​​​Schoenebeck Research Group

Daniel was born in Rheinfelden, a small town in the south of Germany. After his apprenticeship as a chemical lab technician, he studied Molecular Life Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences in Muttenz, before completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Basel in 2018, where he carried out two years of research with Prof. Dennis Gillingham and Prof. Konrad Tiefenbacher. His work primarily focused on the use of water-soluble and stable Cu complexes for the selective modification of DNA and the application of molecular containers as catalysts for chemical reactions. Beginning the summer of 2017, he moved to the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung to join the group of Dr. Josep Cornella as a Dr. Gadient-Engi Fellow. Daniel worked on the selective SNAr functionalization of C(sp2)–NH2 bonds through activation by pyrylium salts. In September 2018, he joined the research group of Prof. Christof Sparr as a PhD student investigating new enantioselective transformations for the construction of topologically well-defined atropisomers. Daniel joined the Schoenebeck group as a postdoctoral researcher in July 2023.