Members

Investigators of the GSMS

	Member	Chair	Research Area
	PD Dr. Amsharov, Konstantin	Organic Chemistry	Rational synthesis of sp2-carbon based nanostructures
	Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann	Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry	Development of preparative methods for nanostructured materials and interfaces at which various types of energy conversion phenomena can be studied
	Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Brabec	Organization: Department of Materials Science and Engineering	Renewable Energies Photovoltaics & Solar Energy Production of Semiconductor Devices by Printing / Coating Methods Combinatorial & High Throughput Research: Methods, Materials, Processes
	Prof. Dr. Nicolai Burzlaff	Inorganic Chemistry	Coordination chemistry Activation of small molecules
	Prof. Dr. Max von Delius	Organic Chemistry	Synthetic Carbon allotropes: preparation of innovative supramolecular materials for applications in organic photovoltaics Systems chemistry: supramolecular chemistry, dynamic covalent chemistry and the chemistry of carbon materials
	Prof. Dr. Thomas Drewello	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry	Mass spectrometry
	Prof. Dr. Rainer Fink	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry	Surface and thin film characterization
	Dr. Roland Gillen (Young Investigator)	Experimental Physics	Structural, electronic, and optical properties of 1D and 2D materials, in particular the effect of interlayer interaction, interfaces, and chemical functionalization
	Prof. Dr. Andreas Görling	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry	Theoretical chemistry Density-functional theory
	Prof. Dr. Franziska Gröhn	Physical Chemistry	Molecular Nanostructures
	Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi (Co-Coordinator)	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry	Carbon nano-structures Solar energy conversion
	Prof. Dr. Markus Halik	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry	Carbon nano-structures Solar energy conversion
	Prof. Dr. Sjoerd Harder	Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry	Organometallic chemistry of early main group metals, with a special interest in the heavier alkaline-earth metals (Ca, Sr and Ba), the late group 12 d-block metals (e.g. Zn) and the lanthanides
	Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrich	Medicinal Chemistry	Radical carbodiazenylation and carboamination Radical carboaminohydroxylation and carbohydroxylation Radical allylation and vinylation Photochemical generation of aryl radicals Radical biaryl synthesis
	Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch (Coordinator)	Organic Chemistry	Functional moleclar architectures Supramolecular chemistry
	Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff	Laser Physics	ACHIP: Electron acceleration with laser light Light-matter interaction with electron nanoemitters 2D Paul trap for electrons Quantum electron microscopy Raman spectroscopy on graphene
	apl. Prof. Dr. Norbert Jux (Administration Director)	Organic Chemistry	Porphyrin chemistry Functional porphyrins
	Prof. Dr. Milan Kivala	Organic Chemistry	Synthesis of unprecedented heteroatom-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with the aim i) to investigate the influence of various heteroatoms on their fundamental characteristics and ii) to apply the resulting compounds as functional materials in organic optoelectronic devices
	Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda	Physical Chemistry	Kinetics and dynamics of chemical reactions at complex surfaces and in complex environments
	Prof. Dr. Sabine Maier	Experimental Physics	Understanding of molecular structures and ultra-thin films on surfaces using high-resolution scanning probe microscopy Spectroscopy
	Prof. Dr. Bernd Meyer	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry	Theoretical Chemistry Density-functional theory
	Prof. Dr. Karsten Meyer (Co-Coordinator)	Inorganic Chemistry	Small molecule activation Molecular catalysis
	Prof. Dr. Andriy Mokhir	Organic Chemistry	Processing and application of assessable chemical catalysts (a) for the analysis of biomolecules (nucleic acids, proteis) in living cells, (b) for the formation of functional nanostructures and (c) as cancer specific cytostatics
	Dr. Daniel Niesner (Young Investigator)	Surface Science and Corrosion	Image-potential states and work function of graphene Unoccupied states of topological insulators Lead halide perovskites: electronic structure and dynamics
	Dr. Maria-Eugenia Peréz-Ojeda (Young Investigator)	Organic Chemistry	Functional Carbon Allotropes
	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Peukert	Particle Technology	Particle synthesis Particle functionalization
	Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schatz	Organic Chemistry	Supramoleclar chemistry Catalysis
	Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Erdmann Spiecker	Material Science and Engineering	Micro- and Nanostructure Research
	Prof. Dr. Patrick Schmuki	Surface Science and Corrosion	Corrosion Surface science
	Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry	Molecular surface reactions
	Prof. Dr. Svetlana Tsogoeva	Organic Chemistry	Organocatalysis Catalysis
	Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid	Chemical and Bioengineering	Reaction engineering
	Prof. Dr. Heiko Weber	Applied Physics	Molecular electronics
	Prof. Dr. Dirk Zahn	Theoretical Chemistry	Reactions in complex Systems Self-Organization of Crystals, Macromolecules and Composites Phase Transitions and Phase Separation Materials Simulations Sampling Biomolecular Systems