Academic Career and Research Areas
After having performed undergraduate and graduate studies in Chemistry at Heidelberg University (2007–2012), Dr. Storch joined the group of Prof. Trapp for his doctorate (2016). During his thesis he worked on the development of stereodynamic ligands and their application in self-amplifying catalysis. Subsequently, he moved to Yale for postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Prof. Miller (2016–2018) with a focus on quinone redox-interconversion and peptide ligands for site-selective catalysis. Since 2019 he is a research group leader at TUM. (548 ch.)
Dr. Storch (b. 1988) conducts research in the area of site- and stereoselective catalysis. In this context, his work is centered around using flavin-based catalysts that are capable of excelling in a variety of different chemical transformations with non-covalent interactions being key to controlling the catalytically active center. Besides fundamental interest in these new catalytic reactions, catalyst design is performed with the aim for modification of organic compounds of increasing complexity with a focus on peptide natural products. (544 ch.)
Awards
- Emmy Noether Research Group Leader (2021)
- Liebig Fellowship (2019)
- DFG Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2017)
- Chemiefonds Ph.D. Fellowship (2013)
- Dr. Sophie Bernthsen Prize (2012)
- Klaus Murmann Undergraduate Fellowship (2010)
Key Publications (all publications)
Walter A, Storch G: „Synthetic C‐6 Aminoflavin Catalysts Enable Aerobic Bromination of Oxidation‐Prone Substrates”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020; 59: 22505–22509.
AbstractStorch G, Kim B, Mercado BQ, Miller SJ: „A Stereodynamic Redox-Interconversion Network of Vicinal Tertiary and Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters in Hydroquinone-Quinone Hybrid Dihydrobenzofurans“. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018; 57: 15107–15111.
AbstractStorch G, Trapp O: „By-Design Enantioselective Self-Amplification Based on Non-Covalent Product-Catalyst Interactions“. Nat. Chem. 2017; 9: 179–187.
AbstractStorch G, Haas M, Trapp O: „Attracting Enantiomers: Chiral Analytes that are Simultaneously Shift Reagents Allow Rapid Screening of Enantiomeric Ratios by NMR Spectroscopy“. Chem. Eur. J. 2017; 23: 5414–5418.
AbstractStorch G, Trapp O: „Temperature-Controlled Bidirectional Enantioselectivity in a Dynamic Catalyst for Asymmetric Hydrogenation“. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015; 54: 3580–3586.
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