Lecturer Award of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for Christopher Teskey

Honoured with the Lecturer Award of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie: Prof. Christopher Teskey. Photo credit: Christopher Teskey

On 7 June 2024, Prof. Christopher Teskey from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at TU Braunschweig was one of three recipients of the €75,000 Lecturer Award from the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, one of the highest awards for young scientists in Chemistry.

Prof. Christopher Teskey’s research focuses on the activation of transition metal catalysts using visible light to create innovative methods for organic synthesis. The targeted use of light allows the formation of reactive catalyst systems whose functionality can be easily tailored. At the same time, the improved catalytic performance enables reactions that would not take place under thermal conditions. In this way, synthesis routes to essential functional molecules are simplified by direct conversion of chemical raw materials.

Christopher Teskey studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge (UK). In 2012, he moved to the University of Manchester to complete his dissertation in Organic Chemistry under the supervision of Michael Greaney until 2016. He then completed a postdoc at the University of Vienna under Nuno Maulide, funded by a Lise Meitner scholarship from the Austrian Science Fund. From 2019, he worked as a junior research group leader at RWTH Aachen University, funded by a Liebig scholarship from the FCI, before accepting a W2 professorship at TU Braunschweig in November 2023.

The Lecturer Award of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie is awarded to particularly qualified young scientists in Chemistry and Biological Chemistry in recognition of their overall achievements. It is not possible to apply for it – you have to be nominated.