EU Research Council awards Frank Glorius with ’ERC Advanced Grant

Chemist from the University of Münster receives funding worth millions. Prof. Frank Glorius wants to develop new methods with which three-dimensional molecular structures can be produced. Bayer Foundation Award for top research: Chemist Frank Glorius from the University of Münster receives one of the prestigious "ERC Advanced Grants" from the European Research Council (ERC). The funding of 2.5 million euros is intended to enable the realization of an outstanding research project. Together with his team, Frank Glorius wants to develop methods of so-called energy transfer (EnT) photocatalysis with which new, pharmacologically relevant three-dimensional molecular structures can be produced - and this particularly efficiently and under mild reaction conditions that are not or hardly accompanied by undesired side reactions. The development of new synthetic methods is considered one of the most important areas of chemical research, as access to organic molecules is the basis for many applied sciences. These include medicinal chemistry and materials science.