Modern Arylation Methods

Lutz Ackermann was educated at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany, and obtained his Ph.D. in 2001 under the supervision of Alois Furstner, Max-Plank-Institut fur Kohlenforschung in Mulheim/Ruhr. He was a DAAD postdoctoral fellow in the laboratories of Robert G. Berman at the University of California at Berkeley, USA, and initiated his independent career - supported by the Emmy Noether-program (DFG) - in 2003 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. In 2007, he became a full professor at the Georg-August-University Gottingen. The unifying theme of his research program is represented by the development of novel concepts for efficient catalytic processes. Lutz Ackermann was visiting professor at the Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy, as well as the University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA, and his recent awards include an ORCHEM-prize, an ADUC-prize, and a Dozentenstipendium (FCI).