Department Chemie
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Butenandtstr. 5-13, Haus F
81377 München
Germany
+49 (0)89 2180-77714 (Secretary Mrs. Heike Traub)
Oliver Trapp
| Address | Prof. Dr. Oliver Trapp Department Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstr. 5-13, Haus F 81377 München Germany |
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| Office | +49 (0)89 2180-77461 +49 (0)89 2180-77714 (Secretary Mrs. Heike Traub) |
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| Fax | +49 (0)89 2180-77717 | |
| Room-Nr. | F3.030 | |
| oliver.trapp@cup.uni-muenchen.de |
Short Biography
| Born in 1973 | |
| 1993-1998 | Undergraduate and graduate studies in Chemistry at the Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen |
| 1998 | Diploma in Chemistry and Diploma-Thesis with Prof. Dr. V. Schurig, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen |
| 1998-2001 | Fellow in the DFG Graduate College 'Chemistry in Interphases' at the University of Tübingen |
| 2001 | PhD and Dissertation with Prof. Dr. V. Schurig, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen |
| 2002-2004 | Postdoctoral Fellow in the Group of Prof. Dr. R.N. Zare, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, California, USA |
| 2004-2008 | Emmy Noether Research Group Leader at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung |
| 2008-2016 | Professor of Organic Chemistry (W3) at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| 2009 | Habilitation at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 2012-2015 | Department Chair of the Organisch-Chemisches Institut at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| 2015-2016 | Project and Scientific Manager of the Catalysis Research Laboratory (CaRLa) |
| Since 2015 | Scientific Coordinator of the Heidelberg Initiative for the Origins of Life |
| Since 2015 | Max-Planck-Fellow of the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy |
| Since 2016 | Professor of Organic Chemistry (W3) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Awards
| 1992 | 1st Prize in Chemistry at the 27th German National Science Fair 1992 |
| 1992 | Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for an interdisciplinary research project |
| 1992 | 1st Prize at the 4th European Community Contest for Young Scientists |
| 1993 | European Community Young Scientists Student Exchange Award to the 44th International Science and Engineering Fair |
| 1999-2001 | Doctorate scholarship of the Funds of the Chemical Industry (FCI) |
| 2001 | Attempto University Prize for the Best Dissertation of the Faculty of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Biochemistry |
| 2001 | Procter&Gamble Innovation Prize for the best dissertation of the Faculty of Chemistry in 2001 |
| 2002 | Emmy-Noether-Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2003 | Prize of the Analytical Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
| 2005 | Emmy Noether Research Group of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2007 | Thieme Journal Award |
| 2007 | Research Grant Award of the Merck Research Laboratories |
| 2008 | Member of the Young College of the Northrhine Westphalian Academy of Sciences |
| 2008 | ADUC-Prize of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) for the Best Habilitation Thesis |
| 2008 | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Award of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2008 | Innovation Award 2008 of the Northrhine-Westphalian Ministry of Innovations |
| 2009 | Annual Award of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg for Outstanding Achievements in Research |
| 2010 | HTC-11 Award |
| 2010 | ERC Starting Grant |
| 2011 | Capital Junge Elite "4 times 40 under 40" |
| 2012 | ERC Proof of Concept |
| 2013 | Capital Junge Elite "4 times 40 under 40" |
| 2015 | Max-Planck-Fellow |
| 2017 | Holger Erdtman Lecture, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2019 | Volkswagen Foundation Life? Grant (2019-2024) |
| 2023 | Horst Pracejus Prize of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
Editorships and Editorial Boards
| 2011 | Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal ELECTROPHORESIS |
| 2011 | Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal CHIRALITY |
| 2019 | Associate Editor of CHIRALITY |
| 2010 | Member of the Organizing Committee in Chemistry of the German-American
Frontiers of Science Symposia (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation & National Academy of Sciences) |
| 2011 | Organizer and Scientific Advisory Board of the International Workshop on Mathematics in Chemical Kinetics and Engineering 2011 |
| 2014 | Federal jury member and speaker of Chemistry of Jugend forscht (German National Science Fair) |
| 2015 | Member of the International Executive Scientific Committee of the International Conferences on Chirality |
| 2016 |
Organizer and Conference Chair of Chirality 2016 |
| 2010 | Founder of Trapp ChemTech GmbH & Co. KG |
Design and synthesis of self-amplifying enantioselective catalysts
Design and synthesis of stereochemically flexible ligands and catalysts and investigation of their properties
Prebiotic chemistry
High-throughput screening of catalysts
High-throughput determination of kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of catalyzed reactions
Development of novel multiplexing techniques for high-throughput analysis of catalytic reactions
Development of on-column reaction chromatography and electrophoresis
(Noble metal) nanoparticles for catalysis
Enantioselective dynamic chromatography and electrophoresis (DGC, DHPLC, DCE, DSFC) and development of tools for kinetic evaluations of dynamic profiles