Books by Viktoria H. Gessner

Viktoria Gessner (born Oct. 1982 in Wurzburg) obtained her diploma degree in 2007 from the University of Wurzburg and her PhD in 2009 from the TU Dortmund working with C. Strohmann. After a postdoctoral stay at UC Berkeley with T. D. Tilley she started her independent academic career at the University of Wurzburg affiliated to the group of H. Braunschweig and finished her Habilitation in 2015. In 2016, she moved to the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, where she is now chair for inorganic chemistry. Her research interests involve organometallic and main group metal chemistry with focus on s-block metal compounds and unique carbon-based ligand systems, such as methandiides and metalated ylides. Her work has been recognized by several grants and awards, such as by an Emmy Noether Grant of the German Research Council, a Starting Grant of the European Research Council or the ADUC award and IUPAC prize for young scientists.