ABOUT US
We are an interdisciplinary and diverse research team with expertise in synthetic supramolecular chemistry, materials science, photochemistry, electrochemistry and batteries.

Prof. Dr. Carsten Streb
Group Leader
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Since 2022: Full Professor for Inorganic Chemistry
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2018 - 2022: Full Professor for Inorganic Chemistry
Ulm University
Principal Investigator
Helmholtz-Institute Ulm
2013 - 2018: Associate Professor for Inorganic Chemistry
Ulm University
2009 - 2013: Junior group leader (Mentor: Karsten Meyer)
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
2008 - 2009: Postdoc
University of Glasgow and James Watt Nanofabrication Centre
2005 - 2007: PhD student (Supervisor: Lee Cronin)
University of Glasgow
1999 - 2004: Diploma degree in Chemistry
TU Kaiserslautern
OUR TEAM

Dr. Rongji Liu
Group Leader
Electrocatalytic Small Molecule Activation

Dr. Simon Clausing
Lab Manager
Mechanistic Photochemistry

Dr. Sarra Rahali
Postdoc
Polyoxometalate Ionic Liquids

Dr. Ekemena Oseghe
Postdoc
Photocatalysis and Water Purification

Dr. Soressa Abera Chala
Postdoc
Electrocatalytic CO2 Activation

Dr. Yesleen Gupta
Postdoc
Light-Driven Water Splitting

Dr. Sina Sadigh Akbari
Postdoc
Light-Driven Water Splitting

Dr. Dhouha Abid
Postdoc
Porous Metal-Organic Framework Materials (MOFs) for Electrocatalysis

Dr. Jin-Bo Pan
Postdoc
Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Fan Feng
PhD Student
Photoelectrocatalysis

Zhengfan Chen
PhD Student
Redox-Flow Batteries

Marcel Langer
PhD Student
Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution

Moritz Remmers
PhD Student
Polyoxovanadate Chemistry

Garima Sachdeva
PhD Student
Photosensitizer-Polyoxometalate Dyads

Kevin Sowa
PhD Student
Photosensitizer-Polyoxometalate Dyads

Paul Edgar Kadereit
PhD Student
Light-Driven Catalysis by Polyoxometalates

Henriette Sophia Kolbinger
PhD Student
Mechanistic studies on Thiomolybdates for HER

Nico Achenbach
PhD Student
Metal extraction and recovery using polyoxometalate ionic liquids (POM-ILs)

Kristin Sellmann
PhD Student
Mechanism of PCET and light-induced PCET reactivity in POMs

Boris Mashtakov
PhD Student
Mixed-valence Polyoxovanadates for Battery Applications

Tobias Rios-Studer
PhD Student
Electrocatalytic ammonia and urea synthesis
Elnaz Ebrahimi
PhD Student
Photolecetrochemical water splitting

Moritz Jahn
PhD Student
Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution by Thiomolybdates

Julius Chistoph Wetzel
M.Sc. Student
Transition metal substituted Polyoxometalates

Niklas Henning
M.Sc. Student
Investigation of the redox catalytic properties of polyoxovanadate clusters
Regine Jung-Pothmann
Technical Support
Yuliia Shevchenko
Group Coordinator

Luis Senz
Technical Support
3D printing