Curriculum Vitae - Prof. Esteban Mejia

Curriculum Vitae

since 2021 Group leader “Polymer Chemistry and Catalysis“ at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT)
2020 Habilitation at the University of Rostock - Doctor rerum naturalium habilitatus (Dr. habil.) / Privatdozent (venia legendi)
2017 - 2020 Junior Research Group leader at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT), (Head of Department: Prof. Udo Kragl)

2015 - 2016

Group leader at Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e V. (LIKAT) in the Department of Polymer Chemistry and Catalysis (Prof. Udo Kragl)

2013 - 2014

Associate 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.

2012

Postdoctoral 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 - 2011

Doctor 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 - 2007

Master 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 - 2004

Bachelor 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).