Alumni
Former Graduate Students
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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"
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Dr. Joseph Ogunjobi
Postdoc DWI Aachen 2022 - 2024
Now:
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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"
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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
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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:
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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:
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Dr. Yves Garmshausen
Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013 - 2019
"Photochromism of Arylazotetracyano
Now:
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research group of Prof. Stefan Hecht
HU Berlin, Germany
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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
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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:
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research group of Prof. Ben L. Feringa
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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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
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Dr. Anne Fuhrmann
Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013
Dr. rer. nat., HU Berlin, Germany, 2014- 2018
"Photocontrol over Thermally Healable Materials"
Now:
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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
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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
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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:
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
Former Post-Doctoral Fellows
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Dr. Bohan Tang
Postdoc, DWI Aachen, 2021 - 2023
Now:
Postdoc in the Stoddart Group @ Hong Kong University.
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Dr. Jie Li
Postdoc, DWI Aachen, 2021-2023
Now:
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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
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Dr. Aurelio Bonasera
Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2015 - 2018
Now:
Associate Researcher
University Palermo, Italy
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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
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Dr. Virginia Valderrey Berciano
Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2014 - 2017
Now:
BAM, Berlin, Germany
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Dr. Alexis Goulet-Hanssens
Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2013 - 2017
Now:
Beiersdorf AG, Germany, Hamburg
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Dr. Derk Jan van Dijken
Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2014 - 2016
Now:
Product Development Scientist
BASF, The Netherlands
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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
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Dr. Sonia Castellanos Ortega
Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2010 - 2013
Now:
Group Leader
Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dr. Ryo Tanaka
Post-Doc, HU Berlin, Germany, 2011 - 2012
Now:
Assistant Professor
Polymer Chemistry Group (Prof. Takeshi Shiono)
Department of Applied Chemistry
Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
Former Graduands
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M.Sc. Angelique Ladwig
M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2018
“Entwicklung von wasserlöslichen Photoschaltern als Modell für lichtaktivierte Acryltransferreagenzien“
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M.Sc. Jonas Becker
M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2018
“Photoswitchable Imine-based Dynamic Materials“
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Dipl.-Chem. Anna Grafl
Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2016
"New azo-benzenes/thiophenes architectures"
Now:
Ph.D. Student
AK Börner (Humboldt Berlin)
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M.Sc. Sanja Winterhalder
M.Sc., HU Berlin, Germany, 2016
“Photoschaltbare Prolin-basierte Organokatalysatoren“
Now:
teacher of science
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Dipl.-Chem. Felix Brauße
Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2013
"Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Azobenzene Polymers"
Now:
Ph.D. Student
Max-Born-Institut
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Dipl.-Chem. Torben Peters
Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2010
"Photoswitchable Chelate Ligands"
Now:
Dr. Torben Adermann
Research Scientist
BASF SE
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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
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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
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Dipl.-Chem. Susanne Grützner
Dipl.-Chem., HU Berlin, Germany, 2007
Now:
Staff Scientist
micro resist technology GmbH
Former Laboratory Technicians
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Jana Hildebrandt
Laboratory Technician, HU Berlin, Germany, 2011 - 2018
Now:
Laboratory Technician NMR-Service
HU Berlin, Germany
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Henry Müller
Laboratory Technician, HU Berlin, Germany, 2011 - 2012
Now:
In Memorian
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Dipl. Chem.
Carsten Winterboer
1990 - 2009