Prof. Dr. Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner
Anorganische Chemie II
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
44780 Bochum
Office: NC 2/70
viktoria.daeschlein-gessner[at]rub.de
Fon: +49 (0)234 32-24174
Fax: +49 (0)234 32-14174
ResearcherID: E-1019-2013
Viktoria H. Däschlein-Gesner (neé Gessner) is chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the Ruhr-University of Bochum (Germany).
She obtained her PhD under the supervision of Prof. C. Strohmann at TU Dortmund in 2009 and was postdoc with Prof. T. D. Tilley at the University of California in Berkeley (USA).
After a further postdoctoral stay with Prof. H. Braunschweig at the University of Würzburg she started her independent career and completed her Habilitation in 2015. Since 2016 she is Professor at the at the Ruhr-University of Bochum.
Viktoria’s research interests lie in the field of organometallic chemistry and catalysis.
She has worked on the development of carbanionic and ylidic ligands for the stabilization of reactive main group compounds and the design of new catalysts.
Her work was published in approx. 100 publications and recognized by series of awards and prices.
Furthermore, she is mother of two children, loves running and good food and is a passionate soccer fan (Borussia Dortmund).
since 10/2020 |
Vicedean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
since 07/2016 |
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (W3), Ruhr-University of Bochum (D) |
27.05.2015 |
Habilitation, University of Würzburg (D) |
01/12 - 06/16 |
Independent Group Leader, University of Würzburg (D) |
2011 |
Postdoc with Prof. Dr. H. Braunschweig, University of Würzburg (D) |
2009 - 2010 |
Postdoc with Prof. Dr. T. Don Tilley, University of California, Berkeley (USA) |
19.06.2009 |
Dr. rer. nat., TU Dortmund (summa cum laude) with Prof. Dr. C. Strohmann (D) |
2002 - 2007 |
Diploma (Chemistry), University of Würzburg and Philipps-Universität Marburg (D) |
2020 |
Recipient of the Organometallics’ 2020 Distinguished Author Award |
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2016 |
Thieme Journal Award |
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2016 |
ERC-Starting Grant |
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2015 |
ADUC Award for habilitands 2014 |
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2014 |
Röntgen Award for young scientists of the University of Würzburg |
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2014 |
Exploration Grant of the Boehringer-Ingelheim Foundation |
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2013 |
Award of the Dr. Otto-Röhm-Gedächtnisstiftung |
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2012 |
Emmy-Noether Grant of the German Science Foundation |
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2012 |
Helene Lange Award of the University of Oldenburg and of the EWE Foundation |
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2011 |
Liebig Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (declined) |
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2011 |
Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
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2010 |
IUPAC Prize for young researchers in chemistry (worldwide) |
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2009 |
Feodor Lynen Postdoc Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
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2009 |
PhD Award of the TU Dortmund |
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2009 |
Special Award of the Karl Ziegler travel grants of the GDCh |
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2009 |
DSM Science and Technology Award North (Finalist) |
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2009 |
Award for the best oral presentation (Tag der Chemie, TU Dortmund) |
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2008 |
DSM Science and Technology Award South (Finalist) |
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2008 |
European Young Chemist Award (Silver medal) |
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2007 |
PhD Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
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2007 |
Faculty Award of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Würzburg |
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2005 |
DAAD travel grant for a research stay in the USA. |
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2004 |
Fellowship of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation |
since 2006 |
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since 2009 |
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow |
since 2013 |
American Chemical Society |
since 2011 |
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since 2013 |
Deutscher Alpenverein |