Peter H. Seeberger (born 1966, in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

) is a German chemist.

Biography

Seeberger studied chemistry at the

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

. He completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1995 as a

Fulbright scholar The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

at the

University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado sys ...

. After being a post-doctoral fellow at Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York, he became assistant professor at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

(MIT) in 1998, where he was promoted to Firmenich Associate Professor of Chemistry in 2002. Starting 2003 he was a professor of

organic chemistry Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.Clayden, J.; ...

at the department of chemistry and applied biosciences at

ETH Zurich (colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , ac ...

as well as an affiliate professor at Burnham Institute in

La Jolla La Jolla ( , ) is a hilly, seaside neighborhood within the city of San Diego, California, United States, occupying of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781. La Jolla is surrounded on ...

, California. Since the summer of 2008 he is one of the directors of

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces The Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (German: ''Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung'') is located in Potsdam-Golm Science Park in Golm, Potsdam, Germany. It was founded in 1990 as a successor of the Institu ...

in Golm, near

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

, where is the head of the department of biomolecular systems. Seeberger is a specialist in the area of

glycomics Glycomics is the comprehensive study of glycomes (the entire complement of sugars, whether free or present in more complex molecules of an organism), including genetic, physiologic, pathologic, and other aspects. Glycomics "is the systematic study ...

. His awards include

Klung Wilhelmy Science Award The Klung Wilhelmy Science Award is an annual German award in the field of science, alternating annually between the categories of chemistry and physics. It is bestowed upon outstanding younger German scientists under the age of 40. Previous aw ...

, which he has received in 2007, Körber European Science Prize, received in 2004, Claude S. Hudson Award, received in 2009, Humanity in Science Award, received in 2015 and Stifterverband Science Prize, received in 2017. Since May 2011 he is the Editor-in-Chief of

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry The ''Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal established in 2005. It is published by the Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences, a German non-profit foundation. The editor-i ...

. In 2013 he was elected a member of the

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), abbreviated BBAW, is the official academic society for the natural sciences and humanities for the States of Germany, German ...

.Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften wählt sieben neue Mitglieder
beim

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(idw-online.de), downloaded on June 14th 2013

Literature

* Catarina Pietschmann: Zuckerketten aus dem Automaten, in: MaxPlanckForschung Band 2/2013, pages 54–59
online

References

External links

Web site of Peter H. Seeberger

Information about Peter Seeberger at the web site of Max Planck Society
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seeberger, Peter 1966 births Living people 21st-century German chemists University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni University of Colorado Boulder alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty Academic staff of ETH Zurich Scientists from Nuremberg Max Planck Institute directors