Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Thisbe Kerstin Lindhorst (born 19 November 1962) is a German biochemist who has been professor of organic chemistry and biochemistry at Kiel University since 2000. She was a board member of the German Chemical Society from 2012 to 2019,

Early life and education Lindhorst was born on 19 November 1962 in Munich. She studied chemistry at LMU Munich from 1981 to 1984 and chemistry with biochemistry at the University of Münster from 1985 to 1987. She achieved a PhD at the University of Hamburg in 1991,

She undertook her postdoctorate at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada from 1992, focusing on carbohydrates and dendrimers,

In 2015, Lindhorst was elected president of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) for the 2016–2017 term. She was second women to hold the position in the society's 150-year history. In August 2017, she wrote the editorial for Angewandte Chemie celebrating the GDCh's anniversary, noting chemistry's moral and ethical duties, and pushing for "a culture that has the well-being of the entire population and the planet in mind".

Research Lindhorst is an expert in carbohydrate chemistry and has written over 150 research papers. She was also made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2017.

Personal life Lindhorst has two children, born in 1991 and 1995.