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Fabian Dankert is a chemist with proven expertise in main group element chemistry, the activation of chemical bonds and the design of novel organometallic architectures. He completed his doctorate in chemistry at the end of 2020 at the Philipps University of Marburg under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Carsten von Hänisch. In his dissertation, he dealt with the activation of Si-O bonds for application in the rational design of siloxanes and template-assisted synthesis.

In 2021, Dr. Dankert moved to the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) in Rostock, where he worked in the research group of Dr. habil. Christian Hering-Junghans on the activation of small molecules and phosphinide transfer reactions using phospha-Wittig reagents.

From 2022 to 2023, he worked in the group of Prof. Dr. Dominik Munz at Saarland University. His research there focused on transfer and redox chemistry of phosphorus compounds, the activation of strong chemical bonds and the structural characterization of reactive molecules using crystallography - including in-crystallo transformations - complemented by theoretical studies.

In 2023, he joined the research group of Prof. Dr. Eva Hevia at the University of Bern (Switzerland), funded by a Walter Benjamin Fellowship from the DFG. His independently conceived research focused on the design of low-valent heterometallic group 13 compounds and their application in small molecule activation, combining experimental and theoretical methods to study electronic structures and thermodynamic aspects.

Since the end of 2024, Dr. Dankert has been conducting independent research as an FCI-Liebig fellow at the University of Kassel. There he leads a project on the rational development of aluminum-based multimetallic systems for bond activation and catalysis and is also involved in chemical teaching at various levels.