Felix H. Schacher, University of Jena, Germany, has received the Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize 2020 from the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society). The prize is awarded to chemists up to 40 years of age who do not hold a position as Full Professor but have distinguished themselves through original work.
The award includes an EUR 7,500 endowment and was presented at the virtual Chemiedozententagung 2021 on March 15, 2021. Schacher was honored for his groundbreaking work in the field of polyampholytes and polyelectrolytes.
Felix H. Schacher was born in 1980. He studied chemistry at the Universities of Bayreuth, Germany, and Lund, Sweden. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Bayreuth in 2009 under the supervision of Axel H. E. Müller. After research stays at the University of Bristol, UK, with Ian Manners and at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan, with Hiroshi Jinnai, Schacher joined the University of Jena in 2010.
Schacher’s research focuses on polymer synthesis. His interests include, e.g., polyelectrolytes, block copolymers, complex colloids, hierarchical structures, and polymer-based membranes.
Selected Publications
- Electrochemical Stimulation of Water–Oil Interfaces by Nonionic–Cationic Block Copolymer Systems,
Quirin Prasser, Daniel Steinbach, Daniel Kodura, Vincent Schildknecht, Katja König, Christian Weber, Erica Brendler, Carla Vogt, Urs Peuker, Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Florian Mertens, Felix H. Schacher, Anja S. Goldmann, Felix A. Plamper,
Langmuir 2020, 37, 1073–1081.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02822 - 1,7,9,10-Tetrasubstituted PMIs Accessible through Decarboxylative Bromination: Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysical Studies, and Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis,
Daniel Costabel, Artem Skabeev, Afshin Nabiyan, Yusen Luo, Johannes B. Max, Ashwene Rajagopal, Daniel Kowalczyk, Benjamin Dietzek, Maria Wächtler, Helmar Görls, Dirk Ziegenbalg, Yulian Zagranyarski, Carsten Streb, Felix H. Schacher, Kalina Peneva,
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4081–4088.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202004326 - Triple-Responsive Polyampholytic Graft Copolymers as Smart Sensors with Varying Output,
Johannes B. Max, Afshin Nabiyan, Jonas Eichhorn, Felix H. Schacher,
Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000671 - Guided hierarchical co-assembly of soft patchy nanoparticles,
André H. Gröschel, Andreas Walther, Tina I. Löbling, Felix H. Schacher, Holger Schmalz, Axel H. E. Müller,
Nature 2013, 503, 247–251.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12610 - Precise hierarchical self-assembly of multicompartment micelles,
André H. Gröschel, Felix H. Schacher, Holger Schmalz, Oleg V. Borisov, Ekaterina B. Zhulina, Andreas Walther, Axel H.E. Müller,
Nature Communications 2012.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1707 - Functional Block Copolymers: Nanostructured Materials with Emerging Applications,
Felix H. Schacher, Paul A. Rupar, Ian Manners,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7898–7921.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201200310
Also of Interest
- Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize 2018,
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Bill Morandi, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim, Germany, honored - Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize 2017,
ChemViews Mag. 2017.
Shigeyoshi Inoue, Technical University Munich, Germany, honored - Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize for Felix R. Fischer,
ChemViews Mag. 2016.
Physical organic chemist honored for work on functional materials - 2015 Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize,
ChemViews Mag. 2015.
Kallol Ray, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany, honored - Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize for T. Junkers,
ChemViews/Jonathan Faiz,
ChemViews Mag. 2014.
Professor Thomas Junkers, Belgium, is awarded by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society)
