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Elena Alma Mack was awarded the Zonta Club Erlangen Women in STEM prize for her research in the field of 2D semiconductors. Her commitment to empowering women, being the coordinator of the Women in Science Symposium during from 2023 to 2024, was also weighted into this decision. Zonta is an interna...

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Dirk Guldi has been awarded the prestigious Masuhara Lectureship at the ACP Conference 2025, held in Kochi, India. This esteemed recognition highlights his significant contributions to the field of photochemistry. During the conference, Prof. Guldi deli...

Excellent ideas for a strong industry – VAA Foundation honors a successful young researcher from FAU in the field of chemistry 2025: At the VAA Annual Conference on November 7, 2025, in Essen, Dr. Jakob Reichstein (at the chair of Prof. Dr. Karl Mandel, FAU), Dr. Maximilian Baur, Dr. Ieva A. Cec...

The STAEDTLER FOUNDATION promotes cutting-edge research and honors doctoral students at FAU at its 2025 annual meeting For the 27th consecutive year, the STAEDTLER Foundation honored doctoral students from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) at its 2025 annual meeting. This y...

Effective April 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Karl Mandel has been appointed by FAU President Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hornegger to the Chair of Particle-Based Materials Chemistry (PBMC) at our Department. Since 2020, Karl Mandel has held a W2 professorship in Inorganic Chemistry, associated with the chair of Pr...

As a reminder: A few years ago a team around Professor Sjoerd Harder reported a breakthrough in the chemistry of magnesium (Nature 2021, 592, 717). Magnesium (Mg), which in chemical compounds is always charged 2+, was stabilized in the zero oxidation state and found to react as a nucleophile instead...

A team of scientists from the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, in collaboration with colleagues from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, have made a significant advance in understanding future hydrogen storage technology. Their latest research, published in the ACS Energy Letters, rev...

Molecular photoswitches are only nanometers in size and can change their structure and properties when exposed to light. Molecular photoswitches are of great importance in many applied areas ranging from the development of light-controlled drugs, solar energy harnessing, to the creation of optically...

Dr. Stephan Müssig, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, FAU, was awarded this year's first prize of the Nano Innovation Award of the Center for NanoScience. The prize for application-oriented nanoscience research is valued with 9,000 €. In his work, Stephan Müssig analyzed nanoparticle-based mi...

Molecular switches are molecules whose geometry, chemical, and physical properties can be intentionally altered by an external stimulus. Stimuli include light of defined wavelengths, pH changes, temperature, binding of metal ions, or electric current. The different stimuli and their combinations can...