Prof. dr. U. (Ulf) Hanefeld

Biography

• 2011
  Professor of Biocatalysis
• 2007-2011
  Associate professor, Biocatalysis and Organic Chemistry group, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology
• 2000-2004
  Fellowship of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW)
• 1999-2007
  Assistant professor, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology
• 1993-1999
  Post doctoral research at Imperial College, London, UK (Prof.dr. C.W. Rees); University of Cambridge, UK (Prof.dr. J. Staunton); Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (Prof.dr. J.J. Heijnen and Dr. A.J.J. Straathof
• 1993
  PhD Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Germany (Prof.dr. H. Laatsch) and University of Washington, Seattle, Wa., USA (Prof.dr. H.G. Floss)
• 1990
  MSc Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Germany

Research interests

• Enzymes in organic chemistry
• Heterogeneous catalysis in organic chemistry
• Catalytic reaction cascades

Teaching activities

• BSc and MSc programmes MST and LST: Biocatalysis (LM3731), Katalyse (MST_KAT)
• International Advanced Course: biocatalysis

Key publications

• A. Ranoux, K. Djanashvili, I.W.C.E. Arends and U. Hanefeld 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural synthesis from hexoses is autocatalytic ACS Catalysis 3 (2013) 760-763.
  DOI: 10.1021/cs400099a 
• Ranoux, A, Karmee, S, Jin, J, Bhaduri, A, Caiazzo, A, Arends, I, Hanefeld, U (2012) Enhancement of the Substrate Scope of Transketolase - ChemBioChem 13 (13), p.1921–1931.
  dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201200240 
• Telalovic, S, Ramanathan, A., Fei Ng, J, Maheswari, R, Kwakernaak, C, Soulimani, F, Brouwer, HC, Khuan Chuah, G., Weckhuysen, BM, Hanefeld, U (2011) On the synergistic catalytic properties of bimetallic mesoporous materials containing Aluminum and Zirconium: The Prins Cyclisation of Citronellal, Chemistry - A European Journal, 17 (7), pp. 2077-2088.
  dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201190029　(open access)
• Jin, J., Oskam, P.C., Karmee, S.K., Straathof, A.J.J., Hanefeld, U. (2010) MhyADH catalysed Michael addition of water and in situ oxidation, Chemical Communications,　46, pp. 8588-8590.
  dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0cc03229h
• Paravidino, M.,　Sorgedrager, M.J., Orru R.V.A.,　Hanefeld U. (2010) Activity and enantioselectivity of the hydroxynitrile lyase MeHNL in dry organic solvents, Chemistry - A European Journal, 16 (25), pp. 7596-7604.
  dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201000487  (open access)
• Telalovic, S., Ramanathan, A., Mul, G., Hanefeld, U. (2010) TUD-1: synthesis and application of a versatile catalyst, carrier, material..., Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20, pp. 642-658.
  dx.doi.org/10.1039/b904193a　(open access)
• Holt, J., Hanefeld, U. (2009) Enantioselective enzyme-catalysed synthesis of cyanohydrins, Current Organic Synthesis, 6, pp. 15-37.
  dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017909787314858　(open access)

Secondary employment

• None