Hans-Dieter Arndt
Friedrich-Schiller-University, Germany
Biography
Hans-Dieter Arndt is an enthusiastic synthetic organic chemist with expertise in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology. He studied chemistry at the universities of Ulm, Marburg, Germany, and Imperial College, London, UK. He has obtained his PhD degree in 2002 at Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany. After postdoctoral research at CalTech, Pasadena, USA, he launched his independent career at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany. In 2011, he moved to Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, where he currently holds the Chair of Organic Chemistry. He is the Director of the Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry and currently he is serving as Vice-Dean. His research interests include natural product synthesis, synthesis design, method development, and Chemical Biology and Chemical Ecology research.
Abstract
Abstract : Total synthesis and functional studies of parthenolides and urukthapelstatins