Prof. Dr. Uwe Meierhenrich

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Prof. Dr. Uwe J. Meierhenrich

Tel.: (+33) 04.89.15.01.46
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Twitter: @MhenriU
Uwe.Meierhenrich@univ-cotedazur.fr

Research Areas
Chirality - Origin of biomolecular asymmetry
Comets - Rosetta's enantioselective COSAC experiment
Meteorites - Amino acid and diamino acid enantiomers
Synchrotron Soleil - Enantioselective photolysis and synthesis
Enantiomers - Resolution by CD, anisotropy, and GCxGC
Space missions - Enantioselective Rosetta and ExoMars
Perfumes - Aroma compounds and fragrances

Selected Publications
Leseigneur, Meierhenrich al. Angew. Chem. Int Ed 61 (2022), 925
Meinert, Meierhenrich et al. Nat. Commun. 13 (2022) 502.
Banreti, Meierhenrich et al. Nat. Commun. 13 (2022) 7059.
Cerutti, Meierhenrich al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55 (2016) 13719.
Meinert, Meierhenrich et al. Science 352 (2016) 208-212.
Goesmann, Meierhenrich et al. Science 349 (2015) 497.
de Marcellus, Meierhenrich Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 112 (2015) 965.
Myrgorodska Meierhenrich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54 (2015) 1402
Meinert, Meierhenrich et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 (2014) 210.
Meinert, Meierhenrich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 (2012) 10460-70.
Evans, Meierhenrich et al. Chem. Soc. Rev. 41 (2012) 5447-5458.
Meinert, Meierhenrich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 (2012) 4484.
Meierhenrich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 50 (2011), 9240.
Meierhenrich et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 49 (2010), 7799.
Meierhenrich et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 49 (2010), 3738.
Meierhenrich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 47 (2008), 8466.
Meierhenrich et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 47 (2008), 31-32.
Meierhenrich et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 44 (2005), 5630.
Breme, Meierhenrich Angew. Chem. 117 (2005), 7671-7672.
Meierhenrich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 43 (2004), 6410-6412.
Meierhenrich et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101 (2004), 9182-9186.
Meierhenrich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 43 (2004), 4252-4253.
Muñoz Caro, Meierhenrich et al. Nature 416 (2002), 403-406.
Griesbeck, Meierhenrich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41 (2002), 3147.

Academic CV
Diploma in Analytical Chemistry (Philipps-University Marburg)
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (University of Bremen, Germany)
Post-Doc (Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Lindau, Germany)
Research Scientist in Physical Chemistry (University of Bremen)
Post-Doc (Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Orléans, France)
Habilitation-Stipend (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG)
Position and Research group at the University of Bremen (DFG)
Professor at the Université Côte d'Azur, France

Lectures
Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, graduate level, Université Côte d'Azur
Physical Chemistry, graduate level, Universität Bremen
Photochemistry, graduate level, Masaryk Univ., Brno

Editorial Activities
International Advisory Board of ChemPlusChem (Wiley-VCH)
Guest Editor of ChemPlusChem (Wiley-VCH)
Editorial Board of Separations (MDPI)

Price
Horst Pracejus-Prize 2011 of the GDCh
Grand Prix SCF PACA 2022

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Comets and their Origin

By Meierhenrich, Uwe
2015, 352 p. Hardcover

ISBN: 978-3-527-41281-5

Written for:
Students, researchers, laymen with background in natural sciences

From the Contents:
The Formation of Comets -
Astrochemistry: Water and Organic Molecules in Comets - The Asymmetry of Life - The Rosetta Cometary Mission: Launch and Target Comet - On the Way to Comet 67P - Rosetta's Rendezvous with the Comet

 

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Amino Acids and the Asymmetry of Life

By Meierhenrich, Uwe
2008, 260 p. Hardcover

ISBN: 978-3-540-76885-2

Written for:
Students, researchers, laymen with background in natural sciences

Keywords: Amino acid Chirality Origin of Life Parity Photochemistry Prebiotic chemistry Rosetta Mission

Highlights

Horst Pracejus Price 2011 ...
attributed to Meierhenrich
for fundamental scientific contributions in the field of chirality


Meierhenrich comments in Nature
on chirality measure- ments foreseen by the COSAC experiment onboard Rosetta Lander Philae in
Nature 505 (2014), 269,

Nature 515 (2014), 319,
Nature 552 (2015), 263

Amino Acid Anisotropy Spectra ...
are important to explain the asymmetry transfer from chiral photons to amino acids in
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 (2014), 210-214


The cometary Mission ROSETTA...
is on its way to a comet 67/C-G. Onboard the enantioselective GC-MS for detecting chiral compounds in cometary ice


Pôle de competitivité PASS in Grasse ...
started its activities on aroma and perfume sciences in Januray 2006. Since 2011 Meierhenrich is CA member.


Top ISI citations for a group member ...
letter published in Nature 416 (2002) 403-406 shows highest impact on citations

 
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Group

Prof. Dr. Uwe Meierhenrich
Dr. Cornelia Meinert
Dr. Nicolas Baldovini
Dr. Jérémie Topin
Dr. Sébastien Fiorucci

Cooperation

Selected academic cooperations
Dr. F. Goesmann, Dr. R. Roll, Max-Planck-Institut, Lindau, Germany
Dr. H. Steininger, Dr. O. Roders, Max-Planck-Institut, Lindau, Germany
Dr. L. d’Hendecourt, Institut d’Astrophysique Spatial, Orsay, France
Dr. S.V. Hoffmann, Dr. N. C. Jones, Synchrotron Aarhus, Denmark
Dr. L. Nahon, Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Dr. Z. Martins, Imperial College London, England
Pr. F. Raulin, Dr. R. Sternberg, UMR 7583 CNRS LISA, Paris-Créteil
Dr. A. Brack, Centre Biophysique Moléculaire, Orléans, France
Pr. W. Thiemann, Dr. J.-H. Bredehöft, Université de Brême, Germany
Dr. Jun-ichi Takahashi, NTT, Tokyo, Japan Pr. J.-L. Berdague, INRA, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Cooperations with perfume and aroma industry
Albert Vieille, Grasse
Charabot, Grasse
Laboratoire Monique Remy, Grasse
Robertet, Grasse

Prix

2011 Prix Horst Pracejus of the ‘Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker’ (GDCh) for fundamental work on the Origin of Biomolecular Asymmetry (7 500 €), Germany
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201102246/abstract)

2022 Grand Prix SCF PACA : Les recherches du professeur Meierhenrich portent sur l’asymétrie moléculaire et la chiralité. Meierhenrich participe à la mission cométaire Rosetta de l’ESA, la première mission spatiale qui a tenté d’étudier la chiralité des molécules organiques. Il est également impliqué dans la mission ExoMars. Sa théorie sur l’origine de l’asymétrie biomoléculaire porte sur des photons interstellaires chiraux, qui ont transféré leur asymétrie vers les molécules chirales comme des acides aminés et des sucres. Uwe Meierhenrich a publié plus de 140 articles, dont Nature et Science, en tant qu’auteur correspondant, et il a donné 150 séminaires invités dans des conférences internationales, y compris des présentations sur invitation aux universités Oxford et Princeton. (https://new.societechimiquedefrance.fr/sections_regionales/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/laureat-grand-prix-2022/)