Prof. Dr. Valentin Wittmann
Curriculum vitae
| 1982-1985 and 1987-1989 | Academic training in chemistry, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, interrupted by civil service |
| 1989-1990 | Diploma thesis "Synthesis of C-Glycosylated Amino Acids and Peptides" with Prof. Dr. Horst Kessler, Technical University of Munich. Final degree: Diplom-Chemiker |
| 1990-1994 | PhD thesis "Synthesis, Conformational Analysis, and Pharmacological Relevance of C-Glycopeptides" with Prof. Dr. Horst Kessler, Technical University of Munich. Final degree: Dr. rer. nat. |
| 1994-1995 | Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main (Topic: Synthesis and NMR Spectroscopical Investigation of Fluorinated and of 13C-Labeled Oligonucleotides) |
| 1995-1997 | Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California (Topic: Chemical-Enzymatic Synthesis of Multivalent Sialyl Lewis x Derivatives) |
| 1997-2003 | Group leader at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main |
| since 2003 | Professor of Organic Chemistry/Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz |
| 2006-2011 | Dean of Studies (Studiendekan) for the academic programs Chemistry and Life Science, University of Konstanz |
| 2016-2020$\text{ }$ | Head of Chemistry Department, University of Konstanz |
Editorial Boards and Scientific Activities
| since 2004 | Responsible for the subject area "Biochemistry" of the encyclopedia Römpp online |
| since 2005 | Editorial board member of Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry |
| since 2006 | Editorial board member of Current Chemical Biology |
| since 2006 | Member of the "Max-Bergmann-Kreis zur Förderung der Peptidchemie" |
| since 2010 | Editorial board member of Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry |
Awards and fellowships
| 09/1990 | Scholarship for Ph.D. students of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
| 06/1994 and 07/1997 | Postdoc scholarship of the Graduiertenkolleg of the Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main |
| 11/1995 | Research fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 01/1998 | Habilitation scholarship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 06/2000 | Prize for interdisciplinary research of the Dr. Hans Messer Foundation |
| 01/2001 | SYNTHESIS-SYNLETT-Journals Award |
| 03/2009 | Lectureship Award, sponsored by the National Science Council of Taiwan |
| 10/2012, 10/2016 and 10/2020 | Teaching Award of the University of Konstanz (Lehrpreis der Universität Konstanz von Studierenden, LUKS) |