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Dirk Guldi presenting “Carbon Dots in Action: Advancing from Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells to Photocatalysis” at Pacifichem 2025 in Honolulu. At the Pacifichem 2025 conference in Honolulu, the Guldi group showcased cutting-edge advances in carbon dot research, highlighting how these versatile nanom...

At the prestigious Pacifichem 2025, hosted by the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu, Hawaii, Prof. Dirk Guldi presented his cutting-edge work on "Adaptive Light Management." Held from December 15-20, 2025, this event gathered leading scientists from around the g...

The Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy wishes all students and staff a wonderful and peaceful holiday season and a successful start to the new year. Lectures will be suspended from December 19, 2025, through January 6, 2025. During the Christmas period, the Student Service Center for Chemistry an...

Last week, the BRAINSTORM project successfully passed its second review meeting with the EIC - European Innovation Council.This milestone marks the end of the second reporting period, during which the consortium showcased significant progress across all areas of the BRAINSTORM technology developmen...

We are happy to welcome our new group member Benita. Benita Stein von Kamienski completed her Master of Science in Chemistry at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg in 2025. In her Master’s thesis, conducted in the research group of Prof. Mandel, she focused on the design of iron ox...

The article “Enzyme-Inspired Single-Atom Photocatalysis for Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide”, recently published in Nature Communications, presents a breakthrough approach to light-driven catalysis by translating enzymatic precision into artificial photocatalysts. The study was carried out by...

This article, recently published in Nature Communications, presents a breakthrough approach to light-driven catalysis by translating enzymatic precision into artificial photocatalysts. The study was carried out by an international team from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU...

We are happy to welcome our new group member Céline. Céline Untch completed her Master of Science degree in Chemistry at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2025. During her Master’s thesis in the group of Prof. Mandel she worked on multi-stage dye release from polymer-based...

Prof. Guldi delivered a compelling lecture on "Designing Carbon Dots for Enhanced Photo-Catalysis: Challenges and Opportunities" on November 17, 2025, during a visit to the City University of Hong Kong. The lecture was part of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Nanoscale Editorial Board's activ...