Prof. Dr. Martin Albrecht Deputy Director / Research Group Leader Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Phone +41 31 684 46 44 Phone2 +41 31 684 45 44 (Sekretariat) E-Mail martin.albrecht@unibe.ch Office N631 Postal Address Universität Bern Departement für Chemie, Biochemie und Pharmazie Freiestrasse 3 CH - 3012 Bern private website albrecht.dcbp.unibe.ch LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/martin-albrecht-86aa3138/ ORCID No orcid.org/0000-0001-7403-2329
CV 1991 - 1996 MSc University of Bern 1996 - 2000 PhD with Gerard van Koten, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 2001 - 2003 Postdoctoral research with Bob Crabtree, Yale University, and at Ciba SC, Basel 2003 - 2009 Assistant Professor, Univ. Fribourg 2009 - 2015 Professor of Chemistry, University College Dublin 2013 Bessel Award (Humboldt Foundation) 2014 - 2018 ERC Consolidator Grant since February 2015 Professor of Chemistry, Dept. f. Chemie und Biochemie, Univ. Bern since 2021 Deputy Director of the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern
Research We are strongly interested in exploiting molecular properties of transition metals that are located in a precisely defined environment, as this makes them widely useful as active sites in chemistry, biology and materials science. The activity of these metal centers can be altered and tuned by selective modifications of the ligand sphere, hence providing a versatile methodology to tailor their application range. Three aspects of this exciting area of research are currently under investigation: Implementation of organometallic components as active sites in materials Development of new catalytic systems for the activation of unreactive bonds Use of supramolecular principles for tailoring metal-centered processes. In addition, we are interested in investigating the relevance of carbene-type bonding motifs in biological systems. Website of the research group
Publications For a full list of publications, please also see: Researcher ID: B-4141-2014 ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7403-2329 Publications recorded in the new BORIS Portal (Bern Open Repository and Information System) Entering and editing publications in the BORIS Portal: https://boris-portal.unibe.ch Publication Year Type
Membership Royal Society of Chemistry, Function/Role: Fellow American Chemical Society, Function/Role: member Swiss Chemical Society, Function/Role: member Royal Dutch Society of Chemistry, Function/Role: member
