Miran Lemmerer studied chemistry at the University of Vienna and obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Univ. Prof. Dr. Nuno Maulide earlier this year.

Now his PhD thesis (title: Reactions of alkenes mediated by (I) counterion, (II) solvent or (III) Lewis base) has been awarded with the 2.000 Euro Förderungspreis für Chemie 2023.

The awarded work deals with new chemical transformations of alkenes, organic molecules containing C=C double bonds. Miran Lemmerer's focus was on the use of special ionic interactions, certain solvents or nucleophilic bases to functionalize alkenes. The paper can be accessed at https://utheses.univie.ac.at/detail/66101/.

During his studies, he spent time abroad in Lund (Sweden; ERASMUS+) and Kyoto (Japan; partially funded by DoSChem).

Currently he is doing post-doctoral research in the group of Prof. Dr. Jan Streuff at Uppsala University in Sweden, funded by a Carl Trygger Fellowship.

The Promotion Prize for Chemistry is awarded annually by the Austrian Chemical Society. It is awarded to diploma and doctoral theses that have been evaluated as "Very Good".