Alumni

PhD students

Dr. Oliver StachPhD (2024) & MSc (2020) & BSc (2018), JGU Mainz
Dr. Moritz UrschbachPhD (2022) & MSc (2018) & BSc (2017), JGU Mainz
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow
with Prof. Christian F.W. Becker, University of Vienna, Austria
Dr. Jonas KölschPhD (2022) & MSc (2018), JGU Mainz
Now: Bachem, Bubendorf, Switzerland
Dr. Christian BeračPhD (2021) & MSc (2017), JGU Mainz
Now: Bachem, Bubendorf, Switzerland
Dr. Lydia ZengerlingPhD (2021) & MSc (2017), JGU Mainz
Eurofins, Leiden, the Netherlands
Now: BioNTech, Mainz, Germany
Dr. Ronja OtterPhD (2019) & MSc (2016), JGU Mainz
Now: Bachem, Bubendorf, Switzerland
Dr. David StraßburgerPhD (2019), JGU Mainz
Now: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Schwabenheim, Germany
Dr. Vanessa LewePhD (2019), JGU Mainz
Now: Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany
Dr. Patrick AhlersPhD (2019), JGU Mainz; MSc (2015) & BSc (2013), WWU Münster
Now: CordenPharma, Frankfurt, Germany
Dr. Daniel SpitzerPhD (2018), JGU Mainz; MSc (2014), WWU Münster
Sanofi-Aventis, Frankfurt, Germany
Now: EuroAPI, Frankfurt, Germany
Dr. Benedict KemperPhD (2017), JGU Mainz; MSc (2013), WWU Münster
CordenPharma, Frankfurt, Germany
Now: Rottendorf Pharma, Ennigerloh, Germany
Dr. Ralph AppelPhD (2016), WWU Münster & JGU Mainz
Now: Hans-Böckler-Berufskolleg, Marl, Germany
Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Hendrik FrischPhD (2016) & MSc (2012), WWU Münster & JGU Mainz
Leopoldina Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Now: Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology,
Brisbane, Australia: Webpage

 

PostDocs

Dr. Adele GabbaPostDoc (2021), JGU Mainz
Now: Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
with Prof. Laura Kiessling, MIT, Boston, USA
Dr. Sebastian PreißPostDoc (2020), JGU Mainz
Now: Biotest, Dreieich, Germany
Dr. Yana R. HristovaPostDoc (2013), WWU Münster
Now: Continental, Hannover, Germany

 

Staff member

Ingrid KosiLab technician, retired in 2023, JGU Mainz

 

Visiting researchers

Ayato HiguchiJSPS & GRK2516 visiting PhD student (2024), JGU Mainz
PhD student from the Goto, Kamiya and Wakabayashi lab,
Kyushu University, Japan
Dr. Brandon ClarkeDAAD-ISAP & GRK2516 visiting PhD student (2023), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Prof. Greg Tew,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Now: PostDoc with Prof. Jennifer Lewis, Harvard University, USA
Prof. Dr. John B. MatsonVisiting Humboldt Research Fellow (2020/22), JGU Mainz
Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Dr. Andrea Canal-MartínDAAD visiting PhD student (2020), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Dr. Ruth Pérez-Fernández,
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas “Margarita Salas”,
CIB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Aritra SarkarDAAD-PPP visiting PhD student (2019), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Prof. Subi George, JNCASR Bangalore, India
Now: Alexander von Humboldt PostDoc with Prof. Andreas Walther,
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Dr. Hazel DavisDAAD-ISAP visiting PhD student (2019), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Prof. Greg Tew,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Now: Arkema, Cary (NC), USA.
Dr. Christopher HangoDAAD-ISAP visiting PhD student (2019), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Prof. Greg Tew,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Now: Generate Biomedicines, Somerville (MA), USA
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Shikha DhimanDAAD-PPP visiting PhD student (2018), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Prof. Subi George, JNCASR Bangalore, India
PostDoc with Prof. E.W. Meijer,
Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
Now: Junior Professor (W1), Department of Chemistry,
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Dr. Libin WuMAINZ visiting PhD student (2017/18), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Prof. Guosong Chen,
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Now: Sherwin Williams, Foshan, China

 

MSc and BSc students

Steffen RöthBSc (2024), JGU Mainz
Lisanne LenzBSc (2024), JGU Mainz
Luca MonteselErasmus MSc (2023), JGU Mainz & Uni Trieste
Nils OestreichBSc (2023), JGU Mainz
Lara BlissBSc (2023), JGU Mainz
Jannick SeebachBSc (2023), JGU Mainz
Jannis EdlingBSc (2023), JGU Mainz
Marion Quijano RinconBSc (2023), JGU Mainz
Sibylle BotschnerBSc (2023), JGU Mainz
Alexander BimmermannBSc (2023), JGU Mainz
Nadja WunderlingBSc (2022) & internship (2022), JGU Mainz
Bünyamin AydinBSc (2022), JGU Mainz
David WasserzierBSc (2022), JGU Mainz
Eric Constantin OgelBSc (2019), internship (2018) & MSc (2022), JGU Mainz
Now: PhD student with Dr. Sidney Becker,
MPI of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
Manuel NagelBSc (2022), JGU Mainz
Katrina SchorsteinBSc (2019) & MSc (2022), JGU Mainz
Now: BioSpring, Frankfurt, Germany
Moritz ObenauerBSc (2022), JGU Mainz
Sebastian RappBSc (2022), JGU Mainz
Jan ZimmerMSc (2021), JGU Mainz
Now: PhD student,
Fraunhofer IMM, Mainz
Brian SchüttrumpfBSc (2021), JGU Mainz
Johannes Dario ScheferBSc (2020) & internship (2021), JGU Mainz
Sebastian BinderBSc (2020), JGU Mainz
Jana FetzerBSc (2020), JGU Mainz
Diana GutknechtBSc (2020), JGU Mainz
Lara Maria Luise MernbergerBSc (2020), JGU Mainz
Tim KonradMSc (2019), JGU Mainz
Maren WeißenfelsMSc (2019), JGU Mainz
Now: PhD student with Prof. Milko van der Boom,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Friedrich StrickerMSc (2018) & BSc (2015), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Prof. Javier Read de Alaniz,
University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Now: PostDoc with Prof. Joanna Aizenberg,
Harvard University, USA
Nina Alexandra HenkeBSc (2017), JGU Mainz
MSc student in the group of Prof. Katharina Landfester,
Physical Chemistry of Polymers division, MPI-P Mainz
Now: PhD student with Prof. Alexander Urban,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Marco PreussBSc (2017), JGU Mainz
Now: PhD student with Prof. E.W. Meijer,
Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
Benjamin SpitzbarthBSc (2017), JGU Mainz
Now: PhD student with Dr. Rienk Eelkema,
Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Kübra KaygisizBSc (2017), JGU Mainz
Now: PhD student with Prof. Tanja Weil,
Synthesis of Macromolecules division, MPI-P Mainz
Kai PhilippsMSc (2017), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Prof. Paul Blom,
Molecular Electronics division, MPI-P Mainz
Now: keim additec surface, Kirchberg/Hunsrück, Germany
Emine IsikhanBSc (2017), JGU Mainz
Emilia Anna WoźnicaBSc (2016), JGU Mainz
Leona Lucas RodriguesBSc (2016), JGU Mainz
PhD student with Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik,
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia
Now: EuroAPI, Frankfurt, Germany
Jonas SchneiderBSc (2016), JGU Mainz
Tobias OttBSc (2015), JGU Mainz
Maximilian von GröningMSc (2015) & BSc (2012), WWU Münster & JGU Mainz
Natasha TrainorErasmus M.Chem. (2014/15), University of York, UK
Jens RudlofBSc (2014), WWU Münster
Christoph ButenBSc (2014), WWU Münster

 

Internship and visiting students

Frank FuhrmannInternship (2023), JGU Mainz
Annika HahnInternship (2023), JGU Mainz
Maike StückertInternship (2022 & 2023), JGU Mainz
Hilal SonelInternship (2021), JGU Mainz
Alexander WalzInternship (2021), JGU Mainz
Michele GrünewaldInternship (2021), JGU Mainz
Luis Vincent WillnerInternship (2021), JGU Mainz
Isabelle SilvestreInternship (2019), JGU Mainz
Veronika MaterInternship (2019), JGU Mainz
Bellinda LantzbergInternship (2019), JGU Mainz
Tristan MarquetantInternship (2019), JGU Mainz
Johanna KöllingInternship (2018), JGU Mainz
Patrick RothInternship (2018), JGU Mainz
Ramona BarentInternship (2018), JGU Mainz
David SchwiertzInternship (2017), JGU Mainz
Jacob van ReetDAAD-ISAP exchange student (2017), University of Toronto
Daniil A. AhiadormeMAINZ visiting student (2016), Lomonosov Moscow State University
Michael ZirbesInternship (2016), JGU Mainz
Matthias JochemInternship (2016), JGU Mainz
Nicolas RittInternship (2016), JGU Mainz
Marcel FickenscherInternship (2015), JGU Mainz
Rebecca NiebuhrInternship (2014), WWU Münster
Grete HoffmannInternship (2014), WWU Münster
Natasha von AspernInternship (2013), WWU Münster
Michael TedersInternship (2013), WWU Münster
Pia KrögerInternship (2013), WWU Münster
PhD student with Dr. Jos Paulusse (2018),
University of Twente, the Netherlands
Now: 3M, Neuss, Germany
Patricia TegederInternship (2012), WWU Münster
Maximilian FritzVisiting student (2012), Philipps-Universität Marburg
Jan UthInternship (2011), WWU Münster

 

Winter 2022 - Department of Chemistry, Mainz

 

Winter 2021 - Department of Chemistry, Mainz

 

Fall 2020 - Department of Chemistry, Mainz

 

Spring 2019 - Institute of Organic Chemistry, Mainz

 

Summer 2018 - Institute of Organic Chemistry, Mainz

 

Fall 2017 - Institute of Organic Chemistry, Mainz

 

Spring 2017 - Institute of Organic Chemistry, Mainz

 

Winter 2015 - Institute of Organic Chemistry, Mainz

 

Summer 2015 - Institute of Organic Chemistry, Mainz

Gruppe Front

 

Spring 2014 - CeNTech II Lab, Münster   (Picture taken by Thomas Hauss)

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Summer 2013 - CeNTech, Münster

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Summer 2012 - CeNTech, Münster

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