Dr. Martin Baunach (Juniorprofessor)
Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology
Head of the Group
Main Research Areas
- Isolation and characterization of pharmacologically active natural products
- Biosynthesis and engineering of specialized metabolites from microorganisms
- Enzyme characterization and chemo-enzymatic synthesis
- Evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters
Prof. Dr. Martin Baunach
+49 228 73-3250
1.019
Nußallee 2
53115 Bonn
Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie
AG Baunach
CV
Since 2022 Tenure-Track-Professor (W1-T.T.-W2) of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology
2017 – 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher (habilitation candidate)
University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, RG Microbiology (Prof. Dr. Elke Dittmann)
2017 Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) in Natural Product Chemistry (summa cum laude), Thesis title: ”Elucidation of the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites from bacterial mangrove endophytes“
2013 –2017 PhD studies
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena; RG Biomolecular Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Christian Hertweck)
2013 Diploma Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG)
- German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- DECHEMA Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- Verband der Professoren an Pharmazeutischen Hochschulinstituten in der BRD (VdPPHI)
- Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM)
- Society of Friends and Patrons of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV)
Scholarships/Awards
2024 Teaching Award of the University of Bonn
2024 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2019 PhD award of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena 2019
2018 PhD award for natural product chemistry (DECHEMA) 2018
2018 PhD award of the VAAM 2018
2017 Medac research award 2017
2017 Poster award, 29. Irseer Naturstofftage
2011 DAAD travel grant
2010 ERASMUS internship scholarship
Selected publications
One‐Pot Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Microviridin Analogs Containing Functional Tags
Scholz S, Kerestetzopoulou S, Wiebach V, Schnegotzki R, Schmid B, Reyna‐González E, Ding D, Süssmuth R, Dittmann E, Baunach M
ChemBioChem. 23(20), e202200345
Deciphering Chemical Mediators Regulating Specialized Metabolism in a Symbiotic Cyanobacterium
Krumbholz J, Ishida K, Baunach M, Teikari J, Rose M, Sasso S, Hertweck C, Dittmann E
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61(26), e202204545.
The Landscape of Recombination Events that Create Nonribosomal Peptide Diversity
Baunach M**, Chowdhury S, Stallforth P, Dittmann E
Mol. Biol. Evol. 38(5), 2116–2130
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