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Dr. Fabian Dankert
Fabian Dankert is a chemist with proven expertise in the chemistry of main-group elements, the activation of chemical bonds, and the design of novel organometallic architectures. He completed his Ph.D. in chemistry in late 2020 at Philipps University of Marburg under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Carsten von Hänisch. In his dissertation, he focused on the activation of Si–O bonds for use in the rational design of siloxanes and template-assisted synthesis.
In 2021, Dr. Dankert joined the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) in Rostock, where he conducted research in the group led by Dr. habil. Christian Hering-Junghans, where he conducted research on the activation of small molecules and on phosphinide transfer reactions using Phospha-Wittig reagents.
From 2022 to 2023, he worked in the group of Prof. Dr. Dominik Munz at Saarland University. There, his research focused on the 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—supplemented by theoretical studies.
In 2023, he joined the research group of Prof. Dr. Eva Hevia at the University of Bern (Switzerland), supported by a Walter Benjamin Fellowship from the DFG. His independently conceived research focused on the design of low-valent Group 13 heterometallic compounds and their application in the activation of small molecules, combining experimental and theoretical methods to investigate electronic structures and thermodynamic aspects.
Since late 2024, Dr. Dankert has been conducting independent research at the University of Kassel as an FCI-Liebig Fellow. There, he leads a project on the rational development of aluminum-based multimetallic systems for bond activation and catalysis and is also involved in teaching chemistry at various levels. Notably, he accepted a teaching position at the University of Marburg to teach the introductory lecture for the General and Inorganic Chemistry (AC1) module in the summer semester of 2026.