Dr. Denis Höfler

• Research area: natural product synthesis • Retrosynthetic bond disconnections and development of novel synthetic routes • Advisor: Prof. Thomas Magauer • Funding: Marie-Curie (MSCA IF) fellowship (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/882617)

• Organization of strategic cooperations in the area of applied research • Preparation of Presidential messages • Positioning of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft within the scientific landscape of Germany and Europe

• Research area: organocatalysis • Development of highly active C–H acids for catalysis • Asymmetric and nonasymmetric catalytic methods • Planning of a start-up in organocatalysis • Design of new catalyst motifs • Advisor: Prof. Benjamin List

• Development and establishment of crowd reviewing, please see: "https://www.nature.com/news/ crowd-based-peer-review-can-be-good-and-fast-1.22072" and "Nature Podcast of June 1st 2017: An intelligent crowd" • Modification of an online platform for this process in cooperation with an IT company • Recommendations for editorial decisions • Scientific quality assurance • Writing of peer-review reports

• Summarizing and reviewing of recent publications in the field of organocatalysis

• Degree: Dr. rer. nat. • Research area: organocatalysis • Title of doctoral thesis: "Highly active C–H acids for catalysis" • Author or co-author on seven publications, one publication as corresponding author • Supervisor to a chemical apprentice for 1.5 years

• Research area: organic synthesis and spectroscopy • Title of thesis: "Synthesis and application of a new generation of carbon monoxide probes" • Development of novel chemical probes • Biological studies in living cells • Advisor: Prof. Christopher J. Chang

• Research area: computational protein design • Topic: "Design of self-assembling homodimeric three helical bundles" • In silico design of helical bundles • Expression and purification of protein structures • Funded by a scholarship of the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung • Advisor: Prof. David Baker

• Specialization in organic synthesis and spectroscopy

• Specialization in organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and biochemistry