer. Uwe T.. Gröger. Harald. Kara. Selin. Liese. Andreas. 2016. A Fed-Batch Synthetic Strategy for a Three-Step Enzymatic Synthesis of Poly-ϵ-caprolactone. ChemCatChem. en. 8. 22. 3446–3452. 10.1002/cctc.201600806. 99133584 . 1867-3899.
- Young Researchers Series: ChemCatChem. Chemistry Europe. en. 10.1002/(ISSN)1867-3899.
- Web site: DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.. 2021-08-25. www.dechema.de. de.