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Curriculum vitae

since 2021	Acting Director of the Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry (ITMC) at RWTH Aachen University
since 2019	Chair (W3) of "Translational Molecular Catalysis", Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry (ITMC) at RWTH Aachen University
2016 - 2019	Teaching- and Research Area (W2)  "Translational Molecular Catalysis", Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry (ITMC) at RWTH Aachen University
2009 - 2016	Professor as Assistant Professor (W1) "Mechanisms in Catalysis", Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry (ITMC) at RWTH Aachen University
2004 - 2009	Research Assistant (C1), Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry (ITMC) at RWTH Aachen University
2003 - 2004	Postdoctoral research with Dr. John M. Brown, Dyson Perrins Laboratory and Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, U.K.
2002 - 2003	Post-Doc, Prof. Dr. Francois Mathey and Dr. Duncan Carmichael, École Polytechnique, Paris, Frankreich
1998 - 2002	Ph.D. Thesis University of Regensburg. Prof. Dr. Henri Brunner,
1993 - 1999	Diploma Thesis under supervision of Prof. Dr. Henri Brunner, University of Regensburg
1993 - 1999	Study of Chemistry (Diploma), University of Regensburg

Research Interests

• Mechanisms in Catalysis
• NMR Spectroscopy in Catalysis
• Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass
• Sustainable industrial Chemistry
• Catalytic Recycling of Polymers
• Valorization of Carbon dioxide (CO₂) as C₁-synthon

Selected Publications

• Jan-Dirk Spöring, Jan Wiesenthal, Victoria S. Pfennig, Jochem Gätgens, Kassem Beydoun, Prof. Dr. Carsten Bolm, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klankermayer, Prof. Dr. Dörte Rother: Effective Production of Selected Dioxolanes by Sequential Bio- and Chemocatalysis Enabled by Adapted Solvent Switching, ChemSusChem 2022, e202201981, Early View. Link
• K. Beydoun, J. Klankermayer: Efficient Plastic Waste Recycling to Value‐Added Products by Integrated Biomass Processing, ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 488-492. Link 
• B. G. Schieweck, N. F. Westhues, J. Klankermayer: A highly active non-precious transition metal catalyst for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formates, Chemical Science 2019, 10, 6519-6523. Link
• K. Beydoun, J. Klankermayer: Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Cyclic and Linear Acetals by the Combined Utilization of CO2, H2, and Biomass Derived Diols, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 11412-11415. Link
• S. Westhues, J. Idel, J. Klankermayer: Molecular catalyst systems as key enablers for tailored polyesters and polycarbonate recycling concepts, Sci Adv 2018, 4, eaat9669 .Link
• B. G. Schieweck, J. Klankermayer: Tailor‐made Molecular Cobalt Catalyst System for the Selective Transformation of Carbon Dioxide to Dialkoxymethane Ethers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2017, 56, 10854-10857. Link
• W. Leitner, J. Klankermayer, S. Pischinger, H. Pitsch, K. Kohse-Hoinghaus: Advanced biofuels and beyond: chemistry solutions for propulsion and production, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 5412-5452. Link
• S. Westhues, M. Meuresch, J. Klankermayer: Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Modular Synthesis of Cyclic Tertiary Amines from Lactams, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2016, 55, 12841-12844. Link
• K. Thenert, K. Beydoun, J. Wiesenthal, W. Leitner, J. Klankermayer: Ruthenium‐catalyzed synthesis of dialkoxymethane ethers utilizing carbon dioxide and molecular hydrogen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12266-12269. Link
• M. Meuresch, S. Westhues, W. Leitner, J. Klankermayer: Tailor‐Made Ruthenium‐Triphos Catalysts for the Selective Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Lactams, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1392-1395. Link
• J. Klankermayer, S. Wesselbaum, K. Beydoun, W. Leitner: Selective catalytic synthesis using the combination of carbon dioxide and hydrogen: catalytic chess at the interface of energy and chemistry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7296-7343. Link

Awards

2014	European Sustainable Chemistry Award
2002	Novartis Award