Dr. Matthias Ullrich

heading the intelligence at Borealis, a leading innovator, collaborator and accelerator in the plastics industry of today and tomorrow; striving to offer a holistic approach to understanding the present and upcoming business setting—based on facts, driven by data, looking forward—, to foster great business decisions.

former member of the scientific advisory board (re-appointed twice, thus served for 8.5 years across 3 terms of 3 years each), a panel comprising representatives from academia and industry; it acts as a consulting body on questions of scientific and organizational concern i.e., it reviews and co-governs the proceedings of the institute, provides guidance with its operational outlook, and helps to shape its strategic positioning in applied academia.

supporting the management of an Evonik business line with its operative and strategic processes in its relevant existing and prospective markets by analyses, forecasts and recommendations; aspects (selection): competitive intelligence, cross-functional team work, intellectual property, intercultural team work, internal consulting, market intelligence, monomers, operations, polyamides, polymers, portfolio, profiling, social media, strategic planning, strategy, surveillance, thermoplastics, value chain.

aspects (selection): cross-functional team work, intellectual property management, intercultural team work, internal consulting, monomers, operations, particles, piloting, polyamides, polymers, portfolio, powders, process development, process optimization, publicly funded projects, renewable resources, strategic sourcing, team building.

Feodor Lynen return fellow, Alexander von Humboldt foundation, metal-organic chemistry, catalysis

Feodor Lynen fellow, Alexander von Humboldt foundation, metal-organic chemistry, catalysis, asymmetric synthesis, 3 peer-reviewed first-author papers, 3 peer-reviewed co-author papers

metal-organic chemistry, catalysis, asymmetric synthesis

graduate fellow, GSC-MS (Graduate School of Chemistry at Münster), metal-organic chemistry, catalysis, asymmetric synthesis, 4 peer-reviewed first-author papers, 2 co-author grant proposals to the DFG (German research foundation)

organic chemistry, coordination chemistry, catalysis, Noyori catalyst, hydrogenation, asymmetric synthesis, nitration, biaryl lactones

biochemistry, lead finding, oligopeptides, tropical fungi, HPLC, HTS

biochemistry, lead finding, oligopeptides, tropical fungi, HPLC, HTS

organometallic chemistry, Lewis acids, aggregation, VT-NMR, cryoscopy, XRD, ex-chiral pool, centro-chiral ligands, axial-chiral ligands

organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, catalysis, Noyori catalyst, hydrogenation, asymmetric synthesis, nitration, biaryl lactones