Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 56, Issue 3 p. 678-678 Author ProfileFree Access Andreas Gansäuer First published: 31 August 2016 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201607115AboutSectionsPDF 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 “My favorite musician is Bruce Springsteen. My motto is ‘perfectionism is paralysis’ ...” This and more about Andreas Gansäuer can be found on page 678. Andreas Gansäuer The author presented on this page has published more than 10 articles in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years, most recently: “Synthesis of Dihydropyrrolizine and Tetrahydroindolizine Scaffolds from Pyrroles by Titanocene(III) Catalysis”: S. Hildebrandt, A. Gansäuer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9719; Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 9871. The work of A. Gansäuer has been featured on the cover of Angewandte Chemie: “Amide-Substituted Titanocenes in Hydrogen-Atom Transfer Catalysis”: Y.-Q. Zhang, V. Jakoby, K. Stainer, A. Schmer, S. Klare, M. Bauer, S. Grimme, J. M. Cuerva, A. Gansäuer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1523; Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 1546. Date of birth: October 3, 1966 Position: Professor, University of Bonn E-mail: andreas.gansaeuer@uni-bonn.de Homepage https://www.chemie.uni-bonn.de/oc/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/ak_ga/willkommen Education: 1992 Degree in chemistry, University of Bonn and Oxford University 1994 PhD with Manfred T. Reetz, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim an der Ruhr 1995 Postdoctoral work with Barry M. Trost, Stanford University 1996–2000 Habilitation mentored by Reinhard Brückner, University of Göttingen Research: Catalysis, electron transfer, radicals, sustainability Hobbies: Chess, reading, travelling My favorite musician is Bruce Springsteen. My motto is “perfectionism is paralysis”. Young people should study chemistry because it's a great challenge, it can be done everywhere in the world, and, yes, it is fun. Last time I went to the pub was with my wife. We had Schnitzel and beer, and watched football. My favorite drink is Eifeler Landbier, naturally, and helles Hefeweizen (pale wheat beer)! In a spare hour, I fall asleep. My favorite time of day is sunset. I get advice from my teenage daughters. Fortunately, they are never afraid of saying what they think and want. I advise my students to work and think for themselves and not for me. If I had one year of paid leave I would leave and travel to the Faroe Islands, the Cook Islands, and to Rio del Mar Beach, California. The most important thing I learned from my students is to take a fresh look at things. My favorite books are Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson) and Touch (Alexi Zentner). When I was eighteen I wanted to be eighteen. If I could be described as an animal it would be our cat Lucy. Up all night, sleeping all day, and still well-looked-after. My 5 top papers: References 1“The Emergence of a Novel Catalytic Radical Reaction: Titanocene Catalyzed Reductive Opening of Epoxides ”: A. Gansäuer, H. Bluhm, M. Pierobon, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 12849. (The idea for my first grant proposal was good, we were on the right track!) 2“A Catalytic Enantioselective Electron Transfer Reaction: Titanocene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Formation of Radicals from meso-Epoxides”: A. Gansäuer, T. Lauterbach, H. Bluhm, M. Noltemeyer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 2909; Angew. Chem. 1999, 111, 3112. (We found the right complex for enantioselective catalysis and with it, I got a job.) 3“The Mechanism of Titanocene-Mediated Epoxide Opening Through Homolytic Substitution”: A. Gansäuer, A. Barchuk, F. Keller, M. Schmitt, S. Grimme, M. Gerenkamp, C. Mück-Lichtenfeld, K. Daasbjerg, H. Svith, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1359. (I realized how important it is to have great cooperation partners for tackling difficult problems.) 4“Catalytic Enantioselective Radical Cyclization via Regiodivergent Epoxide Opening” A. Gansäuer, L. Shi, M. Otte, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11858. (We were able to use our mechanistic insights for designing this reaction.) 5“Catalytic, Atom-Economical Radical Arylation of Epoxides”: A. Gansäuer, M. Behlendorf, D. von Laufenberg, A. Fleckhaus, C. Kube, D. V. Sadasivam, R. A. Flowers II, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 4739; Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 4819. (Synthesis, kinetics, and theory enabled us to understand an intriguing reaction and to devise a highly active catalyst.) Volume56, Issue3January 16, 2017Pages 678-678 ReferencesRelatedInformation