Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schumann

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBioorganic and Biological Chemistry,Organic Molecular Chemistry,Biochemistry
Keywordsgenome engineering, glycosyltransferase, bioorthogonal ligation, protein engineering, carbohydrate chemistry
Honours and awards

2025: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

2024: Biochemical Society Early Career Research Award

2024: RSC Norman Heatley Award

2023: RSC Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award

2022: EMBO Young Investigator

2021: RSC Horizon Prize

2017: Otto Hahn Medal, Max Planck Society

2016: Award for Excellence in Glycoscience

2016: Feodor Lynen Fellowship

2011: Kekulé doctoral stipend, VCI

2008: Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (full stipend)

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityDresden
InstitutionTechnische Universität Dresden
InstituteFakultät Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Barry M. TrostDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford
Prof. Dr. Carolyn R. BertozziDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2016

Programme(s)

2015Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs