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Kekulé Scholarship from the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for Benita
PhD candidate Benita Stein von Kamienski has been awarded a prestigious Kekulé Scholarship by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI). The scholarship recognizes outstanding academic achievements as well as the scientific excellence and innovative potential of her proposed doctoral research project. In her doctoral research in the Mandel Group, Benita develops magnetic supraparticles that can…
Welcome Semanur
We are happy to welcome our new group member Semanur. Semanur obtained her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Marmara University in Istanbul. During her undergraduate studies, she joined TUBITAK as an intern. She also participated in the Erasmus program and worked for one year at the University of Stuttgart as an intern. Following her bachelor’s…
New things and people arrived
Happy to see that two people start in our group recently: Robin Bretteville is starting as a PhD candidate and Philipp Groppe came back as a PostDoc. Additionally, a big new device arrived as well, stay tuned for more updates!
Welcome Philipp
We are happy to welcome our new group member Philipp. Philipp Groppe obtained his M.Sc. in Material Science from the University of Würzburg in 2020 and successfully completed his PhD studies at the FAU in 2025, in which he focused on the adjustment and understanding of the nanoporous structure of spray-dried supraparticles with catalytic properties.…
Welcome Robin
We are happy to welcome our new group member Robin. Robin completed his studies at the ENSCR (National School of Higher Studies in Chemistry of Rennes) and the University of Rennes in France. He earned an engineering diploma in chemistry from the ENSCR and a Master of Science in solid-state chemistry from the University of…
DBU project granted
Great news that Stephan’s proposal on iron oxide powder for energy- and hydrogen storage was granted via the funding initiative storage and grids of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU). Herein, we use our expertise on iron oxide for energy solutions rather than for magnetic identification!
New article accepted
We brought our magnetic ID particles to the next level: we found that a bit of oleic acid is doing the trick to make them much more stable in harsh environments, thus turning them into real permanent markers for objects to be identified. Deuso S.L., Müssig S., Stephani P., Conan R., Winzer B., Hurle K.,…
New article accepted
We now can design magnetic nanoparticles with nearly freely tunable Curie temperature from 250°C down to room temperature – the article describing this was just accepted in Small. Luthardt L., Müssig S., Hurle K., Zink A., Zhou X., Zubiri B.A., Spiecker E., Mandel K.*Tailorable Curie Temperature in Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles with Finely Tunable Induction Heating…
New article accepted
Nice work by the Crisp Group on electrospun Carbon-TiO2 fibers for photoelectrocatalysis that we had the honour to support a bit! Hager S.P., Herbig B., Müller V., Dreßel A.K., Dehm K.E., Mandel K., Wintzheimer S., Crisp R.W.*Electrospun carbon-TiO₂ composite nanofibers for environmental photoelectrocatalysisIn: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology (2026)DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2026.100278
New article published
Susanne’s work on supraparticles and SCALMS was accepted in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Groppe P., Zimmermann T., Madubuko N., Bürner K., Sheng Y., Wichmann C., Moritz M.S., Czechowsky J., Müller V., Libuda J., Wasserscheid P., Mandel K., Daeneke T., Grunwaldt J.-D., Papp C., Haumann M., Retzer T.,* Taccardi N.,* Wintzheimer S.*The influence of…
Servus Stephan
Servus Stephan – as of January 1st, Stephan Müssig was appointed as academic council – congratulations, looking forward to an exciting time together!
Welcome Benita
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 oxide-based supraparticles for hydrogen detection using magnetic particle spectroscopy. She…
Welcome Céline
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 supraparticles via induction heating. In her PhD thesis, she will support…
New article accepted
In our latest work that was just accepted in the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science we report on a way how to influence the structure of supraparticles by using salt that can easily be removed afterwards via simple thermal treatment. Zink A., Kolb S., Wintzheimer S., Mandel K.Salt ions can control supraparticle structure during…
VAA Foundation Excellence Award for Dr. Jakob Reichstein
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. Cechanaviciute-Misiune, and Dr. Joe…