Graduates 2022

A female student in a lab coat with a plant and a stone

Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)

Biogeosciences B.Sc.

• Tilmann Kinkelin
• Anne Knigge
• Claudia Messner
• Anneli Riemer
• Jona Schönherr
• Peter Wiemuth

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Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

Dr Sahar Alhogail

• "Development of low-cost and portable detection platforms for bacterial detection"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Nairveen Ali

• "Toward Data Science in Biophotonics: Biomedical Investigations-based Study"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Antonios Apostolakis

• "Land Use Effects on Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Soils"
• Institute of Geography; Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Dr Natalie Arend

• "Characterization of pathogen-leukocyte interaction by means of Raman spectroscopy"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Dahiana Andrea Avila Salazar

• "Structure-dissolution relationships of phosphate and bioactive glasses by liquid, solide-state and paramagnetic NMR — Structural role and coordination environment of cobalt in phosphate glasses & the role of cations on the mechanism of hydrolysis"

Dr Georgette Azemtsop Matanfack

• "Novel Techniques to Access the Activity of Single Bacterial Cells by Raman Spectroscopy and Stable Isotope Probing"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Damiano Bandelli

• "Well-defined polyesters for applications in life science"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Aziz Ben Miled        

• "Kinetics of Phase Separation and Thin Film Formation of Multiresponsive Polymers"  
• Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

Dr Damiano Bevern

• "Mixed-Valent Phosphorus Compounds – Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Sebastian Johannes Bold

• "Ultrafast spectroscopic characterization of dye-sensitized H2-evolving Photocathodes: Towards optimized devices"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry; Université Grenoble Alpes

Dr Robert Bolney

• "Synthesis of mackinawite and tochilinite analogues and investigations on carbon fixation in a prebiotic context"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Wolfgang Brehm

• "Mechanochemically synthesized conversion electrodes and their application in sodium and lithium ion batteries with diglyme electrolytes"
• Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Dr Gianmaria Califano

• "Inter-kingdom interactions shapes macroalga Ulva holobiont: studies on algal growth and morphogenesis promoting factors (phytohormones and thallusin) and algal associated microbial community"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Manuel Deggelmann

• "Kavitationsverfahren und die Kombination mit der Ozonung zur Mikroschadstoffelimination in Wasser"
• Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Dr Michael Dirauf

• "Poly(2-oxazoline) based materials for biomedical applications"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Denis Drikermann 

• "Vinyldiazo and Vinylphosphonium Compounds as Versatile Synthetic Intermediates"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Bettina Dudek        

• "Colour development and pigment characterisation in flowers of Papaver nudicaule and Papaver rhoeas"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Dr Johanna Katrin Elter

• "Polyether-based nanocontainers: morphology control, core-crosslinking, stimuli-response, and active targeting"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Catharina Elisabeth Fechter

• "Influence of the variability in pulp quality on the alkalization processes"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Sarah Jasmin Finkelmeyer            

• "Organic layers with tunable supramolecular structure and morphology to investigate their influence on optoelectronic thin film properties"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Patrick Gerlach

• "The Influence of the Electrolyte on the Electrochemical Behavior of PTMA as Cathodic Electrode Material"
• Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Dr Vadim Greshnov    

• "Neue Beiträge zur elektrostatischen Trennung von Sylvinit-Carnalit-Rohsalzen"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Mario Grosch          

• "Activation of C1 compounds by iron and mackinawite under prebiotic conditions"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Franka Viola Gruschwitz

• "From fundamental design to applications of supramolecular polymer bottlebrushes"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Tom Guhra

• "Exploring the role of biota and biogenic components for the formation and function of (micro-)aggregates in soil"
• Institute of Geosciences

Dr Lars Henning Heß

• "Development of sustainable electrolytes and advanced in-situ techniques for energy storage devices"
• Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Dr Rola Houhou

• "Inverse and Forward Modeling Tools for Biophotonic Data"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Theresa Jünger      

• "Drogen im Chemieunterricht: Die Stoffklasse der Amphetamine ― eine Interventionsstudie"        
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry/ Chemistry Education

Dr Swamini Khurana  

• "Relevance of spatio-temporal heterogeneities in modelling geomicrobial reactive systems"
• Institute of Geosciences

Dr Tobias Klein            

• "Supramolecular Polymer Bottlebrushes: Design of suitable building blocks and tuning of their self-assembly in water"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Andreas Knebl      

• "Fiber-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Gas Sensing Applications in Biogeochemistry"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry; Max Planck Institute of Biogeochemistry

Dr Moritz Köhler

• "Preparation and Investigation of Polyether and -ester Based Functional Block Copolymers for Biomedical Applications"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Daniel Kraus

• "Multispektral-Bildgestütztes Sortieren von Biopartikeln"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Ann-Sophie Lehnert

• "Dynamics in Production and Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Soil, Leaves, and Litter"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Dr Chunyu Li  

• "Spectroscopic Investigation of Charge Carrier Dynamics in Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts"           
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Johannes Bernhard Max  

• "Modification of polyampholytic poly(dehydroalanine) – strategies and utilization in hybrid nanomaterials applied as smart dispersants, sensors and in photocatalysis"           
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Linda Moser            

• "Monitoring Wetlands and Water Bodies in Semi-arid Sub-Saharan Regions"        
• Institute of Geography

Dr Irina Muljajew        

• "Polymeric drug delivery systems: Aspects of core and shell of nanocarriers from polyesters, poly(ester amide)s or poly(2-oxazoline)s"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Jacob A. Nelson   

• "Ecosystem Transpiration from Eddy Covariance"
• Institute of Geosceinces

Dr Toni Neuwirth        

• "Methodenentwicklung zur Synthese von Biarylen und Hetero-Biarylen"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry; Hans Knöll Institute

Dr Vahid Nozari            

• "Glass Formation and Meltability of Metal-Organic Frameworks"
• Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

Dr Guilherme Nunes Braga Maurício de Macedo      

• "Glass-ceramics with intercalated microstructure produced via co-sintering and sinter-crystallization"      
• Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

Dr Annu Panwar          

• "Understanding the different responses of diurnal surface and air temperatures to evaporation across vegetation types"
• Institute of Geography; Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Dr Dirk Paustian

• "Designaspekte zur Entwicklung sonophotokatalytischer Reaktoren und deren An-wendung zum Abbau von Mikroschadstoffen in Wasser am Beispiel von Bisphenol A — Konzeption, Verfahrensevaluation und Pilotierung"
• Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Dr Silvio Preusser

• "Mechanistische Untersuchungen zur Natur von CH-aktivierten Zykloaminierungs- und Zyklohydroaminierungsreaktionen, katalysiert durch Übergangs- und s-Block-Metallkomplexen"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Felix Edwin Pröhl

• "Metallorganische Verbindungen der s-Blockmetalle und Dibenzosuberenan-basierter Liganden – Päparative und Theoretische Untersuchungen"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Kohulan Rajan

• "DARLING: Deep leARning for chemicaL Information processinG"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Ihar Raztsou

• "Chemisch-Biologisches Sondieren von Thiopeptid-Bindemotiven"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Aaron Reupert        

• "Side-Emitting Fibers: Targeted Light Scattering in Optical Fibers"
• Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

Dr Dirk Carsten Rössel            

• "Preparation of Functional Polymers and Block Copolymers via Post-Polymerization Modifications for Biomedical Applications"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Alexander Röther  

• "Strategien zur Synthese von Bis(NHC)-Boranen sowie Untersuchungen zu deren Reaktionsverhalten"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Jan Schröder          

• "Glass Fiber Lightguides with Functional Interfaces"
• Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

Dr Natalie Schroeter  

• "Biomarkers in paleoenvironmental reconstructions: novel applications and data-driven evaluation"  
• Institute of Geography; Max Planck Institute of Biogeochemistry

Dr Philipp Schüler

• "Calciumorganic compounds – from curiosity to ubiquity (CalCub)"
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Dr Cornelius Octavian Schwarze        

• "Outer forearc architecture and submarine landslides related to seamount subduction at the Hikurangi Margin (offshore New Zealand)"
• Institute of Geosciences

Dr Tanveer Ahmed Shaik

• "Fluorescence lifetime imaging and Raman spectroscopy for collagen scaffold monitoring in tissue engineering applications"       
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Maria Sittig

• "Spektroskopische Untersuchung von Fluoreszenzaufkonversion und Photoazidität in Polymeren für die lichtgetriebene Wirkstofffreisetzung"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Fabian Hardi Sobotta        

• "Block copolymer nanostructures via self-assembly for biomedical applications"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Johannes Steinmetzer

• "Exploring Potential Energy Surfaces in Ground- and Excited States"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Timo Stettner         

• "Development of advanced protic ionic liquid-based electrolytes for energy storage"
• Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Dr Heike Stolle                            

• "Plasmonische Goldnanopartikel für den katalytischen Abbau organischer Verbindungen in Gas- und Flüssigphase - Konzeptionierung einer Laborgasanlage, katalytische Testung und Partikeldesign"
• Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Dr Paul Strobel

• "Late Quaternary climate and environmental reconstruction based on lake and peat sediments from the central southern Cape region of South Africa"
• Institute of Geography

Dr Julian Struck          

• "Calibration and First Application of Biomarkers and Compound-Specific Isotope Analyses in Mongolia"          
• Institute of Geography

Dr Sophia Walter        

• "Charakterisierung der Bioaktivität von Thiopeptid-Antibiotikas"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Limin Wang             

• "Surface functionalization and applications of self-assembled monolayers"
• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Dr Christina Wichmann

• "Einfluss von biotischen und abiotischen Faktoren auf Raman-Spektren von Bakterien"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Wie Yang    

• "Development of a Handheld Fiber-Optic Probe-Based Raman Imaging Instrumentation: Raman ChemLighter"      
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Xiaobin Yao

• "Nanoscale Investigations of Biomaterials using Atomic Force Microscopy and Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy"
• Institute of Physical Chemistry

Dr Wuyong Zhang     

• "Synthesis and Application of Carbon-based Materials for the Construction of an Artificial Nitrogen Cycle with Electrochemistry"
• Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Dr Ru Zhou      

• "Structure Influence on Optical Property of Phosphate Glasses"
• Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

Persons who completed their doctorate in the period October 2021-October 2022 are listed.

All completed doctorates and postdoctoral theses since 2001 with links to the full text can be found on our research page.