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Biography
Marcus was born and raised in Saxony, Germany, graduated from the University of Technology Chemnitz (TUC) (Diploma in Chemistry, equiv M.Sc.) and completed his PhD in the group of Prof. Heinrich Lang with summa cum laude in 2017 (Fonds Scholarship 2013-2015), having studied diastereoselective anionic phospho-Fries rearrangements at Ferrocene and application of the resulting chiral P,O-Ferrocenes as ligands in atropselective Suzuki-Miyaura C,C cross-coupling reactions. Marcus took a position as a postdoctoral researcher at the TUC and the MERGE center of excellence, and was awarded one of three prestigious Forrest Research Fellowships and moved to the University of Western Australia in 2019. Their researche focuses on the activation of internal alkynes, all-carbon macrocycles, bioactive 3(2H)-Furanones, and antimicrobials.
Current projects
Honors Projects:
- Cyblobutene-based macrocycles
- Functional 3(2H)Furanones: Synthesis, Solvatochromosim, and Charge-Delocalization
- Porphyrin Chemistry and Charge Transfer
- Ring Contractions
- Iron-based Antimicrobials
Funding overview
- 2024: M. Korb (CI), S. Hickey, V. Paumard, T. Humphries (Curtin), R. Waters (Curtin), B. Mills (ECU), M. Zargar (ECU), H. Ennaceri (Murdoch), C. Mullally (Murdoch/Kids Institute) - Theo Murphy Initiative - Flagship Activity (Australian Academy of Science) $49,400
- 2024: M. Korb (CI), L. Furfaro, C. Mulally - Near-Miss Award WA-Health Department (WANMA-Outcome) $100,000
- 2023-25: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA, DP23) >$800,000 total
- 2019-22: Forresst Research Fellowship (Forrest Research Foundation) > $500,000
Teaching overview
- Bayliss Seminar Series Coordintor (2023/24/25)
- CHEM1003: Introductory Chmistry (2024)
- CHEM2102: Metals and Molecules (2024,'25)
- CHEM3003: Advanced Chemical Synthesis (2023/34)
- CHEM4001: Advanced Studies in Chemistry (2023)
- MSCI4098/99: Seminar Appraisal and Presentation (2023/24)
- CHEM2101: Structural Elucidation and Spectroscopic Techniques (NMR, IR, MS, UV-Vis); and Core Chemical Concepts (2024; WesTa - Chongquing, China)
- MS
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, Dr. rer. nat., Doctor of Chemistry, Chemnitz University of Technology
Award Date: 12 Sept 2017
Chemnistry, Diplom, Diplom-Chemist, Chemnitz University of Technology
Award Date: 13 Sept 2012
Industry keywords
- Drug Discovery
Research expertise keywords
- Rearrangements
- Catalysis
- Furanones
- Iron
- Porphyrin
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Experimental and Computational Studies of Steric Factors in the Isomerization of Internal Alkynes within the Coordination Environment of Half-Sandwich Metal Complexes
Korb, M., Ghazvini, S. M. B. H., Karton, A. & Low, P. J., 2 Jan 2025, In: Chemistry - A European Journal. 31, 1, 15 p., e202403700.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Formation of Bisvinylidene Complexes through Consecutive Alkyne-Vinylidene Rearrangements
Korb, M. & Low, P. J., 12 May 2025, In: Organometallics. 44, 9, p. 982-994 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Menshutkin Complexes: Influence of Pnictogen, Halide, and Arene on Pn···πarene Interactions in [(PnX3)2{(2-R-C6H4)C2H4(2-R-C6H4)}]
Scholz, S., Fritzsche, A. M., Rüffer, T., Krautscheid, H., Korb, M., Lang, H. & Mehring, M., 21 Oct 2025, In: Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 651, 15, 6 p., e202400197.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synthesis of Chloro-Substituted β-Ketiminate Palladium Complexes, Spectral and Thermal Investigation of their Structures
Taher, D., AlNaimat, S., Assaf, K. I., Helal, W. & Korb, M., 21 Feb 2025, In: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 28, 6, 17 p., e202400730.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
[Ti{η5-1-(SiMe3)-3-(R)-C9H5}Cl2(OEt)] half-sandwich complexes: Synthesis, solid-state structure, hirshfeld surface analysis and theoretical studies
Taher, D., Klaib, S., Korb, M., Assaf, K. I., Rheinwald, G. & Lang, H., 15 Sept 2024, In: Journal of Molecular Structure. 1312, 10 p., 138510.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus)
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Beyond the Mining State - Western Australian EMCR Technology and Research Symposium
Korb, M. (Investigator 01), Hickey, S. (Investigator 02), Paumard, V. (Investigator 03), Humphries, T. (Investigator 04), Waters, R. (Investigator 05), Mills, B. (Investigator 06), Zargar, M. (Investigator 07), Ennaceri, H. (Investigator 08) & Mullally, C. (Investigator 09)
1/02/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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A new Iron Age! Making Iron complexes fit for C,C cross coupling catalysis.
Korb, M. (Investigator 01)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/23 → 1/02/26
Project: Research
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Iron Awe: Developing Iron catalysts for materials, medicines and more
Korb, M. (Investigator 01) & Low, P. (Investigator 02)
The University of Western Australia
1/07/18 → 30/06/21
Project: Research