M. Sc. Markus Schoetz

Research interests

 

– Polymer chemistry

– Homogenous catalysis & organic synthesis

– Sustainable chemistry

– Process development & upscaling

– Analytic techniques: NMR, MS, GC, GC-MS, IR

 

 

Curriculum vitae and education

 

November 2024 – present

Research Associate in the CAT Catalytic Center at ITMC, RWTH-Aachen, Germany.

 

March 2021- October 2024

PhD student in Organic Chemistry at RWTH Aachen in the research group of Prof. Schoenebeck.

Area: Organic Synthesis, homogenous catalysis, Photo- & Electrochemistry.

 

October 2018 – January 2021

Master of Science in Chemistry at RWTH Aachen.

Master-Thesis in catalytic chemistry in the research group of Prof. Schoenebeck.

Area: Organic synthesis, homogenous catalysis.

 

January 2020- April 2020

Research Internship at University of Alberta in Canada in the research group of Prof. Lundgren.

Area: Organic synthesis, homogenous asymmetric catalysis.

 

November 2019- January 2020

Research Internship in collaboration with ExxonMobil at RWTH Aachen in the research group of Prof. Palkovits.

Area: Heterogenous catalysis, gas phase chemistry, reactor chemistry.

 

April 2019- July 2019

Research Internship at RWTH Aachen in the research group of Prof. Klankermayer.

Area: Homogenous catalysis, autoclave chemistry, plastic recycling.

 

October 2015- July 2018

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at RWTH Aachen.

Bachelor-Thesis in synthetic chemistry in the research group of Prof. Schoenebeck.

Area: Organic synthesis, homogenous catalysis.

 

 

Selected publications

 

01) M. D. Schoetz, K. Deckers, G. Singh, E. Ahrweiler, A. Hoeppner, F. Schoenebeck, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 21257-21263.

 

02) M. D. Schoetz⁺, E. Ahrweiler⁺, G. Singh, Q. P. Bindschaedler, A. Sorroche, F. Schoenebeck, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202401545. (⁺shared first authorship)

 

03) M. D. Schoetz⁺, A. Dahiya⁺, F. Schoenebeck, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202310380. (highlighted in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2024, 28, 327) (⁺shared first authorship)

 

04) T. Rogova, E. Ahrweiler, M. D. Schoetz, F. Schoenebeck, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202314709.

 

05) A. Selmani, M. D. Schoetz, A. E. Queen, F. Schoenebeck, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 4833-4839.

 

06) C. J. C. Cooze, W. McNutt, M. D. Schoetz, B. Sosunovych, S. Grigoryan, R. J. Lundgren, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 10770-10777.

 

 

Awards + Scholarships

 

 

November 2021 RWTH Graduate Support

 

January 2021     Springorium Commemorative Coin awarded from the RWTH Aachen.

 

January 2020     RWTH-Aachen & University of Alberta Junior Research Fellowship

 

October 2020     Deutschlandstipendium (German scholarship) awarded from Federal Ministry of Education and Research & Fuchs Petrolub SE.