Currently two junior group leaders and eight full professors are heading the research groups at the Organisch-Chemischen Institut. They are supportet by several analytical divisions belonging to the institute. Read more about the research of the individual groups and their contribution to international and interdisciplinary networks.

The chemist Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius has received the Carus Medal from the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. With this award, the academy recognizes the contribution of his research to the efficiency and sustainability of catalysis, a key technology of modern society

A team led by Prof Armido Studer from the Institute of Organic Chemistry has developed an efficient skeletal editing method for frequently used heteroaromatic structures. The technique could serve as a means to chemically modify biologically active compounds.

We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Robert Hein, project leader in the CRC 1459 and member of the Center for Soft Nanoscience, on his recent appointment as W1 Junior Professor at the Organic Chemistry Institute of the University of Münster!

The German Chemical Society (GDCh) will present Armido Studer with the Adolf von Baeyer Commemorative Medal on September 29th. He is receiving the award for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of organic radical chemistry. Recognized as one of the world's leading experts in this area, he has significantly contributed to a "renaissance" of radical chemistry.

A team headed by Prof Armido Studer has presented a new, efficient method for incorporating nitrogen into organic molecules. This method could be of interest for the production of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and materials science.

Chemist Lukas Paetow, a PhD student in the international research training group Münster-Nagoya, is currently in Nagoya, Japan, for a research stay. Buses and trains are always on time there and the convenience stores are open around the clock. A guest article.

A Japanese-German research team has created and analysed carbon nanobelts containing thiophene. Such structures are particularly conductive and potentially suitable as optoelectronic components.

Together with Evonik the JungeChemieForum (JCF) Münster has awarded the Evonik Preis 2025 to Jannik Eschenbach (prize for the master thesis) for his work on the characterization of protein interactions and the insulin-regulated aminopeptidase and Malte Haring (prize for the doctoral studies) for the selective functionalization of pyridines.

Under the theme ‘Do It Yourself for Chemists’, Prof. Dr. Gustavo Fernandez and Sebastian Baumert prepared the last-minute Christmas celebrations with an audience of around 500 at the Christmas lecture of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy . With humour and spectacular experiments, the chemists from the OC Institute proved that chemistry has a solution for everything.

The Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Münster has awarded three outstanding theses in the Chemistry (Nico Spreckelmeyer), Food Chemistry (Louisa Sophie Tölke) and Business Chemistry (Sandrine Mandau).

The chemists Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zeier are represented in the current citation ranking of the US company "Clarivate Analytics" and are therefore among the highly cited researchers worldwide.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the CRC 1450 “inSight” and the CRC 1459 “Intelligent Matter” with around 25 million euros for another four years.
CRC 1459 "Intelligent Matter"

The International Graduate School “BACCARA” is set to receive around five million euros from the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Organic Chemistry Institute is pleased to welcome two new junior research groups, Dr Robert Hein and Dr Johannes Tölle. Together with Dr Line Muradi (née Næsborg), three junior research groups are currently conducting research at the institute.

A team led by chemist Prof Dr Frank Glorius has synthesised so-called heteroatom-substituted cage-like 3D molecules. The innovative structures could help address key challenges in drug design by serving as more stable alternatives to traditional, flat, aromatic rings.

The chemist Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius has received the Emil Fischer Medal of the German Chemical Society (GDCh). The GDCh honours his "pioneering contributions to organic synthesis methodology and the design of functional molecules" with the award, which is endowed with 7500 euros.

A team from the University of Münster, ETH Zürich and Leibniz-Universität Hannover has investigated a key component of the so-called GM1 cholera toxin complex for the first time using a fluorinated GM1 analogue. The findings on the molecular mechanisms of the strong interaction may help to enable the development of inhibitors that prevent life-threatening cholera infections.

Every year for the past 44 years, the University of Münster Society has honoured young academics at the University of Münster for their excellent research achievements. This year, chemist Dr. Line Næsborg and physicist Prof. Dr. Kai Schmitz received the 10,000 euro prize in equal shares.

The developers of artificial intelligence-based software that automates the complex process of chemical analysis took first place at the "Demoday" of the REACH - EUREGIO Start-up Center at the University of Münster. Six university start-ups took part in the competition in the castle auditorium.