Prof. Dr. Cathleen Zeymer
| Room: | CPA 01.005 |
| Phone: | +49 89 289 13343 |
| E-mail: | cathleen.zeymer@tum.de |
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Cathleen studied Chemistry at TU Dresden and UC Berkeley. She performed her PhD studies in Biochemistry/Biophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg. In 2015, Cathleen joined ETH Zurich as a postdoctoral fellow and has been leading an independent junior research group since November 2018. She was appointed as Tenure Track Assistant Professor for Protein Chemistry at TUM in May 2020.
Since her diploma thesis, Cathleen is driven by a passion for enzymes. She is fascinated by the biomolecular structures and mechanisms that enable such efficient and selective catalysis in proteins. She now wants to transfer these principles to the design and evolution of artificial enzymes. Teaching and mentoring students is a matter close to her heart. Cathleen loves to spend her free time hiking or skiing in the mountains.
Curriculum Vitae
| 2020 – present | Tenure Track Assistant Professor (W2tt) for Protein Chemistry at TUM |
| 2018 – 2020 | Junior Group Leader at the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich |
| 2015 – 2018 | Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Dr. Donald Hilvert at the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich |
| 2014/2015 | Joint postdoctoral researcher with PD Dr. Jochen Reinstein at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and Prof. Dr. D. Flemming Hansen at University College London |
| 2010 – 2014 | PhD student with PD Dr. Jochen Reinstein and Prof. Dr. Ilme Schlichting at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg |
| 2008/2009 | Diploma thesis with Prof. Dr. David E. Wemmer at the University of California Berkeley |
| 2004 – 2009 | Undergraduate Chemistry student at the Technical University of Dresden |
Fellowships and Awards
| 2023 | Teaching award "Golden Chalk" of the TUM School of Natural Sciences |
| 2023 | Teaching award "TUM Certificate for Excellence in Teaching" |
| 2022 – 2027 | ERC Starting Grant 2021 (PhotoLanZyme) |
| 2021 | Thieme Chemistry Journals Award |
| 2018 – 2021 | Ambizione Grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) |
| 2016 – 2018 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship |
| 2015 | EMBO Short Term Fellowship |
| 2011 – 2013 | PhD Fellowship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation |
| 2004 – 2009 | Undergraduate Fellowship and Foreign Exchange Fellowship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation |