Martin Albrecht (chemist)

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Martin Albrecht
BornDecember 12th, 1971
NationalitySwiss
Alma mater
  • Bern University (MA)
  • Utrecht University (PhD, Summa Cum Laude)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganometallic Chemistry
Institutions
  • Bern University
  • University College Dublin
  • Fribourg University
  • Yale University
  • Utrecht University
ThesisMaterials (2000)
Doctoral advisorProf. Dr. Gerard van Koten, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Websitealbrechtresearch.com

Martin Albrecht (born December 12th, 1971) is a Swiss chemist. He is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Bern. He has supervised 25 PhD students since 2004 and participated to the publication of 169 scientific papers (h-index of 58). [1] [2] [3] He is particularly known for his contribution to carbene chemistry notably with his groundbreaking work on 1,2,3-triazolylidene mesoionic carbene. [4]

Education

Martin Albrecht completed his undergraduate education at the University of Bern from 1991 to 1996. His early research career started in 1996 during his PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gerard van Koten at Utrecht University, in The Netherlands. He studied the formation and properties of novel inorganic materials using the privileged pincer ligand platform which led, for example, to discoveries such as organoplatinium complexes that appeared applicable as very sensitive SO2 sensors.[5] In 2000, Martin Albrecht was awarded the Bakker price from the Royal Dutch Chemical Society (KNCV) due to his outstanding work and excellent contribution to the scientific community.[6]

Career and Research

After his PhD, he joined, in 2001 Prof. Dr. Robert H. Crabtree's research team at Yale, USA, to develop the coordination chemistry of N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands with various metals and to study their application as catalysts in C–H activation reactions.[7]

This period was followed by a short stay, 2002-2003, as researcher R&D Coating Effects, in Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Basel, CH). Then, Martin Albrecht accepted a position of assistant professor in Fribourg, Switzerland working on NHC coordination chemistry research,[8] on the edge with biology.[9] For this research, he was granted an European Research Council starting grant in 2005 for the CARBENZYMES project that aimed to understand the bonding properties of metalloenzymes.[10]

In 2009, he joined the University College Dublin as a full Professor. He developed a groundbreaking research program using novel 1,2,3-triazolylidene mesoionic carbene ligands.[11] At that time, he received an European Research Council Consolidator Grant in 2014 for the synMICs project that aimed at the exploration of sustainable pathways for the efficient production of pharmaceutical drugs and for energy storage with 3d metals.[12]

In 2015, he moved with his research group back to Bern, Switzerland to continue his research on donor flexible ligands as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry.[13] Presently, he is Deputy Director of the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern.[14] In 2021, the 1st year biology Bachelor student recognized his commitment to teach young undergraduate students, to inspire them and to act as a scientific role model by awarding him the "Professor of the year 2021" prize. [15]

Major grants and Awards

  • 2001 Bakker price from the Royal Dutch Chemical Society (KNCV)
  • 2002 Alfred Werner Assistant Professorship (Alfred Werner Foundation)
  • 2007 European Research Council Starting Grant
  • 2008 Visiting Professor (University of Otago, New Zealand)
  • 2011 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
  • 2013 Bessel Award (Humboldt Foundation)
  • 2014 European Research Council Consolidator Grant
  • 2015 Catalysis Society of South Africa (CATSA eminent visitor)
  • 2016 GIAN fellow (Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development)

References

  1. ↑ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7403-2329. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  2. ↑ (a) M. Albrecht, G. van Koten Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 2001, 40 (20), 3750-3781 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1521-3773(20011015)40:20%3C3750::AID-ANIE3750%3E3.0.CO;2-6, (b) O. Schuster, L. Yang, H. G. Raubenheimer, M. Albrecht Chem. Rev. 2009, 109, 8, 3445-3478. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/cr8005087, (c) N. Lentz, M. Albrecht ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 20, 12627-12631. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.2c04113
  3. ↑ https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=Ej5zrbcAAAAJ&hl=en Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  4. ↑ Albrecht Laboratory home page, https://albrechtresearch.com/ Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  5. ↑ M. Albrecht., M. Lutz, A. L. Spek, G. van Koten Nature 2000, 406, 970-974. https://www.nature.com/articles/35023107
  6. ↑ M. Albrecht, G. van Koten Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 2001, 40 (20). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1521-3773%2820011015%2940%3A20%3C3750%3A%3AAID-ANIE3750%3E3.0.CO%3B2-6
  7. ↑ (a) M. Albrecht, J. R. Miecznikowski, A. Samuel, J. W. Faller, R. H. Crabtree Organometallics 2002, 21, 17, 3596–3604. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/om020338x. (b)S. Gründemann, A. Kovacevic, M. Albrecht, J. W. Faller, R. H. Crabtree J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 35, 10473-10481. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja026735g
  8. ↑ M. Heckenroth, E. Kluser, A. Neels, M. Albrecht, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6293–6296 (26). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.200702199
  9. ↑ M. Albrecht, Science 2009, 326, 532–3 (1). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1181553
  10. ↑ https://www.unifr.ch/unicom/fr/news-events/actualites/3010/next
  11. ↑ P. Mathew, A. Neels, M. Albrecht. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13534-13535. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja805781s
  12. ↑ https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/615653 Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  13. ↑ (a) K. Salzmann, C. Segarra, M. Albrecht. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 123, 9017-9021 (23). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ange.202002014. (b) S. Bertini, M. Rahaman, A. Dutta, P. Schollhammer, A. V. Rudnev. F. Gloaguen, P. Broekmann, M. ALbrecht Green Chem., 2021, 23, 3365-3373. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2021/GC/D1GC00388G#!divAbstract. (c) M. Planchestainer, N. Segaud, M. Shanmugam, J. McMaster, F. Paradisi, M. Albrecht Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10677-10682 (33). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.201807168.
  14. ↑ https://www.dcbp.unibe.ch/ueber_uns/personen/prof_dr_albrecht_martin/index_ger.html Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  15. ↑ https://twitter.com/albrecht_lab/status/1472868723178549252 Retrieved 2022-11-24.

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