Würthner Group: Organic Materials and Nanosystems Chemistry

Dr. Christina Kaufmann

Master Thesis at the University of Würzburg, 2014
"Synthesis and Characterization of Novel J-Aggregate Forming Perylene Bisimide Organogelators"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2018:
"Discrete Supramolecular Architectures of Bay-linked Perylene Bisimide Dimers by Self-Assembly and Folding"

Afterwards: Grünbeck Wasseraufbereitung GmbH, Höchstädt a. d. Donau, Germany

Dr. Stefanie Herbst

Master Thesis at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 2013
"Additionsreaktionen mit Metallen"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2018:
"Liquid Crystalline Perylene Bisimide Assemblie"

Afterwards: Deutsche Bundesbank, Filiale Frankfurt, Germany

Dr. Annike Weißenstein

Master Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2013:
"Amphiphile Perylenbisimid-Farbstoffe mit kationenspezifischen Rezeptorfunktionen"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2018:
"Optische Chemosensoren aus Naphthalin- und Perylenbisimid-Farbstoffen"

Afterwards: Fraunhofer IWKS, Alzenau, Germany

Dr. Reinhard Hecht

Master Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2013:
"Synthese und Charakterisierung von zyklometallierten Iridiumkomplexen mit Triarylamindonoren"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2018:
"Processing and Characterization of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Bassed on New Organic n-Type Semiconductors"

Afterwards: Wacker Chemie AG, Germany

Dr. Eva Kirchner

Master Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2013:
"Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Moleculartweezers formed from Merocyanine Dyes"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2018:
"Discrete Supramolecular Stacks by Self-Assembly and Folding of Bis(merocyanine) Dyes"

Afterwards: Lonza Group AG, Visp, Switzerland

Dr. Andreas Liess

Diploma Thesis at the Technische Universität Darmstadt 2012:
"Einflüsse auf die Lumineszenzeigenschaften von Thallium-dotiertem Cäsiumiodid"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2017:
"Structure-Property Relationships of Merocyanine Dyes in the Solid-State: Charge Transport and Excition Coupling"

2017-2018:  Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Würzburg, Germany
Afterwards:: Heraeus Medical Components, Hanau, Germany

Dr. Sabine Seifert

Master Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2013:
"Synthese und Charakterisierung elektronenarmer Perylenbisimide"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2017:
"New Electron-Deficient Polycyclic Aromatic Dicarboximides by Palladium-Catalyzed C-C Coupling and Core Halogenation-Cyanation"

Afterwards: Sappi Stockstadt GmbH, Stockstadt, Germany

Dr. Valentin Kunz

Master Thesis at the FU Berlin 2013:
"Synthese funktionalisierter Goldnanopartikel und Aufbau von Multischichten auf Oberflächen"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2017:
"Supramolecular Approaches for Water Oxidation Catalysis with Ruthenium Complexes"

Afterwards: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany

Dr. Christina Rest

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2010:
"Perylenbisimide mit Kronenether-Substituenten in Imid-Position und ihre Eignung als Fluoreszenz-Sensoren in wässriger und organischer Lösung".

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2016:
"Self-assembly of amphiphilic oligo(phenylene ethynylene)-based (bi)pyridine ligands and their Pt(II) and Pd(II) complexes"

Afterwards: tesa scribos, Heidelberg, Germany

Dr. Alhama Arjona Esteban

Master's Degree at the ECPM in Strasbourg, France, 2010

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2016:
"Merocyanine Dyes as Organic Semiconductors for Vacuum-processed Solar Cell and Transistor Devices"

Afterwards: Cynora GmbH,  Bruchsal, Germany

Dr. Daniel Görl

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2010:
"Untersuchungen zur Aggregation Kronenether-funktionalisierter Perylenbisimid-
farbstoffe in wässriger Lösung"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2015:
"Hydrophobe Effekte bolaamphiphiler Rylenbisimide"

Afterwards: postdoctoral position at Ècole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Dr. Stefanie Rehm

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2003:
"Synthese eines Perylenbisimidfarbstoffs mit Spermin-Seitenketten und dessen
Wechselwirkung mit DNA"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2015:
"Spermine-functionalized Perylene Bisimide Dyes: Synthesis and Self-assembly in Water"

2008 - 2011 manager at the Faculty of Organic Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Germany
Sincce 2012 Referat Hochschulstrategie at Techniche Universität Darmstadt, Germany

Dr. Benjamin Fimmel

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2010:
"Synthese und optische Eigenschaften von Perylenbisimid-Trimeren"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2015:
"Perylene Bisimide Foldamers: Synthesis and In-Depth Studies of the Ground- and Excited States Properties"

Afterwards: "BAFA", Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle, Eschborn.

Dr. André Zitzler-Kunkel

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2010:
"Bis(merocyanin)farbstoffe und ihre supramolekulare Polymerisation"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2014:
 "Funktionale Merocyaninfarbstoffe: Synthese, molekulare und Selbstorganisationseigenschaften sowie ihre Anwendung in der organischen Photovoltaik"

Afterwards: GHC Gerling Holz und Co. Handels GmbH, Hanau, Germany

Dr. Sabin-Lucian Suraru

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2008:
"Übergangsmetall-katalysierte Kupplungsreaktionen am 2,3,6,7-Tetrabrom-
Naphthalinbisimiden"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2013:
"Elektronenarme und kernerweiterte Naphthalindiimide und Diketopyrrolopyrrole für
organische Dünnschichttransistoren"

11/2013 - 10/2014 postdoctoral position, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Since 11/2014 R&D Manager at Flint Group Germany, Willstätt.

Dr. Marcel Gsänger

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2007:
"Synthese substituierter Perylenbisimide unter Verwendung von Schutzgruppen"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2013:
"Organic-Thin-Film Transistors based on Dipolar Squaraine Dyes"

Afterwards: SiCrystal AG, Nürnberg, Germany

Dr. Martin Berberich

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2007:
"Photoschaltbare Diarylethen-Perylenbisimide-Kunjugate: Synthese optische und elektrochemische Eigenschaften"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2012:
"Rylene Bisimide-Diarylethene Photochromic Systems for Non-Destructive Memory Read-out"

2013 - 2014 Samsung Cheil Industries Inc., Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany
2015 - 2017 MACOMASS Verkaufs AG, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Since 2018 Fraunhofer-Projektgruppe für Wertstoffkreisläufe und Ressourcenstrategie IWKS,
Alzenau, Germany

Dr. Changzhun Shao

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2007:
"Synthesis of Bis(p-phenyleneethynylene) appended Perylene Bisimide Dyes"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2012:
"Programming Self-assembly: Formation of Discrete Perylene Bisimide Aggregation"

Afterwards: China Patent Agent Ltd., Beijing, China

Dr. Felix Schlosser

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2007:
"Synthese und Charakterisierung von Calix[4]aren-Perylenbisimid-Redoxkaskaden"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2012:
"Synthese und Charakterisierung kovalent gebundener Perylenbisimid-Makrozyklen"

Afterwards: Peer + B.V. Eindhoven, NOW: Merck Window Technologies B. V. The Netherlands

Dr. Sanchita Sengupta

Masters Thesis at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India 2006

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg, Germany 2011:
"Bio-inspired Zinc Chlorin Dye Assemblies for Supramolecular Electronics"

4/2012-7/2013 postdoctoral position at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
7/2013-5/2017 Assistant Professor at "Indian Institute of Science", Bangalore, India
Since 06/2017 Professor at Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Mohali, India

Dr. Ulrich Mayerhöffer

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2008:
"Synthese von Bis(merocyanin)farbstoffen und deren Selbstorganisation in helicale Farbstoffaggregate"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2011:
"Synthese, Eigenschaften und funktionale Anwendungen von NIR absorbierenden Squarainen"

Afterwards: Lonza Group AG, Visp, Switzerland

Dr. Hannah Bürckstümmer

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2007:
"Synthese Donor-substituierter Naphthalsäureanhydride für Farbstoff-sensibilisierte Solarzellen"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2011:
"Merocyanine Dyes for Solution-Processed Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells"

Afterwards: Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Dr. Ralf Schmidt

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2006:
"H-Brücken gebundene Farbstoffassoziate"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2011:
"Hamilton-Receptor Mediated Self-Assembly of Merocyanine Dyes into
Supramolecular Polymers"

Afterwards: Atotech Deutschland, Berlin, Germany

Dr. Xue-Qing Li

Diploma Thesis at the Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 2002

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg 2009
"Hydrogen Bond-directed Self-assembly of Perylene Bisimide Organogelators"

03/2010 - 06/2011 University Bern, Switzerland.
Since 07/2011 BASF Polyurethane Specialties Company Ltd, Shanghai, China.

Dr. Theo E. Kaiser

Diploma Thesis at the University of Regensburg in 2004
"Synthese bimolekularer heterocyclischer π-Systeme und Untersuchung der substrukturellen Wechselwirkungen"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2009:
"J-Aggregates of Tetraphenoxy-Substituted Perylene Bisimide Dyes"

7/2009 - 10/2014 "rent a scientist GmbH", Regensburg, Germany
Since 11/2014 Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH, Regensburg, Germany

Dr. Andreas Lohr

Diploma Thesis at the University of Ulm in 2003:
"Synthese dipolarer Pinzetten und Makrocyclen auf Basis von Merocyaninfarbstoffen"

PhD Work at the University of Würzburg in 2008:
"Self-Assembly of Merocyanines: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Insights into the Formation of  Well-Defined Dye Aggregates"

2008 - 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge/MA, USA
Since 2010 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Dr. Rüdiger Schmidt

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2003:
"Synthese von Anthra- und Pentacenderivaten mit Trialkoxyphenylethinylsubstituenten"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2008:
"Perylene Bisimide and Acene Derivatives as Organic Semiconductors in OTFTs"

Afterwards: BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Dr. Johann Schmidt

Diploma Thesis at the University of Karlsruhe in 2002:
"Untersuchungen zur Darstellung von Cp*-substituierten Phosphor- Übergangsmetall-Komplexen"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2008:
"Wasserstoffbrücken-gesteuerte Assoziation von Merocyaninfarbstoffen für photorefraktive Materialien"

Afterwards: Sika Schweiz AG, Zürich, Switzerland

Dr. Cornelia Röger

Diploma Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2003:
"Synthese eines Carotinoid-funktionalisierten Chlorophylls"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2007:
"Self-Organizing Light Harvesting Systems Based on Dye-Functionalized Zinc Chlorins"

Afterwards: BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Dr. Catharina Hippius

Diploma Thesis at the University of Jena in 2002:
"Neuartig substituierte 4H-Imidazole und ihre Eignung als Komplexliganden"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2007:
"Multichromophoric Arrays of Perylene Bisimide Dyes - Synthesis and Optical Properties"

Afterwards: BASF S.E., Ludwigshafen, Germany

Dr. Valerie Huber

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Wuerzburg in 2007:
"Selbstorganisation von semisynthetischen Zinkchlorinen zu biomimetischen Lichtsammelsystemen und definierten Nanostrukturen"

Afterwards: Siemens AG, Frankfurt, Germany

Dr. Peter Osswald

Diploma Thesis at the University of Ulm in 2002:
"Synthese von Oligoethylenglycolsubstituierten 1,6,7,12-Tetraphenoxy-Perylenbisimiden"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Wuerzburg in 2007:
"Perylene Bisimide Atropisomers: Synthesis and Optical and Chiroptical Properties"

Afterwards: 3M ESPE AG, Seefeld am Ammersee, Germany

Prof. Dr. Zhijian Chen

Diploma Thesis at the Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing University in 1999:
"The structure and the morphology of the phospholipid monolayer and the phospholipid monolayer mixed with protein"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2006:
"π-Stacks Based on Self-Assembled Perylene Bisimides: Structural, Optical, and Electronic Properties"

2007 - 2009 Postdoctoral position at University of Rochester, Center for Optoelectronics and Imaging, New York, USA.
Since 2010 Professor at Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin, China.

Dr. Rainer Dobrawa

Diploma Thesis at the University of Ulm in 2000:
"Synthese von 2,2':6',2''-Terpyridin-funktionalisierten Perylenbisimiden"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Würzburg in 2004:
"Synthesis and Characterization of Terpyridine-based Coordination Polymers"

2004 - 2010 BASF SE, Polymer Research, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2010 - 2013 BASF SE,  Care Chemicals and Formulators, Ludwigshafen,
Germany
Since 2014 Care Chemicals, BASF Auxiliary Chemicals, Shanghai, China

Dr. Armin Sautter

Diploma Thesis at the University of Ulm in 1997:
"Synthese substituierter Perylene als funktionelle supramolekulare Bausteine"

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Ulm in 2001:
"Cyclic and Infinite Supramolecular Assemblies Based on Diazoaromatic Perylene Dye Ligands"

2001 - 2009 Bayer AG, H.C. Starck GmbH, Goslar, Germany;
2010 - 2012 H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH,  Leverkusen, Germany
Since 2013 Senior Vice President at Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG, Leverkusen, Germany

Dr. Christoph Thalacker

Diploma Thesis at the University of Ulm in 1997:
Synthese von Benzodipyrrolidonen als chromophore supramolekulare Bausteine

Doctoral Thesis at the University of Ulm in 2001:
"Supramolecular Assemblies of Naphtalene an Perylene Bisimide Dyes Based on Hydrogen Bonding and π-π-Interactions"

Afterwards: 3M ESPE AG, Seefeld am Ammersee, Germany

Dr. Vincenzo Grande
(10/2016 - 04/2019)

Afterwards: Procos S.p.A., Cameri (Novara), Italy

Dr. David Schmidt
(10/2013 - 03/2018)

Afterwards: Ferrow GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Dr. Bartoleme Soberats Reus
(05/2015 - 09/2017)

Afterwards: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma, Spain

Dr. Soichiro Ogi
(JSPS-Research Fellow 01/2014 - 03/2016)

Afterwards: Assistant Professor at Nagoya University, Japan

Dr. Ramesh Kandanelli
(3/2014 - 9/2015)

Dr. Pawaret Leowanawat
(AvH-Fellow 11/2013 - 6/2015)

Afterwards: Assistant Professor at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Dr. Naveen Kumar Allampally
(4/2013 - 11/2014)

Afterwards: Researcher/scientist at Clariant International Ltd. Frankfurt, Germany

Dr. Tao He
(9/2012 - 10/2014)

Afterwards: Postdoctoral position at University of Minnesota, USA

Dr. Takeshi Maeda
(Visiting scientist from 5/2013 - 3/2014)

Afterwards: Associate Professor at Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

Dr. Àngel Jimenez
(1/2012 - 12/2013)

Researcher at Research/Technology Polymer Chemistry at Hilti Deutschland AG

Afterwards: Head of laboratoy at SOPREMA-klewa GmbH, Mannheim

Prof. Dr. Wan Yue
(10/2012-12/2013)

2014 - 2016 Postdoctoral position at Imperial College London, UK
Since 2017 Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Dr. Maria Mayoral Muñoz
(12/2010-11/2013)

Afterwards: Postdoctoral position, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Dr. Peter Frischmann
(AvH-Fellow 2/2011 - 9/2013)

Afterwards: Postdoctoral position at Berkeley Laboratory (Molecular Foundry Energy Research Center), CA, USA

Dr. Aifeng Lv
(9/2012-11/2013)

2013 - 2017 Postdoctoral position at Universität Münster, Germany
Since 2018 Professor at Shanghai University of Engineering Science, China

Dr. Lizhen Huang
(9/2011-2/2013)

Afterwards: Associate Professor at Soochow University, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Dr. Karl Thorley
(AvH-Fellow 9/2010-11/2012)

Afterwards: Postdoctoral position at University of Kentucky (Prof. John Anthony), U.S.A.

Dr. Kingsuk Mahata
(AvH-Fellow 9/2010-08/2012)

Afterwards: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

Dr. Zengqi Xie
(AvH-Fellowship and BMBF-Project 03/2009-11/2011)

Afterwards: Professor at South East China University of Technology at Guangzhou, China

Dr. Thomas H. Rehm
(08/2009 - 04/2011)

05/2011 - 12/2013 Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH, Mainz, Germany.
01/2014 - 10/2015 Fraunhofer ICT-IMM, Mainz, Germany.
Since 11/2015 Senior Scientist at Fraunhofer ICT-IMM, Mainz, Germany

Dr. Linlin Liu
(Volkswagen-Stiftung 03/2009-11/2011)

Afterwards: Associate Professor at South East China University of Technology at Guangzhou, China

Prof. Dr. Shinobu Uemura
(DFG GRK/1221-Fellowship 04/2007–08/2009)

2009 - 2013 Assistant Professor at Kumamoto University, Japan, Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry
Since 2014 Associate Professor at Kagawa University, Japan

Prof. Dr. Suhrit Ghosh
(AvH-Fellowship 08/2007–04/2009)

Afterwards: Professor at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Polymer Science Unit, Kolkata, India

Dr. Jun Liu
(AvH-Fellowship 07/2007–02/2009)

2009-2013 Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Since 2014 Deputy Director of State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun, China

Dr. Elena Tulyakova
(BASF-Research Scholarship 01/2008-01/2009)

2009 UPRESA CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique et d'Application RMN, Lille Cedex, France;
Since 2010 Bussines consultant at DuPont Sustainable Solutions Management Consulting, Moskow, Russia

Prof. Dr. Natarajan Ramalingam
(AvH-Fellowship 10/2006–09/2007)

2007 - 2008 School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK
Since 2009 Professor at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India

Dr. Hao Wang
(AvH-Fellowship 01/2006–06/2007)

2007-2011 Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Since 2011 Professor at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, China

Dr. Marina Lysetska
(Volkswagen-Research Scholarship 11/2003–10/2005)

Afterwards: Zürich, Switzerland

Dr. Chang-Cheng You
(AvH-Fellowship 10/2002–04/2004)

2004 - 2007 Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, USA
Since 2008 Principal Scientist at WMR Biomedical, Inc. Watertown, MA, USA

Dr. Sheng Yao

Afterwards:Senior scientist at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA