Teaching Portfolio

In 2020, the pandemic took a lot out of both students and teachers. In the first semester, it's probably even more stressful when you don't see the university from the inside. It was therefore a pleasure to welcome the students 'in' my living room. The lecture on 'Chemistry for Physicians' was prepared as screencasts with a wink, rounded off with an exercise and, if you still hadn't had enough, you could still take advantage of the after-work consultation on Friday evening. I would like to thank all the students who went through this ordeal and accompanied my first attempts at teaching without presence. I am very touched that the 'hate subject' chemistry was nominated for a teaching award here and was selected by the jury.

I would like to say to future students: Chemistry is also an important auxiliary subject for physicians, especially because medical technology is developing more and more in the direction of molecular medicine. No matter how terrible this subject may seem to you - together we can do it.

The Heinrich Heine University Teaching Award is tied to individuals. However, teaching at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry is never a one-man show. Teaching is always approached as a team at our institute or together with our sister institute, the Institute for Molecular Enzyme Technology. I am lucky to be able to shape the content of bioorganic chemistry in the Master's module 'Applied Enzyme Technology' with a fantastic team of assistants. The teaching award nominations in enzyme technology are therefore addressed to all the staff involved.

We are very motivated by this nomination and it spurs us on to continue working on this module. Thank you for the nomination.

In the Master's module Applied Enzyme Technology, we want to work out the synthetically usable diversity of biocatalysis with the participating students. Of course, this happens in the lecture, which we explicitly do not grasp frontally, in seminars, where ideas can mature, and practicals, where mistakes may be made. We want to meet our students at eye level and invite them to work together here.

We are very pleased about this nomination. Special thanks go to the motivated team of assistants who make this ambitious teaching possible in the first place.