Florian F. Mulks

Florian F. Mulks

Group leader

since 2022-03-01

RWTH Aachen

iOC

Work

 
 
 
 
 
Independent Group Leader
March 2022 – Present Aachen
with Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship and Liebig Fellowship
 
 
 
 
 
Feodor Lynen Research Fellow
August 2020 – February 2022
Inorganic and computational chemistry w. Prof. M.-H. Baik and Prof. G. Bertrand, Alexander von Humboldt foundation’s fellowship, collaborative project between Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations of the Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, and University of California, San Diego
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
October 2019 – March 2020 Bern
Green main group chemistry w. Prof. E. Hevia, University of Bern
Academic visit (01/2020–02/2020): Flow chemistry w. Prof. L. Torrente Murciano, University of Cambridge
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
March 2019 – September 2019 Glasgow
Green main group chemistry w. Prof. E. Hevia, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Academic visit (09/2019–09/2019): Flow chemistry w. Prof. L. Torrente Murciano, University of Cambridge
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Researcher
November 2018 – March 2019 Heidelberg
Organic chemistry w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
Academic visit (01/2019–03/2019): Computational chemistry w. Prof. S. Faraji, University of Groningen
 
 
 
 
 
Vice Chancellor’s Advisor, Teaching Assistant
January 2014 – September 2018 Heidelberg
50% employment during doctorate w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
August 2012 – October 2012 Ludwigshafen
Heterogeneous oxidation catalysis w. Dr. H. Teles, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
 
 
 
 
 
Tutor
October 2011 – February 2013 Heidelberg
Tutor for kinetics, quantum mechanics, and organic chemistry, University of Heidelberg

Education

 
 
 
 
 
Doctorate in Chemistry
January 2014 – September 2018 Heidelberg
Organometallic & computational chemistry w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
 
 
 
 
 
Master of Science in Chemistry
October 2011 – December 2013 Heidelberg
Thesis on organometallic chemistry w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
 
 
 
 
 
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
October 2008 – September 2011 Heidelberg
Thesis on organometallic chemistry w. Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi, University of Heidelberg
Academic visit (06/2008–08/2008): Molecular biophysics w. Prof. J. A. Endicott, University of Oxford
 
 
 
 
 
Abitur
August 1999 – June 2008 Wiesbaden
Secondary school education, Elly-Heuss-Schule, Wiesbaden

Awards and Honours

Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
Award by the Georg Thieme Verlag for up-and-coming researchers
Invited Potential Energy (author highlight) article in Chem
From Carbon Superbases to Superacids F. F. Mulks,* Potential Energy article (invited), Chem 2022, 8, 3156–3158, DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.11.011.
Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship
Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for the return to Germany to the Institut für Organische Chemie, RWTH Aachen
Liebig Fellowship
Fellowship by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for launching a research group with our proposed superlectrophiles and -nucleophiles
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for first independently planned research collaboration
Bauer Preis 2019
Award for the dissertation by the Dr. Alexander und Dr. Rosemarie Bauer Stiftung
HPC-Europa 3
Grant and fellowship by the European Commission
Dissertation awarded “summa cum laude”
Awarded for high merit of the doctoral research and of the resulting dissertation by the University of Heidelberg
Deutschlandstipendium
Fellowship by the BASF SE and the BMBF Fed. Rep. Germany
Förderpreis der K. E. Loos-Stiftung
Award for scientifically talented secondary school graduates by the K. E. Loos-Stiftung

Memberships

Next-Generation Advisory Board
Member
American Chemical Society
Member
Royal Society of Chemistry
Member (MRSC)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
Member
European Talent Pool
Member
Active Volunteer