The main research area of the group is supramolecular chemistry. An important research topic is the development of synthetic anion receptors, most of which are based on cyclic peptides and pseudopeptides. Of particular interest is the recognition of anions in water and the understanding of the underlying principles. In addition to macrocyclic receptors, gold nanoparticles and polymeric materials have recently been used for anion binding. A completely different research topic, but also rooted in supramolecular chemistry, is the development of compounds that rapidly convert neurotoxic organophosphates into non-toxic metabolites under physiological conditions, allowing their use to treat poisoning with these nerve agents.
20.09.2024: The first Training School of the LUCES COST Action CA22131 How to develop a sensor? Academic Approaches vs. Industrial Interests ended today. The 52 international participants followed the scientific programme and the excellent workshop on entrepreneurship organized by the RPTU start-up office with great interest and interacted intensively. Thanks also to the great weather in Kaiserslautern, the Training School was a great success.
05.06.2024: The second and extended edition of my textbook on supramolecular chemistry will be published on 22 July 2024. Besides many corrections and additions, I have added a new chapter on supramolecular polymers. Pre-orders are already possible.
25.04.2024: Benedict Wyrwol successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
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31.03.2023: Check out this link to find information about the seminar "Small Machines" that will be jointly organized by the Departments of Biology, Chemsitry, and Physics starting from next semester.
17.02.2023: lena Reinke successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the professional career.
17.11.2022: Patrick Gaß successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the post-doc in Aachen.
04.07.2022: My textbook was awarded the literature prize of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie today. I am deeply grateful to the Fund's Board of Trustees for this prestigious award. More information on the FCI website.
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03.12.2021: Lígia Mesquita successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
21.07.2021: Beatrice Römer née Andrae successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
23.06.2021: Manuela Zouatom successfully completes her master thesis. Congratulations and good luck for the future.
11.06.2021: Daniel Bauer successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
16.12.2020: As of today, my textbook on Supramolecular Chemistry is commercially available. More information can be found on the publisher's website. I hope it finds many readers.
06.01.2021: Marcel Wasik successfully completes his master thesis. Congratulations and good luck for the professional future.
08.10.2020: Julia Bartl successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
10.09.2020: Julia's publication has made it to the inside cover of Chem. Commun. Congratulations.
16.05.2019: To be published on July 10th...
18.04.2019: Benedict Wyrwol successfully completes his master thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project.
27.03.2019: Beatrice Andrae receives a poster prize during the 17th Medical Chemical Defense Conference in Munich. Congratulations.
26.02.2019: Participation in the SupraChem 2017 in Würzburg. Julia Bartl receives a prize for her poster. Congratulations.
17.10.2018: Patrick Gaß successfully completes his master thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project.
31.07.2018: After last years success, we go canoeing again during the group trip, this time on the Neckar.
13.04.2018: Michaela Klische successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
27.10.2017: Fabian Sommer successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
28.09.2017: Lena Reinke successfully completes her diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project.
01.09.2017: The first newsletter of the groups in Organic Chemistry is online. Enjoy the reading.
09.08.2017: Canoeing on the Saar and visit of Saarburg.
21.07.2017: Disha Mungalpara sucessfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and keep up the good work during the upcoming post-doc projects.
09.06.2015: Daniel Bauer successfully completes his diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project.
28.04.2017: Christian Schneider successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
29.03.2017: Stephanie Scheib successfully completes der diploma thesis. Congratulations.
28.03.2017: Beatrice Andrae successfully completes her diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project.
13.02.2017: Participation in the SupraChem 2017 in Aachen. Fabian Sommer's poster is awarded a prize. Congratulations.
13.10.2016: Serap Yapar sucessfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
24.06.2016: Alexander Ganß successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
31.08.2016: During the group outing this year we hike from Bad Dürkheim to Deidesheim.
13.07.2016: Julia Bartl receives the award of the Kreissparkassen foundation for her diploma thesis. Congratulations.
18.03.2016: Julia Bartl receives the Steinhofer Prize 2015 for outstanding study achievements. Congratulations.
07.03.2016: The revised and updated lecture Supramolecular Chemistry is completely online.
01.10.2015: Lígia Mesquita starts her PhD in the framework of the Marie-Curie ITN ResMoSys.
30.09.2015: Julia Bartl successfully completes her diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project.
02.07.2015: Participation in the 10th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry in Strasbourg.
01.06.2015: Group trip with the draisine from Altenglan to Staudernheim.
25.05.2015: Steffen Schlicher successfully completes her diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project in Paderborn.
20.05.2015: Björn Schäfgen successfully completes his diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project in the group of W. Thiel.
22.02.2015: Participation in the SupraChem 2015 in Berlin.
20.12.2014: Theresa Schitter successfully completes her diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project in Braunschweig.
20.12.2014: Viktoria Leonhardt successfully completes her diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project in Würzburg.
01.11.2014: Arnold Leidner successfully completes his diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project in Karlsruhe.
07.10.2013: The team of the group wins the ChemCup, the soccer tournament of the Department, for the fourth time.
29.09.2013: Arnold Leidner, Christian Schneider and Michael Zengerle participate successfully in the Berlin Marathon. Congratulations.
17.09.2013: The third candidate this year, Michael Zengerle, obtained his Ph.D. We congratulate him to successfully defending his thesis and wish him all the best for his Post-Doc in Scotland.
01.09.2013 - 04.09.2013: Participation in the GDCh Wissenschaftsforum 2013 in Darmstadt.
30.08.2013: Astrid Schaly sucessfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the postdoctoral stay in Dijon.
28.08.2013: Eugenia Petkova Eugenieva-Ilieva sucessfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
14.02.2013 - 15.02.2013: Participation in the SupraChem 2013 in Münster.
26.01.2013 - 01.02.2013: Participation in the e-WISPOC (European Winter School on Physical Organic Chemistry) in Bressanone/Brixen, Italy. Michaela Klische wins a poster prize.
09.11.2012: Presentation of the INTERREG IV project "Chiral Porous Crystals for Enantiomeric Separations" during the "Nacht der Wissenschaft" (Science Night) at the TU Kaiserslautern.
18.09.2012: Michaela Klische joins the group as new Ph.D. candidate.
23.08.2012: Laura Gilberg sucessfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the for the postdoctoral stay in Brno/Czech Republic.
14.08.2012: Luzian Porwol successfully completes his diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project in Glasgow.
07.08.2012: The kick-off meeting of the INTEREG IV project "Chirale Porous Crystals for Enantiomeric Separations" takes place in Karlsruhe today.
25.07.2012: Disha Mungalpara joins the group as new Ph.D. candidate.
28.07.2012: Alexander Ganß successfully completes his diploma thesis. Congratulations and good luck with the PhD project.
14.07.2012: The DYNAMOL Workshop at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel starts today.
01.07.2012: Official start of the INTEREG IV project "Chirale Porous Crystals for Enantiomeric Separations".
01.03.2012: The DYNAMOL Workshop in Champéry/Switzerland starts today.
14.12.2011: Martin Krause successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the for the postdoctoral stay in the US.
07.11.2011: The DYNAMOL Workshop in Bordeaux/France starts today.
27.09.2011: Stefanie Noé successfully completes her diploma thesis. Congratulations.
27.09.2011: Michaela Hamm successfully completes her diploma thesis. Congratulations.
16.09.2011: Serap Yapar joins the group as new Ph.D. candidate.
02.09.2011: Group trip to Bingen/Rhein.
05.05.2011: Thomas Fiehn successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations and all the best for the future professional career.
22.12.2010: Johannes Pitsch successfully completes his diploma thesis. Congratulations.
23.08.2010: Group trip to Amnéville in France.
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