Group leaders & Senior Scientists

Dr. Kai junge Puring
Groupleader Elektrolysis Technology
@ Fraunhofer UMSICHT
✆ +49 208 8598-1529
Our specialist for hydrogen and co-electrolysis technologies.
Postdocs @ Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Dr. Lucas Hoof
✆ +49 208 8598-1598
Lucas designs & builds new electrochemical cells for hydrogen generation and carbon dioxide reduction.

Dr. Mathias Smialkowski
(Fraunhofer UMSICHT)
(RUB)
Mathias is interested in the basic and acidic electrochemical formation of hydrogen utilizing Pentlandite materials.
Postdocs @ Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Dr. Mohamed Barakat (AvH Postdoc)
Mohamed is interested in material doping and their electrochemical OER, ORR and HER properties.

Dr. Philipp Gerschel
Philipp is interested in the design and synthesis of novel cyclam based complexes as potential electrocatalysts for the CO2 and proton reduction.

Dr. Linda Iffland-Mühlhaus
Interested in new cyclam/isocyclam complexes? Then Linda is the right person to ask for.

Dr. Julia Jökel
If you are interested in Cryptand-chemistry with defined bimetallics - that's the main topic of Julias PhD thesis.

Dr. Sebastian Sanden
Sebastian is interested in electrochemical OER, ORR and HER on an industrial prototype level.
PhD students @ Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Leonard Messing
✆ +49 208 8598-1732
If you want to do electrochemistry in novel cell stacks - then Leonard is the right person to ask.

Kevinjeorjios Pellumbi
✆ +49 208 8598-1731
Interested in synergistic effects in heterogenous chemistry and gas diffusion electrodes - ask Jorgo.

Leon Wickert
✆ +49 234 32 27242
Leon is interested in the hydrogenation of organic molecules in electrochemical cells.
PhD Students @ Ruhr-Uni Bochum

Jyotiprokash Biswas
Multimetallic complexes for the CO2 and N2 fixation are the main topics of Jyotis PhD thesis.

Julian Kleinhaus
Julian investigates electrochemical organic reactions using heterogenous and homogenous approaches.

Tatiana Guseva
Tatiana is interested in the small molecule activation by [FeFe]-hydrogenase mimics and cyclam derivatives.

Shanika Yadav (PhD fellowship of the "DAAD")
If you are seeking for unprecedented hydrogenase models you certainly have to ask Shanika.

Ramineh Rad
Ramineh is designing & building electrochemical cells for electrobiocatalytic processes.

Wiebke Wiesner
Wiebke works on the immobilization of homogenous electrocatalysts on carbon nanotubes and the application of these materials in electrochemical CO2RR.