Hannes Mikula
Short-CV
Hannes received his Ph.D. from TU Wien in 2014. Fascinated and inspired by the emerging field of bioorthogonal chemistry, he then joined the lab of Prof. Ralph Weissleder at the Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School as a postdoctoral fellow supported by an FWF Schrödinger Fellowship. In 2016, Hannes returned to TU Wien as a young principal investigator and since 2018 he is leading the group ‘Molecular Chemistry & Chemical Biology’ at the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry. From 2021 to 2022 he was Assistant Professor (Laufbahnstelle, Tenure Track) and after completing the process of ‘Habilitation’ (venia docendi) became Associate Professor in January 2023. Since October 2023, Hannes is University Professor of Chemical Biology (full professorship). His team mainly focuses on the development of molecular tools and technologies for bioorthogonal chemistry, chemical biology, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Bioorthogonal Chemistry
Next-level chemical tools and reactions to advance the field of click, bioorthogonal & in vivo chemistry; Enhancing bioorthogonal tools by unraveling the underlying molecular mechanisms - Bioorthogonal drug targeting strategies
New paradigms to safely and selectively deliver and/or activate drugs in target tissue/cells by applying new bioorthogonal strategies - Diagnostic tools - in vitro assays
Advanced concepts and methods for (bio)molecular sensing, tracking, and detection - Diagnostic tools - in vivo medical imaging
Diagnostic imaging strategies based on in vivo click chemistry - Radiotheranostics
Combination of diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclides towards bioorthgonal theranostic strategies
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
- 2023 Elisabeth Lutz Award, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
- 2023 European Young Group Leader Award of the Chemical Biology Division of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ)
- 2022 ERC Starting Grant, ERC-2021-STG, European Research Council (ERC)
- 2021 START Award, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- 2020 Science Award (Wissenschaftspreis), Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH) & Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
- 2019 Dream Chemistry Top 5 Award, IOCB Prague & IChF-PAN
- 2019 ASciNA Young Scientist Award, ASciNA & Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Austria
- 2015 Karl Schlögl Award, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
- 2015 Postdoctoral Award (Habilitationspreis), Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH)
- 2014 Schrödinger Fellowship, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- 2014 Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae (PhD with highest distinction)
- 2014 Excellence Scholarship, Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Austria
- 2014 PhD Thesis Award (Dissertationspreis), Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH)
- 2014 Appreciation Award (Würdigungspreis), Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Austria
- 2013 T. Kery Award, Kery Foundation, Burgenland, Austria
- 2011 T. Körner Award, Theodor Körner Fund, presented by the Federal President of Austria
- 2008 Diploma Thesis Award of the City of Vienna, Austria
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