Dominik studied Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University, focusing on catalysis and organic chemistry. He completed his PhD at ETH Zurich under Prof. J. Bode, developing Potassium Acyltrifluoroborate (KAT) ligation for hydrogels, post-translational modifications, and polymer conjugation.
In 2021, he joined Prof. T. Weil's group at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research as a postdoctoral researcher, working on bioorthogonal ligation reactions triggered by cancer cell-specific conditions to address challenges in dynamic-covalent drug delivery systems.
In 2024, Dominik became a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine (MERLN), Maastricht University. His group develops chemistry for dynamic-covalent and stimuli-responsive materials for regenerative medicine and synthesizes biologically active compounds directly at their site of action. They are also exploring methods to monitor chemical reactions in complex systems like living cells and organisms.
