2023
05/2023 - Publication in the Special Issue "Commemorating 150 Years of Justus von Liebig's Legacy" in Chemistry online!
The publication by Stephanie L. Faber and Nesrin I. Dilmen on the redox equilibrium of TPP- and TPPO-containing Cu(I)- and Cu(II)-complexes has now been published with open access in Chemistry (MDPI).
Article: 10.3390/chemistry5020087
03/2023 - Marisa F. Jakobs is awarded a Steinhofer Prize!
Together with two other Master's graduates from the department, Marisa F. Jakobs was awarded the Steinhofer Prize for the best academic achievements in 2022! The Steinhofer Prizes are awarded annually to the three best graduates of the year at a ceremony organized by the Department of Chemistry. Congratulations, Marisa!
03/2023 - Inside Cover in Chemistry online!
Our publication in Chemistry - A Eurpoean Journal was awarded with an inside cover:
R. I. Petrikat, S. Steiger, E. Barani, P. J. Boden, M. E. Huber, M. E. Ringenberg, G. Niedner-Schatteburg, K. Fink, S. Becker: Cooperativity-Driven Reactivity of a Dinuclear Copper Dimethylglyoxime Complex, Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202203438.
Article: 10.1002/chem.202203438
Cover: 10.1002/chem.202203438
03/2023 - Sabine Becker is running in the election of the GDCh Board
In the upcoming GDCh Board election (term of office 2024-2027), Sabine Becker is running in Area A (Universities, Research Institutions and Authorities). She sees her future work on the Board as focusing on strengthening university teaching, promoting young talent in terms of gender equality and equal opportunities, internationalization and intensifying public relations/science communication. Further information on the election and the 24 candidates standing for election can be found here and here.
03/2023 - Nesrin Dilmen starts her PhD thesis
Nesrin Dilmen starts her PhD in the field of (polynuclear) copper complexes. Good luck and all the best, Nesrin!
02/2023 - Publication in Chemistry A European Journal now online!
Raphael I. Petrikat's publication on cooperativity in copper-dimethylglyoxime complexes is now online! Many thanks also to our collaboration partners!
01/2023 - Defense of the Master's Thesis by Nesrin Dilmen
Nesrin Dilmen successfully completed her studies with her Master's degree. Congratulations, Nesrin!
01/2023 - Book Review online
Our review of the book "Molecular Bio-Sensors and the Role on Metal Ions" (Volume 23 of Metal Ions in Life Sciences, Series Editors: Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel, Eva Freisinger, Roland K. O Sigel, Guest Editor: Thomas J. Meade) is now online in Inorg. Chim. Acta online.
01/2023 - From now on we are the RPTU Kaiserslautern - Landau
Since 01.01.2023, the TU Kaiserslautern and the university location Landau together form the Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, the RPTU!
2022
12/2022 - Commissioning of the new diffractometer
The new single-crystal diffractometer, which Sabine Becker was able to acquire for the Department of Chemistry as part of the Biotechnology Initiative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, has been delivered and put into operation!
12/2022 - Defense of the Master's thesis by Florian Altes
Florian Altes has successfully completed his Master's degree and will start his PhD on reaction-based fluorescence sensors in the middle of the year. Congratulations, Florian!
09/2022 - Application for Lehre Plus funding approved!
Sabine Becker's proposal to set up an interdisciplinary symposium on sustainability has been selected as a Teaching Plus project 2022! This means that €20,000 is now available to set up a new module that combines the topic of sustainability with science communication and the transfer of specialist knowledge to pupils! More information can be found here.
09/2022 - Marisa F. Jakobs starts her PhD thesis
Marisa F. Jakobs is starting her PhD thesis on the topic of clickable fluorescence sensors. All the best and good luck, Marisa!
08/2022 - Cover in ZAAC!
Our publication in ZAAC was awarded the cover:
R. I. Petrikat, S. Becker, BF4- as source for the preparation of BF2 bridged copper(II) dimethylglyoxime complexes, Z. allg. anorg. Chem. 2022, 648, e202200150
Article: doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202200150
07/2022 - Raphael I. Petrikat becomes university-wide representative for PhD students
Raphael I. Petrikat is now the representative for PhD students in the Senate. Good luck and congratulations, Raphael!
07/2022 - Talk and poster awards for Annika M. Pick and Meike Landsiedel at the Young Researchers Symposium (YRS)!
At the YRS last Friday, both Annika M. Pick and Meike Landsiedel won a prize for the best talks and posters due to their great conference contributions! Congratulations!
07/2022 - Sparkassen award for Annika M. Pick!
Annika M. Pick has received one of the Sparkasse awards for the best theses at TU Kaiserslautern in 2021. Congratulations, Annika! We are very happy for you!
07/2022 - Graduation of Marisa F. Jakobs
Marisa F. Jakobs has successfully defended her Master's thesis and will start her PhD on clickable fluorescence sensors in September. Congratulations, Marisa!
07/2022 - Lectureship at the University of Vienna
From 04/15 - 06/30/2022, Sabine Becker was a guest professor at the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna. In addition to working on scientific collaborations, she was involved in teaching the Master's degree course in Chemistry with the lecture "Concepts of Bioinorganic Chemistry". She also gave the lecture "Bioinorganic Chemistry - From small molecule activation to zinc imaging in live cells" as part of the spring festival. Further information can be found here.
06/2022 - Publication in ZAAC online!
Raphael I. Petrikat's publication on the decomposition of BF4 and subsequent incorporation of BF2 units into the ligand scaffold of copper dimethylglyoxime complexes is online!
06/2022 - Scholarshipf of the Heinrich Böll Foundation for Annika Pick
Annika Pick obtained a PhD scholarship from the Heinrich Böll foundation for her project "synthesis and characterization of photoswitchable zinc sensors based on azobenzene". Congrats and all the best for the project start, Annika!
2021
09/2021 - Six questions for...
Now online: Sabine Becker in the series "Six questions to..." of the Klaus Tschira Foundation
https://www.klaus-tschira-stiftung.de/sabine-becker-chemikerin-bei-sechs-fragen-an/
07/2021 - Annika M. Pick starts her PhD thesis
Annika M. Pick starts her PhD in the field of metalloneurochemistry - good luck, Annika!
05/2021 - Defense of Master's thesis
Annika M. Pick has successfully presented and defended the results of her Master's thesis - congratulations, Annika!
02/2021 - Trend Report Inorganic Chemistry online
The Trend Report Inorganic Chemistry (Nachrichten der Chemie) by Dragos-Adrian Rosca and Sabine Becker is now online and can be found here.
2020
03/2020 - Award for Equality and Gender Activities of the TU Kaiserslautern
Sabine Becker receives the award for equality and gender activities of the TU Kaiserslautern due to her "constant and sustainable promotion and support of young female scientists".
03/2020 - Klaus Tschira Boost Fund granted!
Our application ("ClickbareFluoreszenzsensoren zur Detektion von Zinkionen in neuronalen Systemen") for the Klaus Tschira Boost Fund, a joint initiative of the German Scholars Organization and the Klaus Tschira Stiftung, was granted!
05/2020 - Defense of Master's thesis and start of her PhD thesis
Meike Landsiedel successfully completes her Master's degree and starts her PhD thesis in our AK. Congratulations and good luck, Meike!
03/2020 - Poster prize for Raphael I. Petrikat
Raphael I. Petrikat is awarded a poster prize on the Koordinationschemie-Treffen 2020 in Freiburg for the poster: "New Aspects in Old Chemistry: the Astonishing Reactivity of Copper Dimethylglyoxime Complexes"
Congrats!
01/2020 - Raphael I. Petrikat starts his PhD thesis
Raphael I. Petrikat starts his PhD thesis concerning "Investigations concerning the reactivity of (pseudo-) macrocyclic copper complexes". Good luck, Raphael!
01/2020 - Cover picture and -interview in Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.
C. Gawlig, S. Schindler and S. Becker, One-pot conversion of Cyclohexane to Adipic Acid Using a µ4-Oxido-Copper Cluster as Catalyst Together with Hydrogen Peroxide, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2020
Publication: doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201901052
Cover-Interview: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202000010
2019
12/2019 - Defense of Master's Thesis
Raphael I. Petrikat successfully defends his Master's thesis. Congrats, Raphael!
04/2019 - Defense of Diploma Thesis
Heinrich Schneider finishes his diploma studies and successfully defends his diploma thesis. Congrats, Heinrich!
02/2019 - Poster prize for Sabine Becker at the Bruker-AXS/MIT Symposium
Sabine Becker is awarded the poster prize at the Bruker-AXS / MIT Symposium in Cambridge (USA) for her poster "A Crystallographer's Nightmare or a Fascinating Case of Disorder? - The Detailed Refinement of a Large and Highly Disordered Structure"
02/2019 - Research funding by the TU-Nachwuchsring
The TU-Nachwuchsring grants 10.000 € for our research about zinc sensors.
2018
12/2018 - Third funding period of SFB/TRR 88 "3MET" approved!
The DFG grants the third funding period of 3MET (2019-2022), ich which we are investigating cooperative effects in homo- and hetermetallic complexes.
03/2018 - Cover picture in Acta Cryst B!
S. Becker: The crystal structure of [Fe2(PIMIC6)(AnthCO2)(CH3CN)]·[Fe2(PIMIC6)(AnthCO2)(CH3CN)0.9(CH2Cl2)0.1]·[Fe2(PIMIC6)(AnthCO2)(OH2)]·0.75CH3CN: a crystallographer's nightmare or a fascinating case of disorder? Acta Cryst2018, B74, 122, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520618000689
2017
09/2017 - Fonds der Chemischen Industrie e.V. grants funding
The Fonds der Chemischen Industrie e.V. grants support for our research concerning multinuclear redox catalysts.
10/2017 - Stephanie Scheib starts her PhD thesis
Dipl.-Chem. Stephanie Scheib started her PhD thesis concerning the "Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of multinuclear 3d metal complexes." Good luck, Stephanie!
11/2017 -TU-Nachwuchsring grants research funding
The TU-Nachwuchsring grants 10.000 € for a research project concerning photoswitchable sensors.