Joachim Thiem

Joachim Thiem (* 1941 in Hamburg ) is a German chemist who is a professor at the University of Hamburg and who deals with the chemistry of carbohydrates and bio-organic chemistry.

Thiem studied chemistry at the University of Hamburg with a doctorate in 1972 under Hans Paulsen (studies on the synthesis of cyclic carbohydrate phosphonates). In 1978 he completed his habilitation in Hamburg (contributions to the chemistry of oligodeoxydisaccharides), was a lecturer there and in 1983 became professor of organic chemistry at the University of Münster . From 1989 he was C4 professor in Hamburg at the Institute for Organic Chemistry. From 2002 to 2005 he was dean of the chemistry faculty.

He deals with the synthesis of glycosides and oligosaccharides (including biologically active substances and those that are used in medicine) and the related enzymes as well as the synthesis of polymers from sugar components in the context of the use of saccharides as renewable raw materials in the chemical industry.

He was visiting professor and visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley (visiting professor 1984/85), at Victoria University and IRL (Industrial Research Limited) in Wellington (New Zealand), at the Center de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV) in Grenoble and at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla.

From 1990 to 2011 he was the German representative at the International Carbohydrate Organization.

Since 1998 he has been co-editor of Glycoscience . From 1997 to 2004 he was the spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center 470 Glycostructures in Biosystems Synthesis and Impact .

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with Vladimir Kren: Glycosylation employing bio-systems: from enzymes to whole cells , Chemical Society Reviews 26, 463–473 (1997)
Applications of enzymes in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry , FEMS Microbiology Reviews 16, 193-211 (1995)

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SURNAME	Thiem, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg