Viktoria
Viktoria H. Däschlein-Gessner (neé Gessner) is Professor for Inorganic Chemistry at the Ruhr-University of Bochum (Germany). She obtained her PhD under the supervision of Prof. C. Strohmann at TU Dortmund in 2009 and was postdoc with Prof. T. D. Tilley at the University of California in Berkeley (USA). After a further postdoctoral stay with Prof. H. Braunschweig at the University of Würzburg she started her independent career and completed her Habilitation in 2015. Since 2016 she is Professor at the at the Ruhr-University of Bochum.
Viktoria’s research interests lie in the field of organometallic chemistry and catalysis. She has worked on the development of carbanionic and ylidic ligands for the stabilization of reactive main group compounds and the design of new catalysts and reagents. Her work was published more than 100 publications and recognized by series of awards and prices. Furthermore, she is mother of two children, loves running and good food and is a passionate soccer fan (Borussia Dortmund).
Most important awards
2023 ERC Consolidator Grant
2022 Klung-Wilhelmy Science Award
2020 Organometallics’ 2020 Distinguished Author Award
2016 Thieme Journal Award
2016 ERC Starting Grant
2015 ADUC Award for habilitands 2014
2014 Röntgen Award for young scientists of the University of Würzburg
2014 Exploration Grant of the Boehringer-Ingelheim Foundation
2013 Award of the Dr. Otto-Röhm-Gedächtnisstiftung
2012 Emmy-Noether Grant of the German Science Foundation
2012 Helene Lange Award (University of Oldenburg and of the EWE Foundation)
2011 Liebig Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (declined)
2011 Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2010 IUPAC Prize for young researchers in chemistry (worldwide)
2009 Feodor Lynen Postdoc Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Memberships and scientific committees
Since 2006 Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
Since 2009 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Since 2013 American Chemical Society
Since 2016 Member of the Wöhler-Vereinigung
2018-2020 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Inorganic Chemistry (ACS)
Since 2019 Member of the AG Phosphorchemie (GDCh)
Since 2020 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Organometallics (ACS)
Since 2022 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Chem
Since 2022 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Chem Plus Chem (Wiley)
Since 2022 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Chemical Science (RSC)
Since 2023 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Since 2024 Member of the North-Rhine Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts