Dr. David Konrad - Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy
Dr. David Konrad - Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy
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Occupation | PhD Student |
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Department of Pharmacy |
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| Phone | +49 89 2180 77281 | |
| Room-Nr. | C2.039 | |
| Benedikt.Nissl@cup.lmu.de |
Benedikt was born in Mühldorf am Inn and went to school not far away in Burghausen, where he developed a passion for Chemistry quite early. In his last years at high school he participated twice at the International Chemistry Olympics. After graduating, he started studying philosophy at the HfPh in 2014 (Munich) and expanded his studies by additionally working towards a Bachelor´s degree in chemistry at the LMU one year later. During his Bachelor studies, he pursued internships in the groups of Prof. Dr. Paul Knochel and Prof. Dr. Vito Capriati in Bari, working on cobalt catalyzed Negishi coupling reactions and organolithium chemistry on water and green solvents. In 2018 he graduated in philosophy with a thesis on the theory of science in Michel Foucaults “The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences” and in 2020 in chemistry with a thesis on the stereoselective access to azetidine derivatives in the group of Dr. Dorian Didier. He continued his studies in chemistry in the Master´s program at the LMU, working in the groups of Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell on the synthesis of hypermodified nucleic acids and Dr. Dorian Didier on utilizing strain release heteroatom functionalization and electroorganic synthesis.
After spending too much time on establishing substrates scopes without further using his precious compounds, he decided to do dedicate his time making small molecules to use in biological studies and joined the Konrad group. He is eager to improve his synthetic skillset and is working on the development of novel anticancer drugs using C-H functionalization. In his free time, he enjoys reading, playing piano and hiking in the mountains.
“Stereoselective Access to Azetidine-Based a-Aminoacids and Applications to Small Peptides”
F. Reiners, E. Joseph, B. Nißl, D. Didier*
Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 8533–8537.
Highlight: https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0040-1706080