Prof. Dr. Robert Kretschmer

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsInorganic Molecular Chemistry,Organic Molecular Chemistry
KeywordsMain group elements, Bond activation, Small molecule activation, Metal-metal interaction, Catalysis
Honours and awards

2019: academics "Young Scientist of the Year 2019", 2nd place

2018: Award of the Dr. Otto Röhm Memorial Foundation

2017: Elected member of the Young Academy at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Natural Sciences Leopoldina

2017: Emmy Noether Research Group Leader (German Research Foundation, DFG)

2014: Liebig Fellowship (Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, Germany)

2012: Feodor Lynen Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation)

2010: Kekulé Fellowship (Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, Germany)

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityChemnitz
InstitutionTechnische Universität Chemnitz
InstituteInstitut für Chemie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Guy BertrandDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2012

Programme(s)

2012Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2013Robert Kretschmer, Maria Schlangen, Helmut Schwarz: C–N coupling in the gas-phase reactions of ammonia and [M(CH)]+ (M = Ni, Pd, Pt): a combined experimental/computational exercise. In: Dalton Transactions, 2013, 4153-4162
2013Stephan Enthaler, Maik Weidauer, Elisabeth Irran, Jan Dirk Epping, Robert Kretschmer, Chika I. Someya: Exploring the Reactivity of Nickel Complexes in Hydrodecyanation Reactions. In: J. Organomet. Chem. , 2013, 262-274
2013Robert Kretschmer, Maria Schlangen, Helmut Schwarz: Isomer-selective, Thermal Activation of Methane in the Gas Phase by [HMO]+ and [M(OH)]+ (M = Ti and V) . In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 6097-6101
2013Robert Kretschmer, Zhe-Chen Wang, Maria Schlangen, Helmut Schwarz: Single and Double N-H Bond Activation of Ammonia by [Al2O3]•+: Room Temperature Formation of the Aminyl Radical and Nitrene. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 2013, 9691-9695
2013Robert Kretschmer, Maria Schlangen, Helmut Schwarz: Thermal Activation Ammonia by Transition-Metal Hydroxide Cations. In: ChemPlusChem, 2013, 952-958