Philipp Miro Pflüger, M.Sc.

Philipp Pflüger
© Marius Kühnemund / Uni MS
Philipp Pflüger
PhD Student
Room 427, OC/BC I
Corrensstraße 36
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 8335323
F: +49 251 8339772
philipppflueger@uni-muenster.de
External Profiles:
  • Curriculum Vitae

    since 11/2019 PhD Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    04/2019 - 09/2019 Master Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    09/2018 - 03/2019 Research Internship in the group of Prof. Dr. Matthew Gaunt, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    02/2018 - 04/2018 Research Internship in the group of Prof. Dr. Guosheng Liu, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China
    since 10/2017 Master studies in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
    2014 - 2017 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster; Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius: Total synthesis of 8-oxypalmatine and 8-oxypalmatine enabled by a Cp*CoIII-catalyzed C–H-activation approach.
    2006 - 2014 Grammar (Secondary) School: Don Bosco Gymnasium, Essen, with Final Examination (Abitur)
    2011 Internship at Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim, Germany
  • Awards and Scholarships

    2014 Award for best “Abitur” in Chemistry (GDCh)
  • Publications

    D.-H. Liu,§ P. M. Pflüger,§ A. Outlaw,§ L. Lückemeier, F. Zhang, C. Regan, H. Rashidi Nodeh, T. Cernak,* J. Ma,* F. Glorius,*
    Late-Stage Saturation of Drug Molecules,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, asap. DOI
    § These authors contributed equally.

    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, asap. DOI

    P. M. Pflüger,§ M. Kühnemund,§ F. Katzenburg,§ H. Kuchen, F. Glorius,
    An evolutionary algorithm for interpretable molecular representations,
    Chem 2024, asap. DOI
    § These authors contributed equally.
    Selected for cover image.

    L. Quach, S. Dutta, P. M. Pflüger, F. Sandfort, P. Bellotti, F. Glorius,
    Visible-Light-Initiated Hydrooxygenation of Unactivated Alkenes - A Strategy for Anti-Markovnikov Hydrofunctionalization,
    ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 2499-2504.

    P. M. Pflüger, F. Glorius,
    Molecular Machine Learning: The Future of Synthetic Chemistry?,
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 18860-18865; Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 19020-19025.

    H.-M. Huang, P. Bellotti, P. M. Pflueger, J. L. Schwarz, B. Heidrich, F. Glorius,
    A Three-Component, Interrupted Radical Heck/Allylic Substitution Cascade Involving Unactivated Alkyl Bromides,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10173-10183.

    H.-M. Huang , M. Koy, E. Serrano, P. M. Pflüger, J. L. Schwarz, F. Glorius,
    Catalytic radical generation of π-allylpalladium complexes,
    Nature Catal. 2020, 3, 393-400.

    C. Chen, P. M. Pflüger, P. Chen, G. Liu,*
    Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Aminotrifluoromethoxylation of Unactivated Alkenes using CsOCF3 as a Trifluoromethoxide Source,
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2392-2396; Angew. Chem. 2019, 131, 2414-2418.

  • Teaching Experience

    2021 Project Leader of the Project Seminar: "Data Extraction from Chemical Journals"
    2020 Tutor at the Workshop: "An introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Chemists and Pharmacists"
    2020 Project Leader of the Project Seminar: "Data Extraction from Chemical Journals"
    2017 Mentor to First-Year Students in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
    2017 Tutor in General Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
    2016 - 2017 Supervisor for Practical lab course for minor subject students in General chemistry, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
    2016 Assistant, Sims Europe 2016 Conference
    since 2012 Private tutor, subjects: chemistry, math and physics
  • Interests and Activities

    •    Swimming
    •    Photographie
    •    Wintersports
    •    Member of the student association in Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität