Prof. Dr. Nikolai Kuhnert is a world-class scientist in the fields of natural products, food chemistry, analytical chemistry, and organic chemistry. Prof. Nikolai Kuhnert obtained his PhD in inorganic chemistry and pharmaceutical biology in 1995 from the Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Germany. Following postdoctoral stays at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, he accepted a position as a member of the faculty in organic chemistry at the University of Surrey. In 2006, he moved to Jacobs University Bremen, where he is now a full professor in analytical and organic chemistry. His research interests are focused on the application of mass spectrometry in the analysis and structure elucidation of phenolic natural products from dietary and medicinal plants and the analysis of food processing products such as black tea, roasted coffee, Maillard reaction products, and chocolate.
