Dr. Nate W. J. Ang
Contact
Dr. Nate W. J. Ang
Senior Scientist
Department of Microbial Biotechnology
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig
Tel: 0341 6025 2242
nate.ang@ufz.de

CV / Scientific Career
Since 2025 Senior Scientist
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany
Department of Microbial Biotechnology
Research group of Electrobiotechnology
2022 – 2024 Project & Program Manager
Confidence® Validation Team
2018 – 2021 PhD Researcher
Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry
2016 – 2017 Graduate Researcher
University of Edinburgh
School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building
M.Sc. in Research in Chemistry
2012 – 2016
Nanyang Technological University
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
2007 – 2010
Singapore Polytechnic
School of Chemical and Life Sciences
Diploma in Chemical Process Technology
Young Researcher under Prof. Young-Tae Chang
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium @ National University of Singapore
Publications
C. Zhu†, N. W. J. Ang†, T. H. Meyer, Y. Qiu, L. Ackermann
Organic Electrochemistry: Molecular Syntheses with Potential
ACS Central Science 2021, 7, 415–431. †Both authors contributed equally.
N. W. J. Ang, L. Ackermann
Electro-Reductive Nickel-Catalysed Thiolation: Efficient Cross-Electrophile Coupling for C–S Formation
Chemistry – A European Journal 2021, 27, 4883–4887.
N. W. J. Ang, J. C. A. Oliveira, L. Ackermann
Electro-Reductive Cobalt-Catalysed Carboxylation: Cross-Electrophile Electrocoupling with Atmospheric CO2
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 12842–12847.
N. W. J. Ang, J. C. A. Oliveira, L. Ackermann
Elektro-reduktive Cobalt-katalysierte Carboxylierung: Kreuzelektrophile Elektrokupplung mit atmosphrischem CO2
Angewandte Chemie 2020, 132, 12942–12947.
T. H. Meyer, J. C. A. Oliveria, S. Chandra Sau, N. W. J. Ang, L. Ackermann
Electrooxidative Allene Annulation by Mild Cobalt-Catalysed C–H Activation
ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 9140–9147.
N. W. J. Ang, C. S. Buettner, S. Docherty, A. Bismuto, J. R. Carney, J. H. Docherty, M. J. Cowley, S. P. Thomas
Borane-Catalysed Hydroboration of Alkynes and Alkenes
Synthesis 2017, 50, 803–808.