Thorsten Bach

Prof. Bach became a full professor at the Technical University of Munich in 2000. He is specialized in catalysis, photochemistry, and organometallic chemistry. A particular focus in his group lays in the total synthesis of bioactive natural products. Professor Bach authored nearly 200 publications and patents so far. His work was awarded several renowned research prizes, e.g. AstraZeneca Research Award, Novartis European Young Investigator Award, and Degussa Award for Chirality in Chemistry 2006. Since 2006 he his elected Member of the German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina (Halle, Saale). In 2020 he got recognition with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award.