Career
- since 09/2004: Postdoctoral Fellow (see stays abroad)
- 29.04.2004: Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, WWU Münster
- 27.03.2001: Diploma Chemistry, WWU Münster
- 21.10.1998: Prediploma Chemistry, WWU Münster
- 10/1996: Start of Chemistry Studies
- 10/1995 - 10/1996: Alternative Civilian Service
- 30.05.1995: Abitur, Wilhelm-Hittorf-Gymnasium,
Münster
Fellowships
Stays Abroad and Internships
- since 09/2004: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Group of Prof. Dr. Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Subject: Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry
- 04/2000 - 06/2000: Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany; Supervisor: Dr.
Hanno Brümmer
- 01/2000 - 03/2000: Research Appointment, West Virginia Univesity,
WV, U.S.A.; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jeffrey L. Petersen
Publications
- Chelate Ring Size Variations and their Effects on Coordination
Chemistry and Catechol Dioxygenase Reactivity of Iron(III) complexes
M. Merkel, M. Pascaly, B. Krebs, J. Astner, S. P. Foxon, S. Schindler
Inorg. Chem. 2005, angenommen.
- Less Symmetrical Dicopper(II) Complexes as Catechol Oxidase Models -
An Adjacent Thioether Group Increases Catecholase Activity
M. Merkel, N. Möller, M. Piacenza, S. Grimme, A. Rompel, B. Krebs
Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 1201-1209.
- Zinc Complexes from Bromo Substituted Tris[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine
Ligands. Influence of Sterically Demanding Substituents on Coordination
Geometry
D. Schnieders, M. Merkel, S. M. Baldeau, B. Krebs
Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2004, 630, 1210-14.
- Catechol oxidase and biomimetic approaches
B. Krebs, M. Merkel, A. Rompel
J. Argent. Chem. Soc. 2004, 92, 1-15.
- Four Isotypic Highly Coordinated Lanthanide Complexes of
the Tripodal Ligand Bis[(2-pyridyl)methyl][(1-methylimidazol-2-yl)methyl]amine
M. Merkel, M. Pascaly, C. Köster, B. Krebs
Z. Naturforsch. 2004, 59b, 216-20.
- Structural snapshots of a dynamic coordination sphere in
model complexes for catechol 1,2-dioxygenases
M. Merkel, D. Schnieders, S. M. Baldeau, B. Krebs
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2004, 783-90.
- Synthesis and Characterization of the first (1,2-Benzenedithiolato)iron(III)
Complexes with Tripodal Ligands
M. Merkel, M. Pascaly, M. Wieting, M. Duda, A. Rompel
Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2003, 629, 2216-21.
- Novel iron(III) complexes with phenolate containing tripodal
tetradentate ligands as model systems for catechol dioxygenases
M. Merkel, F. K. Müller, B. Krebs
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2002, 337, 308-16.
Poster Presentations und Talks
- Chelate Ring Size Variations in Catechol Dioxygenase Models
M. Merkel, J. Astner, S. Schindler, B. Krebs
EUROBIC 7, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2004.
- Partieller Ligandenaustausch in Modellen für Catechol-1,2-Dioxygenasen
M. Merkel, B. Krebs
GDCh Jahrestagung, München, Germany, 2003.
- Explorations of Alternative Routes for the Preparation of
Electrophilic Group IV Metal Complexes Featuring Chelating Diamido
Ligands
A. R. Morgan, M. Merkel, M. Kloskowski, J. L. Petersen
Gordon Research Conference on Organometallics, Newport, RI, U.S.A.
2002.
- Model Complexes for Intra- and Extradiol Cleaving Catechol
Dioxygenases
K. Zurlinden, M. Merkel, B. Krebs
EUROBIC 6, Lund, Schweden, 2002.
- Evidence of a Dynamic Coordination Sphere in Models for Protocatechuate
3,4-Dioxygenase
M. Merkel, K. Zurlinden, B. Krebs
EUROBIC 6, Lund, Schweden, 2002.
- Talk: Model complexes for intradiol cleaving catechol dioxygenases
M. Merkel
Symposium des Internationalen Graduiertenkollegs in Münster, Germany
2002.
- Mononukleare Eisen(III)-Komplexe als Modellverbindungen für
intradiolspaltende Catechol-Dioxygenasen
K. Zurlinden, M. Merkel, B. Krebs
GDCh Jahrestagung, Würzburg, Germany, 2001.
- Mononuclear Iron(III) Complexes Containing N2O2 Donor Ligands
as Models for Catechol 1,2-Dioxygenases
M. Merkel, B. Krebs
COST D8 Final Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 2001.
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