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ABOUT US

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

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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

Dr. Rongji Liu

Group Leader

Electrocatalytic Small Molecule Activation

Dr. Simon Clausing

Dr. Simon Clausing

Lab Manager

Mechanistic Photochemistry

Dr. Sarra Rahali

Dr. Sarra Rahali

Postdoc

Polyoxometalate Ionic Liquids

Dr. Ekemena Oseghe

Dr. Ekemena Oseghe

Postdoc

Photocatalysis and Water Purification

Dr. Soressa Abera Chala

Dr. Soressa Abera Chala

Postdoc

Electrocatalytic CO2 Activation

Dr. Yesleen Gupta

Dr. Yesleen Gupta

Postdoc

Light-Driven Water Splitting

Dr. Sina Sadigh Akbari

Dr. Sina Sadigh Akbari

Postdoc

Light-Driven Water Splitting

Dr. Dhouha Abid

Dr. Dhouha Abid

Postdoc

Porous Metal-Organic Framework Materials (MOFs) for Electrocatalysis

Dr. Jin-Bo Pan

Dr. Jin-Bo Pan

Postdoc

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Fan Feng

Fan Feng

PhD Student

Photoelectrocatalysis

Zhengfan Chen

Zhengfan Chen

PhD Student

Redox-Flow Batteries

Marcel Langer

Marcel Langer

PhD Student

Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution

Moritz Remmers

Moritz Remmers

PhD Student

Polyoxovanadate Chemistry

Garima Sachdeva

Garima Sachdeva

PhD Student

Photosensitizer-Polyoxometalate Dyads

Kevin Sowa

Kevin Sowa

PhD Student

Photosensitizer-Polyoxometalate Dyads

Paul Edgar Kadereit

Paul Edgar Kadereit

PhD Student

Light-Driven Catalysis by Polyoxometalates

Henriette Sophia Kolbinger

Henriette Sophia Kolbinger

PhD Student

Mechanistic studies on Thiomolybdates for HER

Nico Achenbach

Nico Achenbach

PhD Student

Metal extraction and recovery using polyoxometalate ionic liquids (POM-ILs)

Kristin Sellmann

Kristin Sellmann

PhD Student

Mechanism of PCET and light-induced PCET reactivity in POMs

Boris Mashtakov

Boris Mashtakov

PhD Student

Mixed-valence Polyoxovanadates for Battery Applications

Tobias Rios-Studer

Tobias Rios-Studer

PhD Student

Electrocatalytic ammonia and urea synthesis

Elnaz Ebrahimi

Elnaz Ebrahimi

PhD Student

Photolecetrochemical water splitting

Moritz Jahn

Moritz Jahn

PhD Student

Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution by Thiomolybdates

Julius Chistoph Wetzel

Julius Chistoph Wetzel

M.Sc. Student

Transition metal substituted Polyoxometalates

Niklas Henning

Niklas Henning

M.Sc. Student

Investigation of the redox catalytic properties of polyoxovanadate clusters

Regine Jung-Pothmann

Regine Jung-Pothmann

Technical Support

Yuliia Shevchenko

Yuliia Shevchenko

Group Coordinator

Luis Senz

Luis Senz

Technical Support

3D printing

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