Life
From 1986-1991 Trauner studied Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Vienna. From 1992-1995 he studied Chemistry at the Free University of Berlin and completed his Diploma under Johann Mulzer, whom he followed to Frankfurt and subsequently Vienna as an Assistant. In 1997 he completed his PhD under Mulzer at the University of Vienna with summa cum laude. From 1998-2000 he was a postdoc under Samuel J. Danishefsky at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In 2000 he moved to the University of California, Berkeley, where from 2000-2006 he was Assistant Professor and from 2006-2010 Associate Professor, with additional affiliation to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2005-2008. From 2008 he has been Professor for Chemical Biology and Genetics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Trauner is known for his work on the synthesis of natural products and in photopharmacology. His view is that many biologically active substances even of low molecular weight have not yet been discovered, and he has directed his research group to perform the total synthesis of such compounds. He is a pioneer in the area of photopharmacology, the control over the activity of biologically active substances using light, with potential applications in cancer therapy and in vision restoration.
Distinctions (selected)
2004 安进(Amgen)青年科学家奖 2005 诺华 (Novartis)青年科学家奖 2008 罗氏 (Roche) 优秀化学奖 2013 北里 微生物化学奖章 2016 埃米尔·费歇尔奖章 2016 奥托·拜尔奖
