Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Michael Schnürch

Habilitated for: Organometallic chemistry

Homepage (University): Organic & Biological Chemistry (tuwien.ac.at), opens an external URL in a new window

Michael Schnürch studied Technical Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology, where he completed both his diploma and doctoral theses in the group of Prof. Peter Stanetty, graduating with a PhD in 2005. During his PhD studies, he spent a 4-month sabbatical in Canada, where he worked in the group of Prof. Victor Snieckus at Queens University (Kingston, Ontario). He was then a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dalibor Sames at Columbia University in New York City (as an Erwin Schrödinger Fellow) and conducted research in the field of decarbonylative coupling reactions and sp3-C-H activation. After his return, he became an assistant professor at TU Wien and completed his habilitation in 2013. He was promoted to Privatdozent and in 2016 to Associate Professor of Organometallic Chemistry, a position he still holds.

Research interests:

His research interests include the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds to influence cell differentiation and GABAA receptors, C-H activation of sp3 centers, the substitution of gaseous reagents with solid alternatives, green chemistry and thermal energy storage.