Prof. Dr. Roderich D. Süssmuth
born March 6, 1971 in Tübingen, Germany
Professor of Biological Chemistry,
Institut für Chemie
Technische Universität (TU) Berlin
Strasse des 17. Juni 124 / Sekr. TC 2, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 314-24205, Fax: +49 30 314-79651
suessmuth@chem.tu-berlin.de
http://www.biochemie.tu-berlin.de/
Academic education
| 1990-1996 | Study of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, U Tübingen |
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| 1996 | Diploma graduation, Prof. Dr. G. Jung, U Tübingen |
Scientific education
| 1996-1999 | PhD under supervision of Prof. Dr. G. Jung, U Tübingen |
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| 2003 | Habilitation in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, U Tübingen |
Career
| 2008 – | Full Professor of Biological Chemistry (W3) at the TU Berlin |
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| 2003 – 2008 | Associate Professor (C3) of Biological Chemistry at the TU Berlin, sponsored by Schering AG, Bayer AG and TU Berlin |
| 2002 – 2004 | Emmy Noether Fellowship, U Tübingen |
| 2000 – 2001 | Postdoc with Prof. R. A. Lerner and Prof. C. F. Barbas III at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA |
Research interests & projects
| structure elucidation of novel peptide antibiotics, investigation of biosynthetic pathways of peptide natural products, ribosomal & non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis, chemical synthesis of peptide drugs (albicidin, amanitin, phalloidin), medicinal chemistry and pharmakokinetics, microorganisms as biocatalysts, combinatorial biosynthesis, mutational biosynthesis, precursordirected biosynthesis, polysulfon-based membranes and modifications for medicinal applications |
Awards and honors
| 2023 | Honorary Membership of the Israel Chemical Society (ICS) |
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| 2020 | Max-Bergmann-Medal in Gold; Max Bergmann Society for Peptide Sciences |
| 2020 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRCS) |
| 2014 | Appointment “Van Arkel Chair 2014”, Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands |
| 2013 | Visiting professorship, Ben-Gurion-University Beer-Sheva, Israel |
| 2010 | Sigma-Aldrich Lecture, Lunteren, the Netherlands |
| 2006 | Lecture Award (Dozentenstipendium) of the German Chemical Industry Fund (VCI) |
| 2003 | Lilly Lecture Award by Eli-Lilly, Germany |
| 2003 | Junior Scientist Award for Natural Product Research of DECHEMA |
| 2002 | Friedrich-Weygand-Award of the Max Bergmann Society for Peptide Sciences |
| 2002 | Emmy Noether Fellowship of the DFG |
| 2000 | Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
Received offers of full proffessorships
| 2012 | Helmholtz Institute for Infection Research Braunschweig and Universität Hannover (W3) - declined |
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| 2008 | Eberhard Karls-Universität Tübingen (W3) - declined |
Editorships
| 2020 – | “RSC Chemical Biology” (Editorial Board) |
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| 2009 – | “Journal of Peptide Science” (Editorial Board) |
| 2008 – 2017 | “Marine Drugs” (Editorial Board) |
Invited keynote or plenary lectures (selection last 5 years)
| 2023 | German Pharmaceutical Society, Annual Meeting, Tübingen, Germany |
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| 2023 | ICS Symposium Honoring Wolf Prize Laureates KH. Suga, J. Kelly, C. He, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel |
| 2019 | 21st European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC), Vienna, Austria |
| 2019 | 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Paris, France |
| 2018 | Recent Advances in Peptide Chemistry and Biochemistry, Edmonton, Canada |
| 2017 | 53rd International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (RICT 2017), Toulouse, F |
| 2017 | Austrian Peptide Symposium, Vienna, Austria |
Mentorschip
| Supervision >80 PhD/>15 postdocs students with employments in big-pharma and biotech companies |
Industry cooperations (active*)
| Bayer AG, BASF AG, Sanofi-Aventis, Evonik, Syngenta*, Siemens AG, Boehringer-Ingelheim*, Heidelberg Pharma, AnalytiCon, BRAIN AG, Pentracor GmbH, CORDEN Pharma*, Roche, DEINOVE, CureVac, EMC microcollections, Dr. Kade Pharmazeutische Fabrik GmbH. |
Consulting activities & board memberships
| 2020 – | SELMOD (Basel, Switzerland) – Scientific Advisory Board |
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| 2019 – | PEPDesign SIA (Riga, Latvia) – Scientific Advisory Board |
| 2016 – 2023 | Pentracor GmbH (Henningsdorf) – Scientific Advisory Board |
| 2015 – | CORDEN Pharma GmbH (Plankstadt) - Scientific Advisory Board & Consultant |
| 2015 – 2016 | Deinobiotics-DEINOVE (Lille/Montpellier, France) – Consultant |
| 2014 | Boehringer-Ingelheim, Biberach – Docent & Consultant |
Services, panels and workshops (selection)
| 2020 – | Re-elected National Representative of Germany at the EPS Council |
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| 2020 – 2024 | Re-elected member of the Fachkollegiat “Chemie” of the DFG (2nd term) |
| 2019 – | Speaker of the Research Training Graduate (RTG) School RTG 2473 on “Bioactive Peptides” (funded by the DFG, 11 PIs, 24 students) |
Publication (selection last 5 years)
| ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7027-2069 PUBLICATION RECORD: >250 publications; h-factor = 77 (Google Scholar) www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/roderich-suessmuth/1764838 |