About
Christopher J. Teskey carried out his undergraduate studies in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and then, in 2012, began his PhD with Prof. Michael F. Greaney at the University of Manchester. After graduating in 2016, he was awarded an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship to stay at the University of Manchester for a further year. Following this, in 2017 he moved to the University of Vienna, Austria to take up a postdoctoral researcher position in the group of Prof. Nuno Maulide as a Lise Meitner Research Fellow of the FWF (Austrian Science Fund). From March 2019 to October 2023, he led a Junior Research Group at the Institute of Organic Chemistry at RWTH Aachen, Germany funded by a Liebig Fellowship from the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. From November 2023, he has been a Professor of Organic Chemistry at the TU Braunschweig where he holds a Niedersachsen-Impuls-Professorship.
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Professor (W2) of Organic Chemistry, TU Braunschweig, 2023-
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Junior Research Group Leader, RWTH Aachen, 2019-2023
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Postdoc (Prof Nuno Maulide), University of Vienna, 2017-2019
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EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow, University of Manchester, 2016-2017
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PhD (Prof Michael F. Greaney), University of Manchester 2012-2016
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Bachelor of Arts & Master of Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, 2008-2012
Funding
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DFG Heisenberg Programme - admitted in May 2023
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Exploration Grant from the Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung
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DFG Research Grant "Combining Proton-Reduction and Photoredox Catalysis for Heterocycle Functionalization"
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DFG Research Grant "Photocontrolled cobalt hydride catalysis"
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Liebig Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
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Lise Meitner Fellowship from the FWF (Austrian Science Fund)
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Doctoral Prize Fellowship from the EPSRC (Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, UK)
Awards
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Thieme Journal Awardee 2020
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Young Researcher Award - MSE Profile Area (RWTH Aachen)
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5th UK-Japanese Symposium on Asymmetric Catalysis - first place poster prize
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3rd National Retrosynthesis Competition - finalist
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RSC North-West Organic Division Regional Symposium poster prize
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2nd National Retrosynthesis Competition - 3rd place
Science communication and service
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Org. Chem. Front. Early Career Advisory Board member, 2024
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JACS Au Early Career Advisory Board member, 2023
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Blickpunkt Synthese contributor (Nachrichten aus der Chemie)
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C&En News contributor - "Catalyst works differently depending on how it’s activated"
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"After the paper" blog post (Nature Research)
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"Behind the paper" blog post (Nature Research)