Prof. Dr. Hans Rudolf Pfaendler

Curriculum Vitae

• Studied chemistry in Basel, Switzerland
• 1971 Ph.D., Basel
• 1972 Postdoctoral research, Osaka, Japan
• 1973-1980 Woodward Research Institute, Basel
• 1980 Ciba-Geigy, Basel
• 1982 Professor (C2), LMU München
• 2010 Retired
• 2015 Co-founder CarbaLux GmbH, Egling, Bavaria

Research fields

• Ether lipids
• ß-Lactam antibiotics and ß-lactamase inhibitors (oxapenems)
• A novel test for bacterial carbapenem resistance

Publications

• H.R. Pfaendler, F.K. Maier, and S. Klar, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 1338-1339; Synthesis of Crystalline (+-)-Fecapentaene.
• H.R. Pfaendler and C. Medicus, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 1997, 5, 623-628; Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of (1'R, 5R, 6R,-2-tert-Butyl-6-(1'-hydroxyethyl)penem-3-carboxylic acid.
• H.R. Pfaendler and G. Golz, US Pat. Nos. 9296752, 2016 and 9969737, 2018; Fluorescent Carbapenems