Prof. Dr. Stephanie Kath-Schorr - Curriculum Vitae
Education and professional career
10/2020: W2 professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cologne (W2 with tenure track as full professor/W3).
10/2018: Acceptance into the Perspectives Programme “Plus 3” by Boehringer Ingelheim, BI-junior research group leader, University of Bonn
09/2015: Positive evaluation and extension of the Liebig fellowship (2 years)
01/2013 – 09/2018: Liebig fellow (junior research group leader) LIMES Institute, Program Unit Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Germany
11/2012 – 12/2012: Junior research group leader (DFG Rückkehrstipendium) LIMES Institute, Program Unit Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Germany
02/2011 – 10/2012: Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. D. Lilley, Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group, University of Dundee, UK
12/2006 – 12/2010: PhD in Organic Chemistry (16th December 2010) Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany in the group of Prof. Dr. T. Carell; thesis title “Replication of bulky DNA adducts” (summa cum laude)
09/2006: Master of Science, Biochemistry; Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany; Master thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. G. von Kiedrowski; thesis title “Stabilization of DNA nanostructures by covalent crosslinking”
Spring/2005: Project work in the group of Prof. Dr. M. Havenith-Newen (Bochum) (“Absorption of water and carbohydrate solutions in the THz-range”)
2004 – 2005: Erasmus exchange program (six month) at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, project work with Dr. M. Paget (“Characterization of the two Rex homologues ERex 1 and ERex 2 in Enterococcus faecalis”)
10/2004: Beginning of Master studies in Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
10/2001 – 09/2004: Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry; Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. S. Müller; thesis title “Generation of RNA fragments with homogenous ends by cis-cleaving ribozymes”
Awards, distinctions and scientific activities
Awards:
2018: Perspectives Programme “Plus 3” (Boehringer Ingelheim)
2013 – 2018: Liebig fellowship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (funding for independent research group, 10 fellowships granted per year in Germany)
2012:Rückkehrstipendium, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
2011 – 2012:Postdoctoral research fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
2007 – 2009: Kekulé – Ph.D. fellowship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
Memberships:
since 2020: Editorial Advisory Board Member Chemical Science
since 2019: Editorial Advisory Board Member ChemBioChem
since 2016: Member of the Faculty of 1000 Biology, Section Chemical Biology – Directed Molecular Evolution
since 2015: Member of the Research Network “AcademiaNet” (chosen by the Verband der Chemischen Industrie - VCI)
since 2013: Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (GBM), Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)