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School, Service, Studies: |
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| 1961 | Abitur, Gymnasium Walddörferschule, Hamburg-Volksdorf |
| 1961-1962 | Military Service |
| 1963-1972 |
Study of Chemistry, University Hamburg
Dr. rer. nat., Organic Chemistry (Prof. Dr. H. Paulsen) |
| 1978 | Habilitation, Organic Chemistry, University Hamburg |
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Academic Career and Awards: |
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| 1969-1976 | Wiss. Assistent |
| 1977-1983 | Wiss. Rat |
| 1983-1989 | Prof. C3, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 1989- | Prof. C4, Universität Hamburg |
| 1984-1985 | Visiting Prof., University California, Berkeley, CA, USA |
| 1992 | Call to Chair DTU, Lynby-Copenhagen, DK, declined |
| 1993 | Visiting Prof., Victoria University and IRL, Wellington, NZ |
| 1995 | Visiting Prof., CERMAV-CNRS, Grenoble, F |
| 2001 | Heyrovsky Medal, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, CZ |
| 2005-2006 | Visiting Prof., The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA |
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Public Service: |
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| 1984-1992 | Coordinator, BMFT-Program Saccharides |
| 1990-92, 1994-96, | Acting Director, Institut für Organische Chemie |
| 2006- | |
| 1994-1997 | Chair, GDCh Section Hamburg |
| 1999-2002 | Vicedean, Department of Chemistry |
| 1999-2004 | Member, Graduiertenkolleg 464 “Glycoconjugates” |
| 2002-2004 | Speaker, Faculty of Natural Sciences (in corp.) |
| 2000 | Chairman 20th International Carbohydrate Symposium Hamburg |
| 2002-2005 | Dean, Department of Chemistry |
| 1987- | German Representative, European Carbohydrate Organization (ECO) |
| 1990- | German Representative, Internat. Carbohydrate Organization (ICO) |
| 1991- | Confidential Docent Hamburg, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
| 1997- | Speaker, Sonderforschungsbereich 470 “Glycostructures in Biosystems” |
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Editorial Service: |
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| 1990-2002 | Carbohydr. Res., Member Editorial Board |
| 1998- | Glycoscience I-III, Coeditor |
| 1982- | J. Carbohydr. Chem., Regional Editor |
| 1992- | Topics Curr. Chem., Member Editorial Board |
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Publications: 389 |
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Research: |
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| • | Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry: |
Glycoside synthesis; preparative studies of antibiotic and cytostatic oligodeoxy oligosaccharides; synthesis of complex saccharide conjugates; preparations of carbohydrate mimetics; photochemical transformation of carbohydrate derivatives. |
| • | Preparative Chemoenzymatic Synthesis: |
Application of glycohydrolases and glycosyltransferases for synthesis of oligosaccharides; use of further enzyme systems for preparative purposes. |
| • | Carbohydrates as Chemical Feedstock: |
Studies on the synthesis of polymers (polyesters, -urethanes, -ethers, -amides) from saccharide building units; work in the field of saccharide-based surfactants. |
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