Johannes Fröhlich

Date and Place of Birth: 26th November 1959, Linz, Austria

Position until 2023: Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation

Current: Professor for Organic Chemistry (Univ. Prof.)

 

EDUCATION

1977-1981 Studies Technical Chemistry, Specialization on Organic Chemistry in the 2nd cylce

11/1981 Graduation with distinction as Dipl.-Ing.

11/1983 PhD in Technical Chemistry as Dr. techn. with distinction

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1981 - 1985: Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Organic Chemistry, TU Wien

1984: Post-Doctoral Stay, University of Salford, UK

1985-1995: Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher, Institute of Organic Chemistry

since 1991: Vice Head, Institute of Organic Chemistry,TU Wien

1993: Guest Lecturer, Department of Organic Chemistry, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic

March 1996: Habilitation in Organic Chemistry, venia docendi

since 1996: Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry

1996: Visiting Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Slovak Technical University Bratislava, SK

1997: Guest Professor, Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany

1997: Guest Professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University Dresden, Germany

since 1998: Vice-Chairman, Faculty of Natural Science and Informatics, TU Wien

since 1998: Head of the Institute of Organic Chemistry, TU Wien

since 2002: Head of the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien

since Sept. 2003: Professor for Organic Chemistry at TU Wien

2006-2012: Secretary General of the Int. Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry

from Jan. 2004: Dean of the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, TU Wien

from 2011: Chairman of the Policy Committee for Research of “Universities Austria” (Vorsitz Forum Forschung der Universitätenkonferenz)

2011 to 2023: Vice Rector for Research and Innovation at TU Wien

 

SCIENTIFIC FOCUS

  • Organic Chemistry with focus on Heterocycles: Natural and Bioactive Compounds (co-inventor in patents for a synthetic procedure to Galanthamine, an Alzheimer drug, lauched on the market as Reminyl® by Janssen Pharmaceuticals), Mycotoxine Metabolites and their Glyco-conjugates, Material Science relevant building blocks and targets for “Organic Electronics”
  • Structure Elucidation of Organic Molecules
  • NMR Spectroscopy in Organic Chemistry
  • Development of E-Learning Technologies in Chemistry

 

PUBLICATIONS

1 Book (co-author)

2 Book chapters

2 Reviews

165 Papers in international scientific journals

13 Patents

 

Academic Supervisions: +45 Diploma Theses, +25 PhD Theses

ACTIVITIES WITHIN EU INITIATIVES AND PROGAMMES (selection)

Scientific Expert of the European Union within ERASMUS/SOCRATES

Scientific Expert and Referee within the INTAS-Programme

2001-2010: President of the ECEN (European Chemistry Exchange Network)
ECTN (European Chemistry Thematic Network): Member of the Administrative Council

 

AWARDS

Since March 2006: Full Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Class IV – Natural Sciences

Nov. 2011: Richard-Zsigmondy-Medal of the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, TU Wien

Oct. 2014: Wissenschaftspreis des Landes Niederösterreich („Würdigungspreis“)

Oct. 2024: IFA Ehrennadel in Gold, Boku Wien, für langjährige Verdienste um das IFA Tulln

Oct. 2024: Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich