Dr. Jörg Eppinger
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Chemical Sciences
PI, Biological & Organometallic Catalysis Laboratories
KAUST Catalysis Center, KCC
Division of Physical Sciences & Engineering
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Research Interests
Research Interests
Combining biological and homogeneous catalysis for sustainable and selective synthesis
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA, 1999-2001
- Dr. rer. nat., Technische Universität München, Germany, 1999
- Dipl.-Chem., Technische Universität München, Germany, 1996
Professional Profile
Professional Profile
- Since 2009: Assistant Professor of Chemical Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- 2007–2009: Head of
independent research group, “Molecular Catalysis”, Department of
Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Germany
- 2004–2007: Co–founder and member of the scientific board, Alceis Sarl., Strasbourg, France
- 2002–2007: Forschungs Dozent, Research on Molecular Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München
- 2001–2002: Research Associate, Protein Science Department, The
Genomic Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, La Jolla, USA
- 1999–2001: Research Associate, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
- 1996–1999: Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Germany
Scientific and Professional Memberships
- Member of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) (Gesellschaft Deuscher Chemiker, e.v)
- Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Awards
Awards
- SEDCO Award, KAUST 2011
- FIC Grant, KAUST, 2010
- Best paper award, International Symposium on Metallomics, 2008, Nagoya, Japan
- Scientist in Charge, Marie–Curie Excellence Grant (Enzyme Microarrays), 2006-2010
- ForschungsDozentur “Molekulare Katalyse”, Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft, 2002-2007
- DFG Research–Fellowship, 1999–2002
- Hans–Fischer–Award, 1999
- Fritz–ter–Meer Fellowship, Bayer AG, 1995–1996