Nov. 2024 - Congratulations to Yuqing for successfully defending her PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Wang!
Nov. 2024 - Group retreat #8 in Ulm with lovely evenings together and a fantastic city tour. The highlight of our trip was the visit to Boehringer Ingelheim in Biberach, where we spent an exciting day gaining many fascinating insights. Thanks to Hanna and Sebastian for the organization!
Aug. 2024 - Well done to the group, for participating at the Mainz 5k Firmenlauf!
Jul. 2024 - Congratulations to Marius for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Thomas!
Jun. 2024 - Congratulations to Tino for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Mackiol!
Apr. 2024 - Congratulations to Oliver for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Stach!
Oct. 2023 - JGU Mainz alumna Dr. Annette Buba hosted our group at Boehringer Ingelheim for a very insightful and enjoyable visit. Many thanks!
Sep. 2023 - Well done to the group, for participating at the Mainz 5k Firmenlauf!
Jun. 2023 - Great hiking trip "Hiwweltour" in the vineyards of Stadecken-Elsheim. Thanks Tamara and Sebastian for organising a fantastic day!
Jun. 2023 - Congratulations to Riem for successfully defending her PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Attariya!
Dec. 2022 - Congratulations to Moritz for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Urschbach!
Jul. 2022 - The Besenius lab enjoyed a wonderful day canoeing on the Lahn. Thanks Yuqi for organizing a great trip.
Feb. 2022: Group retreat #6 in Freudenstadt. Interesting talks, a city tour and an amazing residence. Thanks to Kamila and Jessica for organizing this trip.
Jan. 2022 - Congratulations to Jonas for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Kölsch!
Jul. 2021 - Great hiking trip in the vineyards south of Mainz. Thanks Katrina and Jessica for organising a fantastic day.
Jul. 2021 - Congratulations to Lydia for successfully defending her PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Zengerling!
Jun. 2021 - Congratulations to Christian for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Berač!
Feb. 2020 - Group retreat #5 in Waimes, with great seminars, fantastic food and a short visit of the nearby city of Monschau. Thanks Moritz and Christian for organising this trip.
Jan. 2020 - The group enjoyed an insightful visit to Sanofi-Aventis in Frankfurt, hosted by former PhD student Daniel Spitzer.
Nov. 2019 - Congratulations to Ronja and David for successfully defending their PhD theses. Bravo, Dr. Otter and Dr. Straßburger!
Aug. 2019 - The group participated at the Mainz 5k Firmenlauf. Well done!
Aug. 2019 - The Besenius lab's fantastic paintball group activity.
Jul. 2019 - Four years after the first visit, this year's hiking trip went past the Niederwalddenkmal again. Thanks Maren and Tim for organising a fantastic day.
Apr. 2019 - Congratulations to Vanessa for successfully defending her PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Lewe!
Mar. 2019 - Fantastic group retreat #4 in Strasbourg, with great seminars, food and a visit of the European Parliament. Thanks Lydia and Jonas for the organisation.
Jan. 2019 - Congratulations to Patrick for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Ahlers!
Sep. 2018 - Well done to the group, for participating at the Mainz 5k Firmenlauf.
Aug. 2018 - The Besenius group competed in a neck and neck race at the go-kart track in Heidesheim.
May 2018 - Congratulations to Daniel for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Spitzer!
Oct. 2017 - Congratulations to Benedict for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Kemper!
Sep. 2017 - We participated at the Mainz 5k Firmenlauf. Well done to the group. Thanks to Wich lab for the pictures.
Apr. 2017 - A fantastic week, packed with exciting lectures and lively poster sessions has just finished. Pictures from the Meijer-Lab / MAINZ Mini Symposium on 'Advanced Materials Through Supramolecular and Macromolecular Functional Systems' can be found here, and pictures of the MAINZ Masterclass on 'Supramolecular Functional Materials' here.
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Dec. 2016 - The Besenius lab goes 'Kegeln' with collaborators and friends for this year's Christmas party.
Sep. 2016 - Our annual group retreat with great talks, food and wine took place in Siersthal, Northern Vosges Natural Park.
Apr. 2016 - Congratulations to Dr. Hendrik Frisch and Dr. Ralph Appel, the first two PhD students to graduate from the Besenius Lab.
Oct. 2015 - The first Besenius group retreat took place in Senheim, on the Moselle river.
Jun. 2015 - The hike through the Rheingau together with the group of Prof. Kunz was a full success.
The pictures speak for themselves.
Jan. 2015 - After three and a half years of research at the University of Münster, our group is moving to the University of Mainz.
Dec. 2012 - The 2nd German Symposium in Supramolecular Chemistry, is announced and open for registration: http://www.uni-muenster.de/SupraChem2013.
Link to the press release from the University of Münster.
May 2011 - Following Pol’s appointment at the Organic Chemistry Institute - University of Münster, a first version of our website goes online.