Guido Clever

Guido Clever is a Professor (W3) for Bioinorganic Chemistry at the Technical University Dortmund, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Inorganic Chemistry. His office is located at Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, Room C1-05-734 in Dortmund, Germany.

Prof. Clever's research focuses on supramolecular chemistry, particularly the design and construction of artificial nanoscale devices and complex systems inspired by nature's biochemical machinery. His work spans chemistry inside molecular cages, DNA nano-architecture, and molecular machines. The Clever Lab creates functional molecules and supramolecular assemblies for applications as diagnostic tools, selective reagents, and stimuli-responsive materials.

His research group has access to state-of-the-art equipment including a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer, high-resolution Ion Mobility-ESI mass spectrometer, single crystal X-ray diffractometer, and various spectroscopy and chromatography systems that enable sophisticated analysis of supramolecular structures.

Prof. Clever has received numerous awards including an ERC Consolidator Grant in 2016 and several young investigator awards from the German Chemical Society and Fonds der Chemischen Industrie.

• ERC Consolidator Grant 2016
• Otto Hofmann Foundation prize for pre-diploma
• Dr. Sophie Bernthsen Fonds prize for diploma
• Dr. Klaus Römer Foundation prize for PhD thesis
• ADUC Prize 2012 (Young Investigator Award)
• FCI Dozentenpreis 2014 (Young Investigator Award)

Prof. Clever has successfully supervised PhD students including Laura Neukirch, who recently defended her thesis on photoinduced charge separation in coordination cages. His academic career includes previous positions as Professor (W2) at Georg-August-University Göttingen (2013-2015), Junior Professor at the same institution (2010-2013), and postdoctoral work at Tokyo University.

The Clever Lab maintains active international collaborations, including serving as International Advisor of the Japanese 'Asymmetallic' Collaborative Research Consortium, and has participated in various symposia including Alexander von Humboldt Foundation events in China and Germany.