Felix Schäfer, M.Sc.

Felix Schäfer
© Felix Schäfer
Felix Schäfer
PhD Student
Room 404, OC/BC I
Corrensstraße 36
48149 Muenster
T: +49 251 8335310
F: +49 251 8339772
felix.schaefer@uni-muenster.de
External Profiles:
  • Curriculum Vitae

    since 08/2020 PhD Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    10/2019 - 04/2020 Master thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. David MacMillan, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
    10/2017 - 05/2020 MSc studies of Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany; Research stay in the group of Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell
    10/2018 - 11/2018 Internship at patent law firm Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner
    03/2018 - 04/2018 Research internship at BASF SE, Department Synthesis and Homogeneous Catalysis, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    09/2016 - 07/2017 Erasmus exchange year, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Research stay in the group of Prof. Dr. David Lennon
    10/2013 - 09/2016 BSc studies of Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany; Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Dirk Trauner
    09/2005 - 07/2013 Ludwigsgymnasium Saarbrücken with Final School Examination (Abitur), Germany
  • Publications

    S. Dutta, Y.-L. Lu,§ J. E. Erchinger,§ H. Shao, E. Studer, F. Schäfer, H. Wang, D. Rana, C. G. Daniliuc, K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*
    Double Strain-Release [2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5232-5241.
    § These authors contributed equally.

    R. Kleinmans,§ S. Dutta,§ K. Ozols, H. Shao, F. Schäfer, R. E. Thielemann, H. T. Chan, C. G. Daniliuc, K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*
    ortho-Selective Dearomative [2π + 2σ]-Photocycloadditions of Bicyclic Aza-Arenes,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 12324-12332.
    § These authors contributed equally

    A. Kaithal, H. Sekhar Sasmal, S. Dutta, F. Schäfer, L. Schlichter, F. Glorius,
    cis-Selective Hydrogenation of Aryl Germanes: A Direct Approach to Access Saturated Carbo- and Heterocyclic Germanes,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4109-4118.

    F. Strieth-Kalthoff,§ F. Sandfort,§ M. Kühnemund, F. R. Schäfer, H. Kuchen, F. Glorius,
    Machine Learning for Chemical Reactivity: The Importance of Failed Experiments,
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202204647; Angew. Chem. 2022, 134, e202204647.
    § These authors contributed equally

    J. Ma,§ S. Chen,§ P. Bellotti,§ R. Guo, F. Schäfer, A. Heusler, X. Zhang, C. Daniliuc, M. K. Brown,* K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*
    Photochemical Intermolecular Dearomative Cycloaddition of Bicyclic Azaarenes with Alkenes,
    Science 2021, 371, 1338-1345.
    § These authors contributed equally.

  • Awards and Scholarships

    10/2019 – 04/2020 DAAD/LMU-PROSA fellow at Princeton University
    since 07/2018 Fellow of the European Talent Pool of the BASF SE
    09/2016 - 07/2017 ERASMUS+ scholarship
  • Teaching Experience

    10/2017 - 03/2019 Tutor in Advanced Organic Chemistry (LMU, Prof. Dr. Hendrik Zipse)
    04/2018 - 09/2018 Tutor in Organic Chemistry (LMU, Prof. Dr. Oliver Trapp)
    10/2017 - 09/2018 Promoting science to young students: Supervision and mentoring of students from different grammar schools (age 12-17) during their projects
    04/2011 - 09/2013 Private Tutor in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry