Dirk H. Trauner

Just out: Our collaboration with Eric Schelter & Randall Wilharm @SchelterGroup on parsing the fascinating photochemistry of lanthanides with azobenzene photoswitches. A deep dive into light and rare earths en route to more efficient separations. @VagelosEnergy @PennChemistry

My opening comments at #LINO25. Let's make sure others enjoy and understand the benefits of science. timeshighereducation.com/news/nobelist-…

Join us today as Michael Zott and Daniel Zuschlag share their work with @DirkTrauner on the synthesis of isosteroidal alkaloids!! youtu.be/Be-vVFLuGzE Key reference: @J_A_C_S 2025, 147, 3010-3016. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4… Thanks to @MBalletti2 for editing and hosting!

Greetings from the GRC on Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors! It’s exciting to see how the field has grown and is moving toward everyday applications—think photoswitchable tattoos!

I love the Hoya carnosa in my office climbing on polytwistane.

I had a great time at the University of Rochester as the Victor Chambers Lecturer! And I really enjoyed the amazing George Eastman House and Museum, built by a millionaire (nowadays billionaire) who was civic minded and kept a low profile.

We have updated our "Chemical Neuroscience" course to include pentameric ligand-gated channels and the first GPCRs. traunergroup.org/teaching

Check out our approach toward disciformycin and gulmirecin, spearheaded by @PeterRuehmann. @nyuchemistry @PennChemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Ready to take off as a synthetic chemist? Check out this tutorial review we wrote with Frank Glorius and Jasper Tyler! @GloriusGroup @GloriusFrank

I am teaching my favorite course again this semester: "Chemical Neuroscience - a Synthetic Approach". We are posting some materials online, check them out. traunergroup.org/teaching

One of our all time favorite bulding blocks, thanks to @SchreiberStuart

Super excited to participate in the 2025 Miller Symposium. Nice to be amongst California's finest :) chemistry.ucdavis.edu/miller-symposi…