Stephan Scheeff

Research Associate (Medicinal Chemistry)

Professional Summary

Medicinal chemist designing novel antiviral and anticancer compounds. Researched nucleoside analogues at CUHK under Prof. Billy Ng since 2021, awarded Hong Kong Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022/2023. Enjoys exploring Hong Kong’s countryside and culture through photography.

Education

Dr. rer. nat. (Chemistry, equivalent to PhD)

2015-01-01
2018-09-01

University of Bonn

Diplom (Chemistry)

2008-09-01
2014-05-01

Humboldt University of Berlin

Interests

Drug Discovery Antiviral Drugs Total Synthesis Molecular Editing

Research Highlights

Molecular Editing

Molecular editing of bilobalide: Regioselective C-ring lactam formation

Late-stage diversification of complex natural products enables rapid access to analogues for structure-activity relationship studies. Herein, we report a regioselective …

wenjing-wang

• May 15, 2026 • 1 min read

Antiviral profiling and cellular activation of carbobicyclic nucleoside analogues

Nucleoside analogues are important antiviral and anticancer agents. In this study, we investigated a new class of nucleoside analogues built on a synthetically accessible …

Stephan Scheeff

• Mar 12, 2026 • 1 min read

Total synthesis of archazolid F

A partial bioinspired as well as the total synthesis of archazolid F, a highly potent V-ATPase inhibitory, antiproliferative polyketide macrolide, is described. Key features of the …

Stephan Scheeff

• Jan 4, 2019 • 1 min read

Experience

Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Associate

Chinese University of Hong Kong

November 2021 – Present

Design and synthesis of novel nucleoside analogs for antiviral purposes together with Prof Billy Ng (School of Pharmacy). Late-stage functionalisation of complex natural products.

Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Associate

University of Hong Kong

October 2018 – October 2021

Development of synthetic novel methods in the field of reductive copper catalyzed transformations in the research group of Prof Pauline Chiu (Department of Chemistry).

Research Assistant

Dresden University of Technology

March 2018 – September 2018

Total synthesis of natural products together with Prof Peter Metz (Department of Chemistry).

Education

Dr. rer. nat. (Chemistry, equivalent to PhD)

University of Bonn

January 2015 – September 2018

During my time at the University of Bonn, I participated in the research group of Professor Dirk Menche, where I contributed to the total synthesis of polyketide natural products.

Read Thesis (in german)

Diplom (Chemistry)

Humboldt University of Berlin

September 2008 – May 2014

I completed a 5-year study program at the Humboldt University in Berlin. For my thesis, I conducted research in the group of Professor Rainer Mahrwald, focusing on organocatalytic Aldol condensations.

Skills & Hobbies

Science

Research & Labwork

Grant Writing

Mentoring

Hobbies

Hiking

Photography

Awards

Hong Kong Post Doctoral Fellowship 2022/2023

Hong Kong University Grants Committee ∙ April 2023

Awarded by the Hong Kong University Grants Committee, this 36-month fellowship aimed to attract top early-career researchers to Hong Kong’s UGC-funded universities. In the 2022/23 cycle, 50 fellowships were awarded.

Languages

100%

German Native

100%

English Fluent

70%

Cantonese Upper Advanced

40%

French Beginner

Recent Publications

Wenjing Wang

contributed equally