Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 55, Issue 24 p. 6818-6818 Author ProfileFree Access Jeroen S. Dickschat First published: 14 January 2016 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201511670AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract “If I were not a scientist, I would be bored. My motto is ‘Keep it short!’ ...” This and more about Jeroen S. Dickschat can be found on page 6818. 1 Table 1. Jeroen S. Dickschat Date of birth: June 3, 1977 Position: Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Bonn E-mail: dickschat@uni-bonn.de Homepage: www.chemie.uni-bonn.de/oc/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/ak_dickschat Education: 2002 Diploma in chemistry, University of Braunschweig 2002–2005 PhD with Prof. Stefan Schulz, University of Braunschweig 2005–2008 Postdoctoral stays in with Prof. Rolf Müller (Universität des Saarlandes) and with Prof. Peter Leadlay (University of Cambridge) Awards: 2008 Emmy Noether Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; 2014 DECHEMA Early-Career Researcher Prize Current research interests: Natural product chemistry: biosynthesis of terpenes, microbial volatiles, enzyme mechanisms, structure elucidation Hobbies: Cooking, hiking, traveling If I were not a scientist, I would be bored. My motto is “Keep it short!” My most exciting discovery to date has been the enzymatic synthesis of completely 13C-labeled terpenes. My favorite author (fiction) is Max Frisch (Homo Faber). I like refereeing because I have to study in detail the work of excellent colleagues. The most significant scientific advance of the last 100 years has been the development of quantum mechanics by Heisenberg and others. The biggest problem that scientists face is the development of a grand unified theory. My favorite piece of research is the “Specification of Molecular Chirality” by Cahn, Ingold, and Prelog. Highly logical. If I could have dinner with three famous scientists from history, they would be Max Planck, Albert Einstein, and Werner Heisenberg. If I could go back in time and do any experiment, I would visit the first successful trial of time travel. I would have liked to have discovered the polymerase chain reaction. My 5 top papers: References 1“Conformational Analysis, Thermal Rearrangement, and EI-MS-Fragmentation Mechanism of (1(10) E,4 E,6 S,7 R)-Germacradien-6-ol by 13C-Labeling Experiments”: P. Rabe, L. Barra, J. Rinkel, R. Riclea, C. A. Citron, T. A. Klapschinski, A. Janusko, J. S. Dickschat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13448; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 13649. (The enzymatic synthesis of completely 13C-labeled sesquiterpenes for simple structural elucidation by 13C, 13C COSY NMR experiments.) 2“Structures and Biosynthesis of Corvol Ethers—Sesquiterpenes from the Actinomycete Kitasatospora setae”: P. Rabe, K. A. K. Pahirulzaman, J. S. Dickschat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6041; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 6139. (Labeling techniques for enzyme-mechanistic studies on terpene cyclases.) 3“Induced-Fit Mechanism in Class I Terpene Cyclases”: P. Baer, P. Rabe, K. Fischer, C. A. Citron, T. A. Klapschinski, M. Groll, J. S. Dickschat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7652; Angew. Chem. 2014, 126, 7783. (Compares a bacterial terpene cyclase in open and closed conformations.) 4“The Stereochemical Course and Mechanism of the IspH Reaction”: C. A. Citron, N. L. Brock, P. Rabe, J. S. Dickschat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 4053; Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 4129. (Two long-disputed mechanisms of the enzyme IspH could be distinguished.) 5“Terpenoids are Widespread in Actinomycetes: A Correlation of Secondary Metabolism and Genome Data”: C. A. Citron, J. Gleitzmann, G. Laurenzano, R. Pukall, J. S. Dickschat, ChemBioChem 2012, 13, 202. (Summarizes the identification of terpenes from 35 species.) Volume55, Issue24June 6, 2016Pages 6818-6818 ReferencesRelatedInformation