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2024 Bachelor Defense David Schneider
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 10.09.2024
David Schneider successfully defended his Bachelor Thesis in the field of organic dyes for hydrogen evolution. Congratulations!
2024 Bachelor Defense Lennert Sölter
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 27.08.2024
Lennert Sölter successfully defended his Bachelor Thesis in the field of guanidinium containing polymers for gene delivery. Congratulations!
Javier PhD defence 2024
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 17.04.2024
Javier García Lopéz successfully defended his PhD Thesis on Design, synthesis and characterisation of new fluorescent dyes for biological applications. Congratulations!
Joint lab for polymers
Image: 2023 Joint Lab for Polymers Jena-BayreuthNews from 01.09.2023
We happy to announced that our group is part of the Joint Lab for Polymers Jena-BayreuthExternal link.
The Joint Lab for Polymers Jena-Bayreuth combines two international leading polymer science locations and universities in research and education. This unique combination connects more than 50 research groups and more than 500 PhD researchers to make technologies usable across locations, to bundle expertise, to improve education in polymer science and to solve today’s challenges. We cover the entire polymer research, from catalysis, synthesis, characterization, processing, upscaling to application-oriented and industrial-relevant solutions using state-of-the-art digital technologies such as artificial intelligence or robot-based and automated processes.
NOA -Nonlinear Optics down to Atomic scales
Image: NOANews from 01.07.2023
We are excited to announce that our group will be part of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC/SFB) 1375 "NOA – Nonlinear Optics down to Atomic scales”. The second funding period of four years starts from 01.07.2023.
Daniel Costabel PhD Defense 23
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 26.05.2023
Daniel Costabel successfully defended his PhD Thesis on Organic Photosensitizers for Light-driven Hydrogen Evolution: Synthesis, Characterization and Application with summa cum laude. Congratulations!
Master thesis defence of Konrad Hotzel in 2023
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 27.02.2023
Konrad Hotzel successfully defended his Master thesis on Dyedrogels - Covalent Deposition of Perylene Photocatalysts in Hydrogels towards Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and will continue with his PhD in our group.
2022 Bachelor Defense Larissa Lichau
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 22.11.2022
Our Bachelor student Larissa Lichau successfully defended her Bachelor thesis on Thiosubstituted Perylene Monoimides for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.
Franz Defense
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 11.11.2021
Our Bachelor Student Franz successfully his Bachelor Thesis on the Topic of Bipyridine bearing Perylene Tetracarboxylic Ester Noble Metal Complexes for photocatalytic applications.
Let's congratulate Franz for his outstanding Thesis, well done.
diploma hat
Image: KrugliNews from 09.08.2021
We are hiring – if you are looking for a PhD position in a dynamic and exciting environment that is at the intersection of organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and biochemistry, check our new vacancy.
Markus Kötzsche
Image: Markus KötzscheNews from 01.07.2021
Markus Kötzsche joins us as our newest group member and PhD candidate within SFB 1278 PolyTarget. Markus joined our group after succesfully finishing his master program at the University of Bayreuth.
Welcome Markus and the best of luck for your research.
Bachelor Defenses Dan and Konrad
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 21.08.2020
Our Bachelor Students Dan and Konrad succesfully defended their thesis'. Of course, all hygene measures were followed.
Congrats to both for their great work.
Gergely Knorr
Image: Gergely KnorrNews from 06.01.2020
We are happy to welcome our newest group member: Gergely "Greg" Knorr from Budapest will support our team as a postdoctoral researcher in he field of molecular photocatalysts within TRR 234 Catalight. Welcome Greg, we wish you all the best in your research.
Javier in Heidelberg
Image: Javier Garcia LopezNews from 14.10.2019
In October, we participated in the 5th Seeing is Believing meeting in HeidelbergExternal link, we experts in advanced microscopy techniques gathered to discussed the latest advances in this field. Javier presented a poster on our rylene dyes for biological application.
From Color to Function
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 11.07.2019
On July 10th, Kalina gave this years Jena Star Lecture at the Jena School of Microbial Communication. She presented our work on making functional rylene dyes for various applications https://www.facebook.com/events/lecture-hall-erbertstra��e-3-gro��er-h��rsaal-jena/micoco-stars-prof-dr-kalina-peneva/644609362685108/External link
Ilja Defense
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 05.08.2019
Ilja Tabujew successfully defended his PhD thesis on the topic of biocompatible polymers for siRNA delivery. Congratulations, Dr. Tabujew on an excellent PhD thesis and defense!
Kalina and Ceren in Crete
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 17.06.2019
In June, we participated in the European Polymer Congress in Heraklion, CreteExternal link. Ceren and Kalina presented our recent work on guanidinium polymers and their application for gene delivery. If you want to read more, check our recent papers (Acta Biomater.2019 and J. Mater. Chem. B 2019,7, 5920-5929External link).
Master Thesis
Image: Daniel CostabelNews from 22.03.2019
Daniel Costabel successfully defended his master thesis on the topic of rylene dyes as photosensitizers in photocatalytic water splitting. Congratulations!
Katja and Kalina at Jenaer Firmenlauf 2018
Image: Jenaer Firmenlauf 2019News from 31.05.2018
Katja and Kalina participated in the 8th Jenaer FirmenlaufExternal link as members of the Univeristy team. The 5 km charity run had a record numbers of participatns (> 3000) and took place on the 30.05.2018 at the Jena Paradies Park.
Emission of perylene dyes used as light harvesting units by CataLight to activate efficient photocatalysis for water splitting.
Image: Martin SchulzNews from 18.05.2018
The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) announced on the 18.05.2018 that it will fund the Joint Collaborative Research Center / Transregio (CRC / TRR) 234 "CataLight" over the next four years. The partners, including the University of Vienna, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz and the Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies e. V. in Jena, approx. ten million euros. The cross-regional research network intends to use the resources to investigate the basic functionality of innovative photocatalytically active materials.
Our research group will contribute in Project A3 that will focus on the synthesis of rylene photosensitizers for photocatalytic water splitting.
https://www.uni-jena.de/Forschungsmeldungen/FM180518_Catalight.htmlExternal link
Kalina, Artem and Hassan at Catalight meeting
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 31.03.2018
Kalina, Artem and Hassan represented our group at the poster session and application for collaborative research center/ transregio (CRC/ TRR) 234 "CataLight".
From left: Prof. Alok Srivastava, Dean, Department of Chemistry, Prof. Kalina Peneva, Prof. Arun Kumar Grover, Vice Chancellor of Panjab University.
Image: Kalina PenevaNews from 20.11.2017
On 07.11.2017, Kalina took part of the First Innovative Areas Lecture SeriesExternal link under the support of Smt. Prem Lata and Prof. D. V. S. Jain Research foundation, held at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. The event was inaugurated by Prof. Arun Kumar Grover, Vice Chancellor of Panjab University in the Department of Chemistry.
Front row, from left: Priya, Assist. Prof. Rohit Sharma, Prof. Kalina Peneva, Prof. Alok Srivastava.
Image: Kalina PenevaAs part of the CONNECT program sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt foundation, she visited the research group of Assist. Prof. Dr. Rohit Sharma. His groups is working on the self-assembling organic networks using short peptides and amino acids and the development of novel strategies for sensing of heavy metal ions and pesticides using peptides and aptamers. Our joined paper on the detection of malathion using quantum dots polymer based fluorescence aptasensor has been published recently in Biosensors and Bioelectronics.External link
From left: John Elkan, Davide Botteri, Elena Cattaneo, Sergio Marchionne.
Image: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.News from 09.11.2017
In November 2017, Davide Botteri has received a prestigious scholarship from the Fiat Chrysler Automobile group. The Scholarship project, now in its twenty-second edition, was launched in Italy in 1996 as an incentive for young people to excel in their educational studies. On the picture Davide is receiving his award from the John Elkann (left), President of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Elena Cattaneo, Stem cells researcher and politician, and Sergio Marchionne, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.