On October 01st, 2026 Benedikt Herbert successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Solid-State Investigations and Crystalline Solid Solutions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Stabilized by Dispersion Forces". We congratulate Benedikt and wish him all the best for his future career.

Julian Fichtner had the chance to represent the Würthner group at the 20th Methods and Applications in Fluorescence (MAF) Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, from August 9 to 12.

This year our Literature Seminar took place at the Grafenschloss in Diez...

Jiarong Wu and Paul Bachmann recieved two out of four awards from the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Graduation Ceremony (Akademische Abschlussfeier) 2026.

From July 5th to 10th, 2026 supramolecular chemists assembled in Bordeaux, France for the ISMSC 2026. On that occassion Prof. Frank Würthner was awarded the prestigious Izatt-Christensen Award 2026.

Frank Würthner, a professor of chemistry at the University of Würzburg, receives the Izatt-Christensen Award, the highest international honour in the field of supramolecular chemistry.

Highly renowned guest at the University of Würzburg: Chemistry professor Makoto Fujita from Tokyo joins Professor Frank Würthner's team as a Humboldt Research Award winner.

The Dr Reich Scholarship for JMU students writing their Master's thesis at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, established in 2025, was awarded to Alexander Bausback.

A sophisticated process stacks dye molecules in such a way that their luminosity increases significantly as their size grows – a significant step forward for the electronics of tomorrow.

Niyas Mundakkamattathil Abdul Salam, a former PhD student of the Würthner group, received one of the two first SupraChem PhD Awards during the SupraChem 2026 Conference in Dortmund (March 8–10).

From March 8th to 10th, Louis and Hanna represented the Würthner group at the SupraChem 2026 conference at TU Dortmund, which focuses on advances in supramolecular chemistry.