Prof. Dr. Pierre Stallforth

Group leader

Phone: +49 3641 532-1527
Fax: +49 3641 532-2527
Email: pierre.stallforth@leibniz-hki.de

Pierre studied chemistry at the University of Oxford, UK. He obtained his PhD under the guidance of Prof. Peter H. Seeberger at ETH Zurich. He then moved to Harvard Medical School where he did his postdoc in the laboratory of Prof. J. Clardy. In December 2013, he moved to the Leibniz-HKI as an independent Junior Research Group Leader. In January 2020 he was promoted to the Head of the Department of Paleobiotechnology. Since December 2021 he is a Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry and Paleobiotechnology at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Since May 2022 he acts as Deputy Director of the Hans Knöll Institute, Jena.

since 2022	Deputy Director Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena
since 2021	Professor for Bioorganic Chemistry and Paleobiotechnology Friedrich Schiller University Jena
since 2020	Head of the Department of Paleobiotechnology Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena
2013 – 2019	Junior Research Group Leader Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena
2011 – 2013	Postdoc Harvard Medical School (Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology), Boston, Supervisor: Prof. Jon Clardy
2006 – 2010	Graduate Studies ETH Zurich and Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Dept. of Biomolecular Systems), Berlin. Supervisors: Prof. Peter H. Seeberger, Prof. Donald Hilvert “Synthesis of Bacterial Carbohydrates and Glycolipids for Application in Novel Vaccine Strategies”
2005 – 2006	Master Thesis University of Oxford supervisor: Prof. David E. Logan “Dynamics of a Quantum Dot in a Magnetic Field” (1st class)
2002 – 2006	Undergraduate, Chemistry St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (1st class, being placed 2nd out of 150 students)
2002	Abitur (A-Levels) Paul-Klee-Gymnasium Gersthofen, Germany