Group Picture October 2024

Group

Members of the Water Splitting Group
Group Picture October 2024
Image: Daria Poliakova

Independent research group leader - Dr. Jacob Schneidewind

Picture Jacob Schneidewind

Image: Marina Romanova

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena)

Room CEEC I 101

Philosophenweg 7a, 07743 Jena

Jacob.Schneidewind@uni-jena.de

Tel.: +49 3641 9-48561

Research Interests

  • Solar energy and green hydrogen
  • Photocatalytic water splitting
  • Organometallic and photochemistry
  • Mechanistic studies (spectroscopy, kinetics, computational chemistry)
  • Techno-economic analysis and method development

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Education and Professional Experience

2023 -  Independent research group leader at CEEC Jena (FSU Jena)
2022 - 2023

Independent research group leader at Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen

2021 PostDoc at Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen (Prof. Walter Leitner)
2017 - 2021

PhD at Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (Prof. Matthias Beller)

2016 - 2017

Chemistry studies at University of Rostock (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)

2015

Research stay at Univeristy of Toronto (Prof. Robert H. Morris)

2014 - 2015 Undergraduate studies (liberal arts) and research (Prof. Kang Hway Chuan) at Yale-NUS College, Singapore
2012 - 2014 Dual enrolment studies (Schülerstudium, chemistry) at University of Cologne

Awards and Scholarships

Jahr Auszeichnung/Stipendium
2024 - BMBF independent research group "SINATRA: SolSTEP"
2022 - 2023 Liebig Fellowship by Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
2022 Carl Roth Award of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
2021 „summa cum laude“ distinction for PhD at University of Rostock
2018 - 2020 Kekulé PhD fellowship by Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
2014 - 2017 Fellow of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)

 

PostDoc

Picture Micheal Eshak

Image: Kristína Rabatinová

Dr. Micheal Eshak

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena)

Room CEEC I 209

Philosophenweg 7a, 07743 Jena

Micheal.Eshak@uni-jena.de 

Tel.: +49 3641 9-48239

Research Interests

  • Photocatalysis and photocatalytic water-splitting
  • Green hydrogen production
  • Organometallic chemistry, Coordination chemistry, and Medicinal chemistry
  • Material science

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Education and professional experience

2024 - Postdoc am CEEC Jena (FSU Jena) 
2023 - 2024

Lecturer of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry & Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at Assiut-Universität, Assiut, Ägypten

2023 Assistent Lecturer & Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at Assiut-Universität, Assiut, Ägypten
2018 - 2023 PhD at FSU Jena (Prof. Wolfgang Weigand)
2015 - 2018 Assistent Lecturer & Research Assistent, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at Assiut-Universität, Assiut, Ägypten
2010 - 2015 Demonstrator & Research Assistent, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at Assiut-Universität, Assiut, Ägypten
2012 - 2015 Chemistry studies at Assiut-Universität, Assiut, Ägypten (M.Sc.)
2010 - 2011 Chemistry studies at Assiut-Universität, Assiut, Ägypten (Diploma in Inorganic Chemistry)
2005 - 2009 Chemistry studies at Assiut-Universität, Assiut, Ägypten (B.Sc.)

 

PhD Researchers

Picture Alexander Eith

Image: Marina Romanova

Alexander Eith

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena)

Room CEEC I 102

Philosophenweg 7a, 07743 Jena

Alexander.Eith@uni-jena.de 

Tel.: +49 3641 9-48239

Research Interests

  • Synthesis of ruthenium complexes for water splitting
  • Photocatalytic testing of water splitting systems
  • Immobilization of complexes for water splitting
  • Synthesis of polymers for water splitting

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Education and professional experience

2023 - PhD researcher at CEEC Jena (FSU Jena) 
2021 - 2023 Chemistry studies at RWTH Aachen (M.Sc.)
2017 - 2021 Chemistry studies at RWTH Aachen (B.Sc.)
2014 - 2017 Vocational training (laboratory technician, Remmers GmbH)

 

Picture Nadzeya Brezhneva

Image: Marina Romanova

Nadzeya Brezhneva

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena) 

Room CEEC II E025

Lessingstraße 12-14, 07743 Jena

Nadzeya.Brezhneva@uni-jena.de  

Tel.: +49 3641 9-48562

Research Interests

  • Synthesis of carbon nitride and conjugated polymers for water splitting
  • Heterogeneous photocatalysis
  • Influence of morphology and structure on photocatalytic water splitting
  • Material characterization
  • Reaction optimization

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Education and professional experience

2024 - PhD researcher at CEEC Jena (FSU Jena)
2023

Research stay at Saarland University (Prof. David Scheschkewitz)

2021 - 2023 Chemist at BioMagnetic, Ltd., Minsk, Belarus
2017 - 2021 Researcher at Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
2016 - 2017 Chemistry studies at Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus (M.Sc.)
2011 - 2016 Chemistry studies at Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus (Specialist Diploma)

 

Picture Muhammad Zeeshan

Image: Kristína Rabatinová

Muhammad Zeeshan

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena) 

Raum CEEC II E025

Lessingstraße 12-14, 07743 Jena

Muhammad.Zeeshan@uni-jena.de 

Tel.: +49 3641 9-48562

Research Interests

  • Organic synthesis of monomers
  • Synthesis of conjugated polymers
  • Photocatalytic water splitting
  • Mechanistic studies

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Education and professional experience

2024 -  PhD researcher at CEEC Jena (FSU Jena)
2021 - 2023 Researcher at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
2021 Researcher at Sigma Chemical Laboratories (Pvt), Pakistan
2016 - 2020

Organic chemistry studies at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (M.Phil.)

2012 - 2016 Chemistry studies at University of Gujrat, Pakistan (B.Sc.)

 

Picture Kristína Rabatinová

Image: Gustav Döhring

Kristína Rabatinová

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena)

Room CEEC I 102

Philosophenweg 7a, 07743 Jena

Kristina.Rabatinova@uni-jena.de 

Tel.: +49 3641 9-48239

Research Interests

  • Life-cycle assessment and method development
  • Synthesis and characterization of metal complexes for photocatalytic water splitting
  • Photocatalytic water splitting

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Education and professional experience

2024 - PhD researcher at CEEC Jena (FSU Jena) 
2020 - 2024 Chemistry studies at RWTH Aachen (M.Sc.)
2017 - 2020 Chemistry studies at RWTH Aachen (B.Sc.)

 

Picture Ebrahim Abedini

Image: Kristína Rabatinová

Ebrahim Abedini

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena)

Raum CEEC II E025

Lessingstraße 12-14, 07743 Jena

Ebrahim.Abedini@uni-jena.de 

Tel.: +49 3641 9-48562

Research Interests

  • Photocatalytic Water-splitting & Green Hydrogen production
  • Photocatalytic Water-treatment
  • Photocatalytic Fuel Cells & Solar cells
  • Photochemistry & Material Chemistry

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Education and professional experience

2024 - PhD researcher at CEEC Jena (FSU Jena) 
2021 - 2024 Inorganic Chemistry at Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) (M.Sc.)
2016 - 2020 Pharmaceutical Chemistry at IAUTM (B.Sc.)

 

Technical Staff Members

Picture Jens Ulbrich

Image: Jacob Schneidewind

Jens Ulbrich

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena) 

Room CEEC II E025

Lessingstraße 12-14, 07743 Jena

Jens.Ulbrich@uni-jena.de  

Tel.: +49 3641 9-48562

Focus areas

  • Synthesis of monomers and polymers for water splitting

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Education and professional experience

2015 - Chemical-technical assistant at IOMC, FSU Jena
2013 - 2015 Vocational training (chemical-technical assistant) at SBSZ Jena-Göschwitz

 

Master's Students

Picture Gustav Döhring

Image: Kristína Rabatinová

Gustav Döhring

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena)

Room CEEC I 102

Philosophenweg 7a, 07743 Jena

Gustav.Doehring@uni.jena.de 

Tel.: +49 3641 9-48239

Research Interests

  • Synthesis and characterization of metal complexes
  • Synthesis of polymers for water splitting
  • Photocatalytic water splitting

 

 

 

Education and professional experience

2022 - Chemistry studies at FSU Jena (M.Sc.)
2018 - 2022 Chemistry studies at FSU Jena (B.Sc.)

 

Picture Andreas Freitag

Image: Andreas Freitag

Andreas Freitag

Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena)

 

Andeas.Freitag@uni-jena.de

 

Research Interests

  • Development of a web tool for the visualization and analysis of spectroscopic data
  • Research data and server management within the Water Splitting Group
  • Maintenance of electronic lab notebook (elabFTW)

 

 

 

Education and professional experience

2023 - Chemistry studies at FSU Jena (M.Sc.)
2019 - 2023 Chemistry studies at FSU Jena (B.Sc.)

Former Members

  • Leonie Häser
  • Regina Dietrich
  • Katrin Selzner
  • Matthias Urban
  • Alexandra Markus
  • Marcus Lantzius-Beninga