Research Groups – A-Z
The Research Groups (alphabetically sorted)
Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Lehrstuhl für Chemistry of thin film materials (Prof. Dr. Bachmann)
Cauerstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-70551
- Email: julien.bachmann@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/bachmann-group/
Section
Materials Chemistry
Research areas
Molecular materials:
Energy
Nanostructured interfaces for charge transfer
Extremely thin absorber solar cells
Electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis
Solar batteries
Thin functional coatings: semiconductors, catalysts
Molecular materials:
Information
Atomic layer processing: designer reagents for precision solid deposition
Molecular materials:
Sustainability
Atomic layer processing: precision solid deposition in mild conditions
Atomic-layer additive manufacturing
Member of the following centers
Prof. Dr. Marcus Bär
Professor of X-ray spectroscopy at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at FAU, and Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB)
12489 Berlin
- Phone number: +49308062-15641
- Email: marcus.baer@helmholtz-berlin.de
- Website: https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/pubbin/vkart.pl?v=kq
Section
Physical Chemistry
Research areas
Molecular materials:
Energy
Energy storage (Li- and Li-free batteries, [green] hydrogen/fuel production)
Energy conversion (single- and multijunction solar cells, [SOFC, PEM] fuel cells
Molecular materials:
Sustainability
New catalyst concepts (SCALMS, thin-film catalysts)
Prof. Dr. Henry Dube
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Organic Chemistry I
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65571
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-65501
- Email: henry.dube@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/dube-group
Section
Organic Chemistry
Research Area
Molecular materials:
Energy
Molecular machines
Photochemistry
Molecular materials:
Information
Molecular photoswitches
Molecular computing
Responsive Supramolecular Chemistry
Molecular materials:
Sustainability
Recycling of Photochromes
Molecular materials:
Live Science
Photopharmacology
Member of the following centers
Prof. Dr. Peter Gmeiner
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Medicinal Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Gmeiner)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65547
- Fax number: +49913185-22585
- Email: peter.gmeiner@fau.de
- Website: http://www.medchem.uni-erlangen.de/
Section
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Research areas
Bioactive compounds:
Compound discovery
Structur-based drug design
Lead compound optimization
Bioactive compounds:
Mechanisms and targets
In vitro functional investigations
Bioactive compounds:
Bioanalytics
Cryo-EM structures
MD simulations
Member of the following centers
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Organic Chemistry II (Prof. Dr. Hirsch)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65581
- Fax number: +49913185-26864
- Email: andreas.hirsch@fau.de
- Website: https://www.oc2.chemistry.nat.fau.eu
Section
Organic Chemistry
Research areas
Molecular materials:
Energy
Organic materials for energy storage
Molecular materials:
Information
Multistate switches for information storage
Member of the following centers
Prof. Dr. Petra Imhof
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professur für Computational Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Imhof)
Nägelsbachstraße 25
91052 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-20401
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-20404
- Email: petra.imhof@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/imhof-group/
Section
Theoretical and Computer Chemistry
Research Area
Molecular materials:
Information
Analysis of communication and information flow in macromolecules and molecular complexes
Molecular materials:
Life Science
Protein-Substrate interactions
DNA repair
Enzymatic specificity
Ion transport e.g. through membranes
Regulation and signal transduction in protein complexes
Bioactive compounds:
Compound discovery
Characterisation, optimisation, and rational design and optimisation of drug and pro-drug molecules
Bioactive compounds:
Mechanisms and targets
Elucidating of chemical reaction mechanisms
Enzymatic specificity
Protein-substrate interactions
Member of the following centers
Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Interface Research and Catalysis (Prof. Dr. Libuda)
Egerlandstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-67661
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-67662
- Email: joerg.libuda@fau.de
- Website: https://www.ecrc.fau.eu/libuda-group/
Secretary
- Melanie Füssel
Room: Room 0.113-09
Egerlandstraße 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-67660
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-67662
- Email: intercat@fau.de
Section
Physical Chemistry
Research Area
Molecular materials:
Energy
Mechanisms & microkinetics
Model catalysis & model electrocatalysis
Molecular materials:
Information
Photoswitches at interfaces
Novel semiconductors, growth mechanisms
Molecular materials:
Sustainability
Interface chemistry & interface reactions
In-situ and operando studies
Member of the following centers
Prof. Dr. Carolin Müller
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Juniorprofessur für die Theorie elektronisch angeregter Zustände
Nägelsbachstr. 25
91052 Erlangen
- Phone number: 091318520406
- Fax number: 091318520404
- Email: carolin.cpc.mueller@fau.de
- Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/mueller-group
Section
Theoretical and Computer Chemistry
Research areas
Molecular materials:
Energy
Molecular and material modeling for solar energy conversion
Modeling excited-state processes and reactions triggered by light absorption or energy transfer
Molecular materials:
Sustainability
Efficient workflows for predicting photoinduced processes and reactions
Bioactive Compounds:
Compound discovery
Creation of computational chemistry databases
Machine learning for molecular and material design
Member of the following centers
Prof. Dr. Dirk Zahn
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor for Theoretical Chemistry
CCC, Nägelsbachstraße 25
91052 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49913185-20405
- Fax number: +49913185-20404
- Email: dirk.zahn@fau.de
- Website: https://chemistry.nat.fau.eu/zahn-group/
Section
Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Research areas
Molecular materials:
Energy
Molecular and material modeling for solar energy conversion
Nanoparticles, surfaces/film and porous materials for (electro-)catalysis
Molecular materials:
Information
molecular photoswitches
switchable surfaces, sensors
Molecular materials:
Sustainability
Self-organizing and self-healing materials, catalyst concepts (SILP, SCILL, SCALMS)
Water cleaning by magnetic nanoparticles
Molecular materials:
Life science
Molecular aggregation, self-organization
Protein-ligand docking, molecular recognition
Bioactive compounds:
Compound discovery
Protein-ligand docking, molecular recognition
Bioactive compounds:
Mechanisms and targets
drug formulation & delivery