IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists – 2012 Honorable Mention

Joerg Schrittwieser wins one of the five Honorable Mention awards associated with the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists for his Ph.D. thesis work entitled “Chemo-Enzymatic Asymmetric Approaches to Benzylisoquinoline and Berbine Alkaloids.”

E-mail: joe.schrittwieser@gmx.net

Academic Degrees:

  • University of Graz, Austria, 2011, Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (Biocatalysis)
  • University of Graz, Austria, 2008, M.Sc. in Chemistry, Philosophy and Psychology

Ph.D. Thesis Title:

Chemo-Enzymatic Asymmetric Approaches to Benzylisoquinoline and Berbine Alkaloids

Advisor:

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kroutil

Thesis Essay: [link to full text; pdf file – 1MB]