Prof. Peter H. Seeberger

ACADEMIC HOST
Prof. Gil Markovich
School of Chemistry

Joshua Jortner Distinguished Lectures in Chemistry
31.10.26-4.11.26

Education

• Studies in Chemistry, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Germany
• Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Professional Experience

• Director, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany, 2009–present
• Professor of Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, Germany, 2009–present
• Honorary Professor, University of Potsdam, Germany, 2009–present
• Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland, ca. 2003–2009
• Firmenich Associate Professor of Chemistry (tenured), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
• Research Scientist, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Academic and Scientific Leadership

• Vice President, German Research Foundation (DFG), 2021–present
• Member of the Senate, Max Planck Society
• Member of the Board of Trustees (Stiftungsrat), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo)

Awards and Honors (Selected)

• Körber Prize for European Science
• Stifterverband Science Prize, Germany
• Arthur C. Cope Young Scholar Award, American Chemical Society
• Horace B. Isbell Award, American Chemical Society
• Claude S. Hudson Award, American Chemical Society
• Havinga Medal, Netherlands
• Yoshimasa Hirata Gold Medal, Japan
• Whistler Award, International Carbohydrate Society
• Honorary Lifetime Membership, Israel Chemical Society
• Honorary Doctorate, University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT), Czech Republic
• Elected Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, 2013
• Named among “The 100 Most Important Swiss”

Editorial and Service Activities

• Editor-in-Chief, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Member of Editorial Advisory Boards of numerous international chemistry journals
• Advocate of open-access scientific publishing

Research Interests

• Chemistry and biology of carbohydrates
• Carbohydrate-based vaccine development
• Continuous-flow synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds
• Translational chemistry at the interface of engineering, biology, and immunology
• Chemical approaches to neglected and infectious diseases