Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617 496 0750
ritter at chemistry.harvard.edu
Tobias Ritter was born in 1975 in Lubeck, Germany. He received his master of science from Braunschweig University, Germany in 1999 after studying in Braunschweig, Bordeaux, and Lausanne and a one year tenure at Stanford University with Professor Barry M. Trost. At Stanford Tobias’ research dealt with palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylations and the synthesis of iridium and rhodium catalysts for olefin-isomerization. Subsequently, he moved to ETH Zurich for his doctoral studies in the group of Professor Erick M. Carreira on the total synthesis of the natural product Resiniferatoxin and new cholesterol absorption inhibitors. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 2004 Tobias started as a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology with Professor Robert H. Grubbs. The focus of his work was the design, synthesis, and evaluation of new ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalyst. Tobias began as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University in July 2006. His research program is based on synthetic organometallic and organic chemistry.
