Alumni

Dr. Jan Boelke

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2017
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2017 - 2024

"Light-Controlled Mechanically Interlocked Molecules and Materials"

Now:
    R&D Scientist at micro resist technology GmbH"

Dr. Christoph Jurissek

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2017
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2018 - 2023

"Controlling Dynamic Processes with Light"

Now:
    R&D Scientist at micro resist technology GmbH"

Dr. Pauline Liesfeld

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2016
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2016 - 2022

"Torwards Light-Controlled Unidirectional Information Transport in Multiphotochromic Architectures"

Now:
      Product Development at BioAnalyt GmbH

Dr. Dragos Mutruc

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2016
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2016 - 2022

"Dynamic Covalent Chemistry for Accelerated Photoswitch Discovery an Photoswitchable Core-Shell Metal-Organic Frameworks"

Now:

Dr. Christopher Knie

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2014
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2014 - 2019

"Light-Responsive Azobenzene-Based Architectures: From Large Macromolecular Aggregates to Small Zwitterions"

Now:

Dr. Yves Garmshausen

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013 - 2019

"Photochromism of Arylazotetracyanocyclopentadienides and Excited State Activation Barriers of Dihydropyrene Switches"

Now:
     Post-Doctoral Fellow
     Research group of Prof. Stefan Hecht
     HU Berlin, Germany

Dr. Fabian Eisenreich

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2014
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2014- 2018

"Photo-Guided Polimerizations-From photoswichable catalysis to 3D printing"

Now:
     Post-Doctoral Fellow
     Research group of Prof. Bert Meijer
     TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Dr. Michael Peter Kathan

M.Sc., FU Berlin, Germany, 2014
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2015- 2018

"Photoswitching Reactivity from remote-controlled to light-driven chemical systems"

Now:
     Emmy Noether Group Leader
     Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Dr. Sebastian Fredrich

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2014
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2014- 2018

"Diarylethene Photoawitches Bearing Carbonyl Functionalities"

Now:
     Post-Doctoral Fellow
     Research group of Prof Albert P.H.J. Schenning
     TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Dr. Anne Fuhrmann

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2014- 2018

"Photocontrol over Thermally Healable Materials"

Now:

Dr. Johannes Gurke

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013- 2018

"Protons and Photons - Interconnecting Photochemical and Acid-Base Equilibria"

Now:
     Post-Doctoral Fellow

     Bioelectronics Laboratory of Prof. George Malliaras
     University of Cambridge, UK

Dr. Michael Kleinwächter

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2012
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013 - 2018

"Highly Constrained Dithienylethenes"

Now:
     Post-Doctoral Fellow
     Research group of Prof. Gwénaël Rapenne
     Centre d'Elaboration de Materiaux et d'Etudes Structurales (CEMES/CNRS)
     Toulouse, France

Dr. Antti Alexander Senf

M.Sc., FU Berlin, Germany, 2012
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2012 - 2016

"Design and Synthesis of Photoswitchable Polymerization Catalysts"

Now:

Dr. Andreas Viertel

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2011
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2011 - 2015

"Molekulare Schaltkreise und Nanodrähte"

Now:
     Staff Scientist
     Persán (Sevilla/ Spain)

Dr. Martin Herder

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2010
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2010 - 2015

"Improving the Design of Diarylethene Photoswitches and their Exploitation as Remote-Controlled Building Blocks"

Now:
     Post-Doctoral Fellow
     Research group of Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn
     Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoleculaires (I.S.I.S.)
     Strasbourg, France 

Dr. Björn Kobin

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2011
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2011 - 2015

"Ladder-Type oligo-(p-Phenylene)s for Hybrid Optoelectronic Devices based on Resonant Energy Transfer"

Now:
     Scientific Officer
     Research group of Prof. Stefan Hecht
     Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Dr. Philipp Viehmann

Dipl.-Chem., Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, 2009
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2010 - 2014

"Photoschaltbare Polymerisationen"

Now:
   Staff Scientist
   Kodak Graphics Communication GmbH

Dr. Robert Göstl

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2011
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2011 - 2014

"Photocontrolling the Diels-Alder Reaction"

Now:
     Post-Doctoral Fellow
     Research group of Profs. Bert Meijer & Rint Sijbesma
     TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Dr. Maria-Melanie Russew

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2009
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2009 - 2013

"Azobenzole für die E/Z-Isomerisierung durch Zweiphotonenanregung"

Now:
    Staff Scientist
    micro resist technology GmbH

Dr. Zhilin Yu

M.Sc., Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 2009
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2009 - 2013

"Oligo(azobenzene) Foldamer: Relationship Between Structure and Photoresponse"

Now:
     Assistant Professor (tenure track)
     Institute of Polymer Chemistry
     College of Chemistry
     Nankai University
     Tianjin, China

Dr. Erik Johnsen

Dipl.-Chem., Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, 2008
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2008 - 2012

"Novel Photoswitchable Catalysts Based on N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

Dr. Volker Eberhardt

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2008
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2008 - 2012

"Molekulare Elektronik: Syntheseansätze für photomodulierbare Leiterstrukturen und den oberflächenunterstützten Aufbau kovalenter Netzwerke"

Now:
    Staff Scientist
    Fraunhofer IAP - Institute for Applied Polymer Research

Dr. Marie-Anne Berlin

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2008
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2008 - 2012

"Auf dem Weg zu photoschaltbaren Bisinterkalatoren für dsDNA auf Basis von Azobenzol- und Naphthalendiimid-Bausteinen"

Now:
     Dr. Marie-Anne Stoll
     Product Developer Hair Care
     Dr. Kurt Wolff GmbH & Co KG

Dr. Marie Gille

Dipl.-Chem., Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, 2008
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2009 - 2012

"Graphen und Graphenstreifen Bottom-up: Chemische Syntheseansätze für defektfreies und gezielt modifiziertes ein- und zweidimensionales Graphen"

Now:
    Teacher
     KGS Bad Lauterberg

Dr. Jan J. Klein

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2007
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2007 - 2011

"Towards Novel Aggregation Inhibitors and Stimulus-Responsive Peptide-Tweezers"

Now:
    Product Manager
    micro resist technology GmbH

Dr. Chandan Maity

M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 2006
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2006 - 2011

"Spiropyran-based Systems for Molecular Electronics"

Now:
    Post-Doctoral Fellow
    Advanced Soft Matter Group (Prof. Jan van Esch)
    Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Dr. Denise Zornik

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2007
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2007 - 2011

"The 1,2,3-Triazole Moiety as Conformationally Restricting Entity for New Foldamer Motifs"

Now:
    Staff Scientist
    Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG

Dr. Tamer El Malah

M.Sc., University of Ain Shams, Cairo, Egypt, 2003
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2007 - 2011

"Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Folded Amphiphiles: Synthesis and Liquid Crystalline Behavior"

Now:
    Researcher
    Al Jouf University, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Robert M. Meudtner

Dipl.-Chem., FU Berlin, Germany, 2005
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2005 - 2009

"Neuartige Triazol-basierte aromatische Rückgrate für die Makromolekulare und Supramolekulare Chemie"

Now:
    Staff Scientist
     LGC GmbH

Dr. Sebastian Hartwig

Dipl.-Chem., Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany, 2004
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2004 - 2009

"New Peptide-Mimicking Scaffolds: Influence of Stereochemistry, Connectivity, and Topology"

Now:
    Staff Scientist
    Elastogran (BASF)

Dr. Ragnar S. Stoll

Dipl.-Chem., FU Berlin, Germany, 2004
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2005 - 2009

"Design of Photoswitchable Catalyst Systems"

Now:
    Staff Scientist
    Elastogran (BASF)

Dr. Maike V. Peters

Dipl.-Chem., FU Berlin, Germany, 2004
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2004 - 2008

"Photoswitchable Catalysts"

Now:
    Dr. Maike V. Balbo Block
    Technical Manager
    Evonik Gorapur GmbH

Dr. Christian Kaiser

Dipl.-Chem., J.-W.-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 2003
Dr. rer. nat., FU Berlin, Germany, 2003 - 2006

"Systematische Untersuchungen zum Helix-Knäuel-Übergang in meta- Phenylenethinylen-Polymeren"

Then:
    Post-Doctoral Fellow
    GKSS Teltow

Dr. Marco A. Balbo Block

Dipl.-Chem., FU Berlin, Germany, 2002
Dr. rer. nat., FU Berlin, Germany, 2002 - 2006

"Folding Architectures Containing Phenylene Ethynylene Oligomers and Polymers"

Now:
    Laboratory Manager
    tesa SE

Dr. Anzar Khan

M.Sc., NCL Pune, India, 2001
Dr. rer. nat., FU Berlin, Germany, 2002 - 2005

"Phenylene Ethynylene Foldamers: From Synthesis to Tubular Scaffolding and Photoswitchable Helices"

Now:
     Assistant Professor
     Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
     Korea University
     Seoul, Republic of Korea

Dr. Joseph Ogunjobi

Postdoc DWI Aachen 2022 - 2024


    

Dr. Ian Cheng Yi Hou

PhD secondment, HU Berlin, Germany, 2018
Postdoc, DWI Aachen, 2020 - 2023
Now:
          Assistant Research Fellow
          Institute of Chemistry
          Academia Sinica
          Taiwan

Dr. Bohan Tang

Postdoc, DWI Aachen, 2021 - 2023
Now:
          Postdoc in the Stoddart Group @ Hong Kong University.

Dr. Jie Li

Postdoc, DWI Aachen, 2021-2023

 

Dr. Dusan Kolarski

Postdoc, DWI Aachen, 2021 - 2022
Now:
          Post-Doctoral Researcher
          Deparment of NanoBiophotonics
          Max Planck Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences
          Göttingen

Dr. Dennis Chung-Yang Huang

Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2014 - 2018

Now:
          Assistant Professor
          Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
          Hokkaido University
          Japan

Dr. Aurelio Bonasera

Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2015 - 2018


Now:
    Associate Researcher
    University Palermo, Italy

Dr. Bernd Schmidt

Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2013 - 2014
Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship, 2016 - 2017

Now:
    Junior Group Leader
    Heinrich Heine University
    Düsseldorf, Germany

Dr. Virginia Valderrey Berciano

Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2014 - 2017

Now:
BAM, Berlin, Germany

Dr. Alexis Goulet-Hanssens

Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2013 - 2017

Now:
Beiersdorf AG, Germany, Hamburg

Dr. Derk Jan van Dijken

Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2014 - 2016

Now:
   Product Development Scientist
   BASF, The Netherlands

Dr. Petr Kovaricek

Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2014 - 2015

Now:
    Post-Doctoral Researcher
    (Fellowship of the Academy of Sciences)
    Department of Low-Dimensional Systems (Dr. Martin Kalbac)
    Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague

Dr. Sonia Castellanos Ortega

Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2010 - 2013

Now:
    Group Leader
    Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL)
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dr. Ryo Tanaka

Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2011 - 2012

Now:
    Associate Professor
    Graduate School of Engineering
    Hiroshima University, Japan

M.Sc. Angelique Ladwig

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2018

“Entwicklung von wasserlöslichen Photoschaltern als Modell für lichtaktivierte Acryltransferreagenzien“

M.Sc. Jonas Becker

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2018

“Photoswitchable Imine-based Dynamic Materials“

Dipl.-Chem. Anna Grafl

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2016

"New azo-benzenes/thiophenes architectures"

Now:
    Ph.D. Student
    AK Börner (Humboldt Berlin)

M.Sc. Sanja Winterhalder

M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2016

“Photoschaltbare Prolin-basierte Organokatalysatoren“

Now:
teacher of science

Dipl.-Chem. Felix Brauße

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013

"Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Azobenzene Polymers"

Now:
    Ph.D. Student
    Max-Born-Institut

Dipl.-Chem. Torben Peters

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2010

"Photoswitchable Chelate Ligands"

Now:
   Dr. Torben Adermann
   Research Scientist
   BASF SE

Dipl.-Chem. Daniel Becker

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2009

"Design und Synthese Neuartiger Polyazaacene als Elektronenakzeptormaterialien"

Now:
    Ph.D. Student
    Research group of Prof. Dr. Arne Thomas
    TU Berlin

Dipl.-Chem. Irén Fischer

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2009

"Elektronenarme Heteroaromaten für Neue Organische n-Halbleiter"

Then:
    Ph.D. Student
    Research group of Profs. Bert Meijer & Albert Schenning
    TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Dipl.-Chem. Susanne Grützner

Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2007

Now:
    Staff Scientist
    micro resist technology GmbH

Jana Hildebrandt

Laboratory Technician, HU Berlin, Germany, 2011 - 2018

Now: 
    Laboratory Technician NMR-Service
    HU Berlin, Germany

Henry Müller

Laboratory Technician, HU Berlin, Germany, 2011 - 2012

Now:

Dipl. Chem.
Carsten Winterboer

1990 - 2009