Niklas Hölter, M.Sc.
Curriculum Vitae
since 10/2024 PhD Thesis in the Group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, University of Münster, Germany 01/2024 - 07/2024 Master Thesis in the Group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, University of Münster, Germany 06/2023 - 12/2023 Research Stay in the Group of Prof. Dr. Abigail G. Doyle, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 11/2022 - 05/2023 Industry Internship at Bayer Pharmaceuticals (Process Technologies), Wuppertal, Germany 09/2022 - 11/2022 Research Stay in the Group of Prof. Dr. Motomu Kanai, The University of Tokyo, Japan 02/2022 - 03/2022 Research Stay in the Group of Prof. Dr. Kálmán Szabó, Stockholm University, Sweden 10/2021 - 08/2024 Master Studies of Chemistry, University of Münster, Germany 04/2021 - 07/2021 Bachelor Thesis in the Group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, University of Münster, Germany; Title: "Decrypting Electron Ionization Mass Spectra: Development of a Deep Learning Approach for Automated Elucidation of Molecular Structures" 10/2018 - 09/2021 Bachelor Studies of Chemistry, University of Münster, Germany 08/2010 - 07/2018 Final School Examination (Abitur), Mariengymnasium Arnsberg, Germany Awards and Scholarships
since 08/2025 Doctoral Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation 08/2022 Bachelor Thesis Award by the REACH Euregio Startup Center 11/2020 - 08/2024 Academic Scholarship (including abroad fundings) of the German National Academic Foundation 04/2019 - 11/2020 Academic Scholarship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation 09/2017 1st Dr. Hans Riegel Award for the best chemistry school paper at Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf Publications
N. Hölter, N. H. Rendel, L. Spierling, A. Kwiatkowski, R. Kleinmans, C. G. Daniliuc, O. S. Wenger, * F. Glorius,*
Phenothiazine Sulfoxides as Active Photocatalysts for the Synthesis of γ-Lactones,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 12908-12916.A. Petti, M. J. Karrasch, P. Chahar, F. H. Wessels, N. Hölter, F. Boser, C. G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius,*
Cyclic Bifunctional Reagents Enabling a Strain-Release-Driven Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of 2H-Azirines by Cascade Energy Transfer,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 13276-13285.R. Laskar, R. E. Thielemann, J. Knüppe, N. Hölter, C. G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius,*
Photocatalytic Iminothiolation of Alkenes via Monothiocarbonate Oxime Esters,
ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 6731-6738.J. Düker, N. Petersen, N. Richter, P. Feuerer, T. Faber, N. Hölter, N. Kehl, J. Oboril, J. Strippel, A. Gröer, N. Guimond, S. Kaldas, M. Lübbesmeyer, G. Volpin, B. König,* J. Hillenbrand,*
Room-Temperature Copper Cross-Coupling Reactions of Anilines with Aryl Bromides,
Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 5566-5571.D. Rana, P. M. Pflüger, N. P. Hölter, G. Tan, F. Glorius,
Standardizing Substrate Selection: A Strategy toward Unbiased Evaluation of Reaction Generality,
ACS Cent. Sci. 2024, 10, 899-906.Teaching Experience
10/2021 - 02/2022 Tutor in "General Chemistry" for 1st year chemistry students, University of Münster, Germany 08/2021 - 09/2021 Supervisor in lab course "Instrumental Analytical Chemistry" for 2nd year chemistry students, University of Münster, Germany since 04/2017 Supervisor at events & workshops connected to the "International Chemistry Olympiad" high school student contest in Germany (as a volunteer at Förderverein Chemie-Olympiade e.V.