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October 22nd, 2026

Konstantin successfully defended his Bachelor's thesis in our group. Congratulations, Konstantin!

October 21st, 2026

In their new preprint, Alexander and Florian present a holistic multiscale modeling approach for notched spiropyran-doped PMMA. By combining quantum chemistry, atomistic/coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics simulations and the finite-element method, they expicitly simulate and combine all orders of magnitude that are relevant for the system. The study gives insight into the molecular mechanism of defect formation and the preferential activation of mechanophores at notch tips. Thanks, Lucio, for the continuing collaboration on this exciting project.

October 20th, 2026

Today, Lakshmi begins her PhD studies in our group. In collaboration with Prof. Christoph Bannwarth from RWTH Aachen, and integrated into the CRC 1769 Polymer Mechanochemistry, she will work on developing machine learning tools for mechanochemistry. We’re looking forward to a lot of cool joint research. Welcome on board, Lakshmi!

October 16th, 2026

Our former PhD student Sourabh, now a postdoc in the group of Ashlie Martini at UC Merced, has contributed to a paper by the group of Anne Staubitz on helical dinaphthothiophenes. It turns out these compounds have some interesting optical properties: Quite atypically, BN substitution does not improve the fluorescence quantum yield. Thanks, everyone, for the nice collaboration.

September 24th, 2026

Paula defends her Bachelor's thesis and is now B. Sc. Paula Vosteen. Congratulations, Paula!

August 20th, 2026

Pia defends her Bachelor's thesis and is now B. Sc. Pia Mittelbach. Congratulations, Pia!

August 10th, 2026

Meenu starts her research internship in our group, in which she will investigate chemical systems in oriented external electric fields (OEEFs). Welcome to our group! We thank MAPEX for funding Meenu’s research stay.

July 6th, 2026

Oliver begins his research internship in our group, in which he will develop a machine learning approach for the simulation of polymers. Welcome, Oliver!

June 1st, 2026

Noah begins his PhD project in our group. He will develop quantum chemical methods for simulating chemical systems under high hydrostatic pressure. Welcome, Noah, we’re looking forward to our joint work on exciting projects.

May 28th, 2026

Konstantin begins working on his Bachelor’s thesis in our group. In collaboration with Marvin, he will investigate bond breaking events in mechanochemistry using various analysis tools. Welcome, Konstantin.