Successful Young Scientists - and Leonard Fink is part of it

Chemistry is the focus of the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Four of our young scientists will be there to discuss with Nobel Prize winners in chemistry and other young scientists from across the world.

Both applications from our faculty and the proposal from the Elite Network of Bavaria from our faculty were successful this year. Additionally, one of our Master's students applied through the Studienstiftung and also recieved an invitation. Leonard Fink (WG Prof. Lehmann), Alexander Fuchs (WG Prof. Nuhn), Dorothee Schaffner (WG Prof. Fischer), and Lukas Dellermann are looking forward to an exciting week in Lindau at the end of June. We wish you an instructive and stimulating conference!

We are proud that Leonard Fink will attend

Leonard Fink studied chemistry in the bachelor's and master’s program at the JMU. He wrote written his master's thesis in WG Prof. Lehmann and has been working on his doctorate in Prof. Lehmann's group since 2023. The group is working on various novel liquid crystals. These soft materials combine the direction-dependent physical properties of crystals with the flowability of liquids. The aim of the research is to make targeted use of this ability in order to tailor liquid crystalline molecules for electronic applications. Leonard's research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of novel liquid crystalline star molecules with thiophene-based arms, with the long-term goal of developing semiconductors and photovoltaic cells.

by Rachel Steinhaus