Research Groups – A-Z
The Research Groups (alphabetically sorted)
Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Lehrstuhl für Chemistry of thin film materials (Prof. Dr. Bachmann)
Cauerstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-70551
- Email: julien.bachmann@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/bachmann-group/
Research Focus
- Development of preparative methods for the production of novel nanostructured materials, interfaces and coatings
- Energy conversion: Optimization of charge carrier transport and exchange at nanostructured interfaces in solar cells, batteries and other electrodes
Prof. Dr. Marcus Bär
Professor of X-ray spectroscopy at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at FAU, and Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB)
12489 Berlin
- Phone number: +49308062-15641
- Email: marcus.baer@helmholtz-berlin.de
- Website: https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/pubbin/vkart.pl?v=kq
Research Focus
- X-ray spectroscopy on interfaces of thin layers
- In-situ- and operando-examinations of (photo)electrocatalytic materials
Prof. Dr. Nicolai Burzlaff
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor for Inorganic Chemistry
Egerlandstr. 1
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-28976
- Email: nicolai.burzlaff@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/burzlaff-group/
Research Focus
- N,N,O tripod ligands
- κ3-N,N,O-binding ligands
- Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Aroma and Smell Research
91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-22739
- Email: andrea.buettner@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/aroma-smell-research/
Research Focus
- Characterization of odour-active substances relevant to human food and the environment
- Resorption, transmission and metabolism processes of odour-active compounds in humans
- Physiological and psychological behaviours of humans as a result of odour exposure
Prof. Dr. Tim Clark
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Computer Chemistry Centre (CCC)
CCC, Nägelsbachstraße 25
91052 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-22948
- Email: tim.clark@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/clark-group/
Research Focus
- Computational methods for the simulation of chemical and biological systems
- Mechanisms of reactions to redox-active metal centers
- Reactions of organic radicals
- Conformational changes of proteins that lead to biological switching functions
Dr. Ryan Crisp
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Lehrstuhl für Chemistry of thin film materials (Prof. Dr. Bachmann)
Cauerstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-70428
- Email: ryan.crisp@fau.de
- Website: http://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/crisp-group
Prof. Dr. Romano Dorta
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Egerlandstr. 1
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +499131-8527363
- Email: romano.dorta@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/dorta-group/
Research Focus
- Synthetic organometallic chemistry
- Asymmetric catalysis
- Functional ionic liquids
Prof. Dr. Thomas Drewello
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor for Physical Chemistry
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-28312
- Email: thomas.drewello@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/drewello-group/
Office hours
Office hours by arrangement
Research Focus
- Physical Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Henry Dube
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Organic Chemistry I
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65571
- Email: henry.dube@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/dube-group
Research areas
- Molecular machines
- Photochemistry
- Functional supramolecular systems
- Physical-organic chemistry
Prof. Dr. Jutta Eichler
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Eichler)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65466
- Email: jutta.eichler@fau.de
- Website: http://www.medchem.uni-erlangen.de/eichler-lab/
Research Focus
- Research into protein-protein interactions using synthetic mimetics of protein binding sites
- Modulation of protein functions through targeted intervention in the underlying molecular interactions
- Research into novel antiviral therapeutic approaches
- Development of peptide chemical methods for site-specific chemical ligation and protein modification
Prof. Dr. Rainer Fink
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor for Physical Chemistry
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-27322
- Email: rainer.fink@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/fink-group/
Office hours
Each week We, 12:00 - 13:00, Room P 2.51,
Research Focus
- X-ray microscopy with high-brilliant synchrotron radiation
- Functional organic layers
- Molecular self-organization
PD Dr. Henning Gieseler, Apoth.
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Pharmaceutics
Cauerstraße 4, House 6
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-29556
- Email: gieseler@freeze-drying.eu
- Website: http://www.pharmtech.uni-erlangen.de
Prof. Dr. Peter Gmeiner
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Medicinal Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Gmeiner)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65547
- Email: peter.gmeiner@fau.de
- Website: http://www.medchem.uni-erlangen.de/
Research areas
Discovery of highly selective ligands of G protein-coupled receptors based on high-resolution biomolecular structures: design, synthesis, binding and activation studies, molecular dynamics simulations
Prof. Dr. Andreas Görling
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Theoretical Chemistry
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-27766
- Email: andreas.goerling@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/goerling-group/
Research Focus
- Quantum chemistry
- Development of density functional methods for finite systems (molecules and clusters) and periodic systems (polymers, molecular wires, surfaces and solids)
Prof. Dr. Danijela Gregurec
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Henkestr. 91
91052 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25859
- Email: danijela.gregurec@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/gregurec-group/
Prof. Dr. Franziska Gröhn
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor for Molecular Nanostructures
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-20731
- Email: franziska.groehn@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/person/franziska-groehn/
Research Focus
- Organic synthesis
- Characterization of nanoscale structures
Prof. Dr. Dirk Guldi
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Physical Chemistry I
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
Germany
- Phone number: +49913185-27340
- Email: dirk.guldi@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/guldi-group/
Research Focus
- Spectroscopic and microscopic techniques for characterizing new molecular architectures
- Supermolecular hybrid systems, quantum dots, quantum rods and nanoparticles
- Ultra-short-term spectroscopy, vibration spectroscopy, microscopy
- Molecular light-controlled systems
Prof. Dr. Simon Hammann
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Juniorprofessur für Lebensmittelsicherheit und-qualität (am Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt Lehrstuhl)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-65391
- Email: simon.hammann@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/foodsafetyquality/
Research Focus
- Investigation of lipids using chromatography and mass spectrometry
Prof. Dr. Sjoerd Harder, PhD
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Harder)
Egerlandstr. 1
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-27350
- Email: sjoerd.harder@fau.de
- Website: https://www.inorgchem1.nat.fau.de/
Research areas
- Sustainable Catalysis with main group metals
- Activation of aromatic systems and strong C-H bonds with main group metal cocktails
- Metal hydride chemistry and catalytic (de)hydrogenation
- Synthesis and reactivity of low valent main group metal complexes
- Lanthanide chemistry
- Volatile gold complexes for Focused-Electron-Beam-Induced-Deposition
- Challenging preparative synthetic methods under inert atmosphere
Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrich
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Heinrich)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65670
- Email: markus.heinrich@fau.de
- Website: http://www.medchem.uni-erlangen.de/heinrichlab
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Organic Chemistry II (Prof. Dr. Hirsch)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65581
- Email: andreas.hirsch@fau.de
- Website: https://www.oc2.chemistry.nat.fau.eu
Research Focus
- Fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, porphyrins, dendrimers, calixarene and acetylene compounds
- Development of new synthesis methods for, e. g., chiral and amphiphilic functional units as well as for derivatized carbon-rich molecules
- Systematic research into the self-building of achiral and chiral supramolecular overstructures
- Calculation of molecular properties with quantum mechanical methods
Prof. Dr. Petra Imhof
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professur für Computational Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Imhof)
Nägelsbachstraße 25
91052 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-20401
- Email: petra.imhof@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/imhof-group/
apl. Prof. Dr. Norbert Jux
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Organic Chemistry II (Prof. Dr. Hirsch)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65583
- Email: norbert.jux@fau.de
- Website: http://www.jux.chemie.nat.fau.de/
PD Dr. Evgeny Kataev
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Organic Chemistry II (Prof. Dr. Hirsch)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65574
- Email: evgeny.kataev@fau.de
- Website: https://www.supra.chemie.nat.fau.de
PD Dr. Marat Khusniyarov
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Inorganic and General Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Meyer)
Egerlandstr. 1
91058 Erlangen
Germany
- Phone number: +49913185-27464
- Email: marat.khusniyarov@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/khusniyarov-group/
Dr. Stefanie Klein
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor of Physical Chemistry
Egerlandstrasse 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27508
- Email: stefanie.klein@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/klein-group/
Prof. Dr. Carola Kryschi
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor for Physical Chemistry
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-27307
- Email: carola.kryschi@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/kryschi-group/
Research Focus
- Multifunctional magnetoplasmonic Au-Fe3O4 nanoheterodimers for multimodal cancer therapies
- Multicellular tumor spheroids as an in vivo-like tumor model for validating nanotherapeutics
- Plexcitonic gold nanostructures for optoelectronic applications
PD Dr. rer. nat. Harald Lanig, Dipl.-Chem.
Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU)
Administrative Office
Martensstraße 1
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-28572
- Email: harald.lanig@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/lanig/
Research Focus
- The application of homology modelling and molecule dynamics simulations to clarify the structure and function of biomolecules
Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Interface Research and Catalysis (Prof. Dr. Libuda)
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-67661
- Email: joerg.libuda@fau.de
- Website: https://www.ecrc.fau.eu/libuda-group/
Research areas
- Model studies in interface and materials science bridging fundamental and applied research
- Functional interfaces and nanomaterials
- New materials in energy storage and conversion, catalysis, electrochemistry, molecular electronics, and nanotechnology
- In-situ and operando spectroscopy and microscopy from ideal environments to realistic conditions
PD Dr. Habil. Helene Loos
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Aroma and Smell Research (Prof. Dr. Büttner)
Henkestr. 9
91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-24642
- Email: helene.loos@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/aroma-smell-research/
Dr. Florian Maier, Akad. Dir.
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Physical Chemistry II (Prof. Dr. Steinrück)
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27314
- Email: florian.maier@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/maier-group/
Prof. Dr. Karl Mandel
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professorship for Inorganic Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Mandel)
Egerlandstraße 1
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27396
- Email: karl.mandel@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/mandel-group/
Research Area
- Synthesis and (forced) assembly of (inorganic) nano building blocks to functional supraparticles
- Supraparticle structure and building block interaction control for functionality by design
- Design of supraparticles as communicating / interactive objects, multifunctional adsorbers / carriers and catalysts
- Application of supraparticles towards a sustainable inorganic chemistry in the fields of environment, resources and energy
PD Dr. Hubertus Marbach
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Physical Chemistry II (Prof. Dr. Steinrück)
- Email: hubertus.marbach@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/marbach-group/
Prof. Dr. Bernd Meyer
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor for Computational Chemistry (ICMM)
CCC, Nägelsbachstraße 25
91052 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-20403
- Email: bernd.meyer@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/meyer-group/
Prof. Dr. Karsten Meyer
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Inorganic and General Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Meyer)
Egerlandstraße 1
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27360
- Email: karsten.meyer@fau.de
- Website: https://www.inorgchem2.nat.fau.de
Research Focus
The research interests in the Meyer working group aim to build bridges between classical coordination chemistry and the current fields of supramolecular, bioinorganic and organometallic chemistry. The synthesis of new chelating ligands and their coordination compounds with transition metals and actinides is in the foreground.
Prof. Dr. Andriy Mokhir
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor of Organic Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Mokhir)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65582
- Email: andriy.mokhir@fau.de
- Website: https://chemie.nat.fau.de/ak-mokhir/
Research Focus
Prof. Mokhir's research topics include the development of controllable chemical catalysts and their application (a) for the detection of biomolecules (nucleic acids, proteins) in living cells, (b) for the development of functional nanostructures, and (c) as cancer-specific cytostatics.
Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühlich, Apoth.
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacy (Prof. Dr. Mühlich)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65665
- Email: susanne.muehlich@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/muehlich-group/people/
Prof. Dr. Carolin Müller
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Juniorprofessur für die Theorie elektronisch angeregter Zustände
Nägelsbachstr. 25
91052 Erlangen
- Phone number: 091318520406
- Email: carolin.cpc.mueller@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/mueller-group
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Siow Woon Ng
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Juniorprofessur für Physikalische Chemie an Grenzflächen
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25226
- Email: siowwoon.ng@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/ng-group/
PD Dr. Christian Papp, since May 1, 2023 Professor at the FU Berlin
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Physical Chemistry II (Prof. Dr. Steinrück)
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27326
- Email: christian.papp@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/papp-group/
Research Focus
Surface and in situ spectroscopy
Prof. Dr. Monika Pischetsrieder
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Food Chemistry / Henriette Schmidt Burkhardt (Prof. Dr. Pischetsrieder)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65592
- Email: monika.pischetsrieder@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
Research Focus
The Food Chemistry research group focuses on the molecular determinants of food bioactivity and functionality. Foods are complex systems, which are composed of thousands of different components. In order to understand how the food's molecular composition modulates its (bio-)function, comprehensive profiling methods are applied based on cutting-edige mass spectrometry methods and bioinformatics tools.
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schatz
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor of Organic Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Schatz)
Universitätsstr. 40
91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-23037
- Email: juergen.schatz@fau.de
- Website: https://www.nat.fau.de/fakultaet/dekanat/
Office hours
During the semester: Wednesdays 10.15 - 11.00 am and 12.30 - 1.00 pm
During vacations: by agreement
nach Vereinbarung (e-Mail)
Research Focus
Our current scientific interest is focused on the field of supramolecular chemistry. Weak interactions with artificial host molecules are exploited to specifically identify small guests. These detection processes are used, for example, in catalysis - here the focus is on organic-chemical transformations in aqueous medium.
Dr. Matthias Schiedel
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Medicinal Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Gmeiner)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65534
- Email: matthias.schiedel@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/schiedel-group/
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Span
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor of Bioinorganic Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Span)
Egerlandstr. 1
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25428
- Email: ingrid.span@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/span-group
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Physical Chemistry II
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27343
- Email: hans-peter.steinrueck@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/steinrueck-group/
Research Focus
- Ionic liquid surface science
- Surface Chemistry of porphyrins
- Liquid metal catalysis
- In situ studies of surface reactions
- Supported graphene
Prof. Dr. Svetlana Tsogoeva
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor of Organic Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Tsogoeva)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65573
- Email: svetlana.tsogoeva@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/tsogoeva-group/
Prof. Dr. Dirk Zahn
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor for Theoretical Chemistry
CCC, Nägelsbachstraße 25
91052 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-20405
- Email: dirk.zahn@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/zahn-group/
Research Focus
Theoretical chemistry, atomic simulation with focus on germformation processes and material chemistry