Yannick Brägger

Experience

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  ETH Zürich

  Feb 2019 - Jan 2019

  Characterization of relativistic effects in methyl migration reactions (e.g. in the Cativa Process) and chemical shielding tensor analysis using quantum chemical computation Teaching Assistant in General Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry I (Lecture by Prof. Antonio Togni) Synthesis of Precursors to Carbonyl Transfer and Sulfur Metathesis Reactions, as well as Screenings of Aryl- and Alkylsulfonation Reactions of Alkynes and Alkenes

  • Research Project (Prof. Dr. Christophe Copéret)

    Sept 2019 - Jan 2019

  • Teaching Assistant

    Sept 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Research Project (Prof. Dr. Bill Morandi)

    Feb 2019 - Jun 2019
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  VCS - Association of Chemistry Students at ETH Zurich

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2023

  Teaching Assistant

  PVK Assistant for Partial Differential Equations

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  Syngenta

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Process Chemistry Intern

  Development of new methodologies for the synthesis of molecules relevant to agrochemical research

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  Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

  Sept 2020 - Feb 2021

  Master's Thesis (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ritter)

  Development of a Modular Carbofunctionalization Reaction of Unactivated Alkenes in Two Steps, Enabled by Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis

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  ETH Zürich

  Nov 2022 - now

  Research in chemical feedstock valorization and shuttle catalysis Together with Prof. Dr. Carlo Thilgen, I was an exam author for the official International Chemistry Olympiad 2023. We designed a practical organic synthesis exam, organized the analytics of >800 samples (NMR & GC-FID) and managed the feedback & arbitration of delegations from 89 countries.

  • Doctoral Student (Morandi Group)

    Jan 2021 - now

  • IChO Exam Author

    Nov 2022 - Aug 2023