Curriculum Vitae - PD Dr. habil. Esteban Mejia

Curriculum Vitae

2023Visiting professorship at the School of Chemistry and Life Science, Hanoi University of Science and Technology Vietnam
since 2021Group leader “Polymer Chemistry and Catalysis“ at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT)
2020Habilitation at the University of Rostock - Doctor rerum naturalium habilitatus (Dr. habil.) / Privatdozent (venia legendi)
2017 - 2020Junior Research Group leader at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT), (Head of Department: Prof. Udo Kragl)
2015 - 2016Group leader at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT) in the Department of Polymer Chemistry and Catalysis (Prof. Udo Kragl)
2013 - 2014Associate research scientist at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT) in the group of Prof. Udo Kragl working in the development of polymerization catalysts, monomers and processes on a joint project with Henkel AG.
2012Postdoctoral research associate at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT) in the group of Prof. Matthias Beller working in the development and applications of new organometallic catalysts for photocatalytic water reduction
2008 - 2011Doctor of Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland, in the group of Prof. Antonio Togni. Doctoral dissertation: "New Rhenium-Catalyzed Reactions: From Asymmetric Hydrogenation to Trifluoromethylation”
2005 - 2007Master of Sciences (Chemistry) at the National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, in the group of Prof. Ricardo Fierro. Master thesis entitled: “New Organometallic Titanium Compounds with Chalcogen-Ether Type Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization and Use in Styrene Polymerization”.
1999 - 2004Bachelor in Chemistry at the National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. Undergraduate thesis: "Synthesis of a Novel Organometallic Compound With Possible Application in Stereoselective Catalysis" Awarded: Meritorious Mention (National University of Colombia, 2005), National Contest of Best Undergraduate Thesis, 3rd Place in the area of Natural Sciences (National University of Colombia, 2006).