News & Updates
04.05.2026: Warm welcome to Luisa that joins our group as the 5th doctoral student from Giessen University with a fellowship from the Hans und Ria Messer Foundation. Congratulations and best of luck with your chemistry!
29.04.2026: Congratulations to Leonard for submitting an excellent Master's thesis! We wish you all the best for your internship at Lonza and look forward to welcoming you back to our group soon.
23.03.2026: Congratulations to Kevin for submitting an inspiring Master's thesis. We wish you all the best in the future in the Haut Group at FU Berlin after enjoying your well-deserved holidays. We will dearly miss you in our group!
02.03.2026: Spring approaches as we welcome back Valerio to our group as the 4th doctoral student and wish him all the best on his journey in arene activation catalysis.
24.02.2026: Rolling off into the new year with our trip to Heidelbergs one and only "Firebowl" for a fun night of bowling and billard.
09.02.2026: Our first review article on π-bond localization as a tool for arene activation is out. Congrats to Paul and Julian and many thanks to BJOC for the kind invitation!
18.12.2025: Congratulations to Paul and Fabian on receiving prices for their Master's and Bachelor's degrees, respectively.
15.12.2025: We celebrated our annual Christmas party with a great dinner, a fun evening together, and of course, plenty of self-made Feuerzangenbowle. It was a lovely way to wrap up the year, look back on many scientific and personal highlights, and enjoy the festive season as a group.
10.11.2025: Our group keeps growing as we welcome Julia as our new Master's student. We look forward to doing exciting chemistry together!
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22.09.2025: Leonard joins the group for his Master's thesis. We are happy to have you and best of luck with your chemistry.
29.08.2025: Our first group trip: After a hike to Neuburg abbey, we had a great evening at the institute with a BBQ and games.
01.08.2025: Great news come together: we welcome back Finn as the groups third PhD student who has also just been awarded a fellowship of the Hans and Ria Messer Foundation. Congratulations!
28.07.2025: Kevin starts his Master's thesis in the group! Very happy to have you and good luck with your chemistry.
26.06.2025: Paul has been awarded the prestigeous Kekulé Fellowship of the FCI! Huge Congratulations!
16.06.2025: Valerio joins the group for his Master's thesis. We are looking forward to do some exciting chemistry together.
07.04.2025: Congratulations to Finn for submitting a stellar Master's theses. Amazing work and looking forward to welcoming you back soon!
17.03.2025: We welcome back Iris who joins the group for her PhD! Very happy to have you back and you're off to a great start.
03.02.2025: Welcome back to Paul as the groups first PhD student! Great to have you back and we're looking forward to doing some amazing chemistry together.
31.01.2025: We say Goodbye to Mayu who returns to Japan. We wish you all the best for the future!
10.01.2025: Congratulations to Paul and Iris for submitting the first two Master's theses of the group. Amazing work and looking forward to welcoming you back soon!
12.12.2024: We celebrated our groups first Christmas Dinner, looking back at an exciting first year and some personal & scientific highlights.
01.10.2024: Finn starts his Master's thesis in the group and Mayu joins us for a research internship! Great to have you and have a good time in the group.
08.07.2024: Iris starts her Master's thesis in the group! Good luck with your chemistry and we are looking forward to working together.
