Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner Explained

Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner
Workplaces:University of California, Berkeley
Ruhr University Bochum
University of Würzburg
Alma Mater:Technical University of Dortmund
University of Würzburg
Thesis Title:Lithiumorganische Verbindungen von der Struktur-Reaktivitätsbeziehung zu vielseitigen Synthesebausteinen und ihrer Anwendung
Thesis Url:https://worldcat.org/en/title/724114559
Thesis Year:2009

Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner (born 1982) is a German chemist who is the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II at Ruhr University Bochum. Her research considers organometallic chemistry and catalysis. She has developed ylidic ligands to stabilise reactive main group compounds.

Early life and education

Gessner was born in Würzburg. Her high school teacher told her not to study chemistry as it was "not for women,".[1] In 2002, she began undergraduate studies in chemistry at the Philipps University of Marburg, but after a few years moved to the University of Würzburg.[2] She moved to Technical University of Dortmund for doctoral research, working in the laboratory of Carsten Strohmann on organolithium reagents.[3] She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked alongside Don Tilley. She eventually returned to the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg, where she worked with Holger Braunschweig.[4]

Research and career

In 2012, Gessner founded her own research group, supported by the German Research Foundation Emmy Noether program.[5] In 2016, she was appointed Professor at the Ruhr University Bochum.[6] Her research considered the development of ligan systems with novel bonding properties.[7]

Gessner has studied Ylide chemistry.[8] She developed YPhos ligands, which can offer high versatility in catalysis systems.[9] These ligands have a negatively charged carbon atom next to a phosphorus, making the ligands uniquely rich in electrons. In coupling chemistry (e.g. C–C and C–H), monoligated palladium YPhos complexes can improve activity, and gold catalysis with YPhos ligands can drive hydroamination reactions.[10]

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erfolgreiche Nachwuchsarbeit . 2022-09-26 . www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de . en.
  2. Web site: RSC Desktop Seminar with ChemComm . 2022-09-26 . www.rsc.org.
  3. Gessner . Viktoria H. . 2009-07-01 . Lithiumorganische Verbindungen . de . 10.17877/DE290R-8243.
  4. Tolman . William B. . Miller . Scott J. . Chirik . Paul J. . Smith, III . Amos B. . 2018-08-28 . Straddling the Rooftop: Finding a Balance between Traditional and Modern Views of Chemistry . Organometallics . 37 . 17 . 2825–2831 . 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00592 . 0276-7333. free .
  5. Web site: Four new ERC Starting Grants at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum . 2022-09-26 . news.rub.de . de.
  6. Web site: Four new ERC Starting Grants at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum . 2022-09-26 . news.rub.de . de.
  7. Web site: 2012 . 2022-09-26 . TU Dortmund . de.
  8. Book: H., Gessner, Viktoria . Modern Ylide Chemistry : Applications in Ligand Design, Organic and Catalytic Transformations . 2018 . Springer International Publishing . 978-3-319-89545-1 . 1042189946.
  9. Web site: Umicore2021-08-09T07:59:00+01:00 . In conversation with YPhos ligand pioneer, Viktoria Gessner . 2022-09-26 . Chemistry World . en.
  10. Web site: Umicore2021-08-09T07:59:00+01:00 . In conversation with YPhos ligand pioneer, Viktoria Gessner . 2022-09-26 . Chemistry World . en.
  11. Web site: Investegate DSM N.V. Announcements DSM N.V.: First prize in DSM Science & Technology Awa... . 2022-09-26 . www.investegate.co.uk.
  12. Pignataro . Bruno . 2018-11-22 . The European Young Chemist Award 2018 . Chemistry - A European Journal . en . 24 . 65 . 17164–17169 . 10.1002/chem.201804984. 30427080 . 53303364 . free .
  13. Web site: Prof. Dr. Viktoria H. Däschlein-Geßner - AcademiaNet . 2022-09-26 . www.academia-net.org . en.
  14. Web site: Prizes and awards . 2022-09-26 . TU Dortmund . en-US.
  15. Jin . Jung-Il . 2010 . Preface . Pure and Applied Chemistry . en . 82 . 12 . iv . 10.1351/pac20108212iv . 0033-4545. free .
  16. Web site: Prof. Dr. Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner - Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) . 2022-09-26 . q-more.chemie.de . de.
  17. Web site: Helene-Lange-Preis an Forscherin in der Anorganischen Chemie . 2022-09-26 . www.uni-wuerzburg.de . de-DE.
  18. Web site: Successful nurturing of young talent . 2022-09-26 . www.uni-wuerzburg.de . en.
  19. Web site: Röntgenpreis für Viktoria Däschlein-Geßner . 2022-09-26 . www.uni-wuerzburg.de . de-DE.
  20. Tolman . William B. . Miller . Scott J. . Chirik . Paul J. . Smith, III . Amos B. . 2018-09-10 . Straddling the Rooftop: Finding a Balance between Traditional and Modern Views of Chemistry: Reflections on the Upcoming ACS Publications Forum Featuring Scientific Diversity in Inorganic/Organic Chemistry in Europe, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany,October 10 and 11, 2018. Organometallics . en . 37 . 17 . 2825–2831 . 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00592 . 0276-7333. free .
  21. 2015-02-23 . ADUC-Preise: Tanja Gaich, Viktoria H. Däschlein-Geßner und Michael Sommer / Carl-Duisberg-Gedächtnispreis: K. Ray / Horst-Pracejus-Preis: F. D. Toste / Leibniz-Preis: H. Dietz, S. Grimme und C. Hertweck / Präsidentin der Königlich-Schwedischen Akademie de . Angewandte Chemie . en . 127 . 9 . 2624–2625 . 10.1002/ange.201500439. 2015AngCh.127.2624. .
  22. Web site: Previous Winners - Thieme Chemistry - Georg Thieme Verlag . 2022-09-26 . Thieme . en-GB.
  23. Web site: RUB . ERC Award Winner Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner . 2022-09-26 . forschung.ruhr-uni-bochum.de . en.
  24. Web site: Reeve . Erin . 2020-03-12 . Meet Organometallics' 2020 Distinguished Author Award Recipient . 2022-09-26 . ACS Axial ACS Publications . en-US.

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