• Prof. Dr. Armido Studer

    © Armido Studer

    Prof. Dr.
    Armido Studer

    University Professor of Organic Chemistry

    Organisch-Chemisches Institut
    Room OCBC I - 323
    Corrensstraße 40
    48149 Münster

    T: +49(0)251 83-33291
    F: +49(0)251 83-36523

    studer@uni-muenster.de
     
    Armido Studer, born on February 24th 1967, is Swiss citizen and grew up in Visperterminen (district of Visp) in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Since 2004 he is living together with his wife and his two sons in the Münsterland region.
  • University Career

    since 11/2009
    Full Professor (W3) of Organic Chemistry at the Organisch-Chemisches Institut, WWU Münster, Germany.
    2004 - 2009
    Full Professor (C4) of Organic Chemistry at the Organisch-Chemisches Institut, WWU Münster, Germany.
    2000 - 2004
    Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.
    1996 - 2000
    Independent research on the development of new synthetic methods in the field of free radical chemistry. "Habilitation" at the Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich (October 2000).
    1995 - 1996
    Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) in the group of Prof. Dr. D. P. Curran.
    1992 - 1995
    Doctoral student at the ETH Zürich (SUI) under the guidance of Prof. Dr. D. Seebach (New Applications of 2-tert-Butylimidazolidinones in Asymmetric Synthesis).
    1987 - 1991
    Studies in chemistry at the ETH Zürich, CH. Diploma thesis in the research group of Prof. Dr. D. Seebach (Synthesis of Novel Tripeptides).
  • Awards & Distinctions

    2024
    Tarrant Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Organic Chemistry, University of Florida
    2024
    ERC Advanced Grant of the European Research Council
    for the conceptional research on "Radical Chemistry with the Hydrogen Atom Through Water Activation (H-dot)"
    2024
    Elected member of the European Academy of Sciences
    2024
    Paracelsus Prize of the Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft (SCG)
    2024
    Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award of the American Chemical Society
    2022
    Highly Cited Researcher
    (ranks among the top 1% most cited works in chemistry, Clarivate Analytics HCR)
    2021
    Highly Cited Researcher
    (ranks among the top 1% most cited works in chemistry, Clarivate Analytics HCR)
    2021
    Guest Professorship: University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
    2021
    Elected member of the scientific society Academia Europaea
    since 2021
    Spokesman of the International Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg)
    IRTG 2678 "Functional π-Systems: Activation, Interaction and Application (pi-Sys)", funded by the
    German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
    2020
    Highly Cited Researcher
    (ranks among the top 1% most cited works in chemistry, Clarivate Analytics HCR)
    2020
    Elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
    2019
    Highly Cited Researcher
    (ranks among the top 1% most cited works in chemistry, Clarivate Analytics HCR)
    2019
    Pedler Award of the The Royal Society of Chemistry
    2019
    Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry
    2018
    Member of the Editorial Board of Angewandte Chemie
    2018
    Elected member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
    (Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste)
    2018
    Fujian “100 Talent Plan” Professor
    2018
    Jiaxi Lu Overseas Guest Professor in Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou
    2017
    SUSTech Chemical Sciences Lectureship, Shenzhen
    2017
    Highly Cited Researcher
    (ranks among the top 1% most cited works in chemistry, Clarivate Analytics HCR, formerly Thomson Reuters)
    2017
    IOCB Lecture, Prague
    2016
    ERC Advanced Grant of the European Research Council
    for the conceptional research on "The Electron as a Catalyst: e-cat"
    2016
    Goldener Brendel - Student's Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching -
    for the MSc Lecture "Organische Wirkstrukturen", Chemistry Department, WWU Münster, Germany.
    2014
    Research Award (Forschungspreis) 2014 of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
    2014
    IOCF Yoshida Lectureship, Kyoto University, Japan
    since 2010
    Spokesman of the Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich)
    SFB 858 "Synergetic Effects in Chemistry - From Additivity towards Cooperativity", funded by the
    German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
    2009
    Guest Professorship: Université Bordeaux 1, Bordeaux, France.
    2008
    RSC / GE Healthcare Lecture, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
    2008
    Guest Professorship: Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
    2007
    Goldener Brendel - Student's Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching -
    for the BSc Lecture "Organische Chemie", Chemistry Department, WWU Münster, Germany.
    2007
    Solvias Ligand Contest Award.
    2006
    Novartis Young Investigator Award.
    2005
    Steinhofer Award at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
    1999
    Thieme Chemistry Journal Award.
    1999
    Nachwuchsförderstelle of the ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
    1995
    Postdoctoral Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland.

     

  • Research Outreach

     

      • Research Program: Summary of current reserach activites of the Studer Group.
      • Publications: A chronological publication record
      • Lectures: An overview on Studer Group research reports all over the world
      • Studer Group Alumni: Who has contributed to the research activities and where are they now...