Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schumann
Prof. Schumann
Curriculum vitae
| since 08/2025 | Chair of Biochemistry (W3) at TUD Dresden University of Technology |
| 2022 | Promotion to Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London |
| 2018 - 2025 | Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute and Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, UK. |
| 2016 - 2018 |
Postdoctoral work with Prof. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Stanford University |
| 2011 - 2015 | Doctoral work with Prof. Peter H. Seeberger, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2005 - 2011 | Undergraduate studies in Biochemistry, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
Selected Awards, Fellowships, Activities
| 2025 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) |
| 2024 | Biochemical Society Early Career Research Award |
| 2024 | Royal Society of Chemistry Norman Heatley Award |
| 2024 | Taiwan Inaugural Glycosciences Lectureship |
| 2023 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award |
| 2023 | ERC Starting Grant (incorporated under the UKRI Horizon Guarantee Scheme) |
| 2022 | Imperial College Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award |
| 2022 | EMBO Young Investigator |
| 2021 | Royal Society of Chemistry Rita and John Cornforth Horizon Award in Chemical Biology |
| 2017 | Otto Hahn Medal, Max Planck Society |
| 2016 | Prize for Excellence in Glycosciences, Verein zur Förderung der Glycowissenschaften |
| 2016 | Feodor Lynen Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 2011 | Kekulé doctoral stipend, Fonds der chemischen Industrie |
| 2008 | Full stipend, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2004 | Prizes for best Abitur performances in Biology and Natural Sciences |