Bioorganic Chemistry - The Lichtenecker Group

We are a research team working at the interface of organic chemistry, chemical biology, and structural biology. Our research focuses on developing small molecules as innovative tools to investigate complex biological systems.

A major area of our work is dedicated to the design and synthesis of ¹³C-, ¹⁵N-, and ²H-labeled amino acids or metabolic amino acid precursors for different protein overexpression systems. These compounds enable the production of proteins with tailored isotope-labeling patterns, providing powerful probes for biomolecular NMR spectroscopy and advancing the structural and functional analysis of proteins.

If you are interested in our research or would like to discuss potential collaborations, we welcome you to contact us at roman.lichtenecker@univie.ac.at.

In addition to our research activities, we are committed to teaching at the University of Vienna. We currently offer five lecture courses and two seminars each year, covering a broad range of topics in chemistry. We also supervise laboratory and research courses providing students with hands-on experience in modern synthetic chemistry, isotope labeling, and chemical biology.