Curriculum Vitae
2016 Abitur, Gymnasium Petrinum, Recklinghausen 09/2016 - 01/2020 Apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory assistant at Evonik Industries AG, Chemiepark Marl 02/2020 - 08/2020 Chemical laboratory assistant in R&D at Evonik Industries AG, Chemiepark Marl 09/2016 - 08/2020 B.Sc. Studies Chemistry and Biotechnology, Hochschule Niederrhein, Krefeld 10/2020 - 07/2022 M.Sc. Studies Chemistry, WWU Münster 09/2021 - 12/2021 Research stay in the group of Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour, Universität Münster 01/2022 - 07/2022 M.Sc. Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour, Universität Münster 08/2022 - 03/2026 PhD Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour, Universität Münster 04/2026 - present PostDoc Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour, Universität Münster
Awards and Honours
- 10/2020 - 09/2022 Scholarship for former apprentices of Evonik
Publications
Photocatalytic, Regioselective Enone Deconjugation: An Enabling Platform for Terpene Modification
L. Blank, C. Mück-Lichtenfeld, C. G. Daniliuc and R. Gilmour, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 15228–15235.Positional Alkene Photo-Isomerization
L. Blank and R. Gilmour, ACS Catalysis 2026, 16, 4125–4138.Deconjugative Photoisomerization of Cyclic Enones
L. Blank, J. Kim, C. G. Daniliuc, A. Götzinger, M.-A. Müller, J. Schütz, B. Wüstenberg and R. Gilmour, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 10023–10030.Regio- and Stereo-Selective Isomerization of Borylated 1,3-Dienes Enabled by Selective Energy Transfer Catalysis
B. Kweon, L. Blank, J. Soika, A. Messara, C. G. Daniliuc and R. Gilmour, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202404233.