Doctoral Defense Archive - Collaborative Research Center 1333

Doctoral Defense of Helena Solodenko

Johanna Stegmann — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:21:24 +0000

On September 11, CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Helena Solodenko from project C03 has successfully defended her dissertation on „Atom Probe Tomography of self-assembled Monolayers“ at the Institute for Materials Science at the University of Stuttgart.
Congratulations from all of us at the CRC 1333 on this achievement and milestone in your career, Helena! We wish you all the best for your next steps!

Left to right: Prof. Dr. G. Schmitz, Helena Solodenko, Prof. Dr. B. Grabowski, Prof. Dr. J. Kästner.
Photo Credit: Helena Solodenko

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Helena Solodenko erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Doctoral Defense of Kuan Meng

Johanna Stegmann — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:17:30 +0000

On September 30, CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Kuan Meng from project C03 has successfully defended his dissertation on „Extending Atom Probe Tomography towards Organic Molecular Liquids“ at the Institute for Materials Science at the University of Stuttgart.
Congratulations from all of us at the CRC 1333 on this achievement and milestone in your career, Kuan! We wish you all the best for your next steps in your career!

Left to right: Prof. A. Vella PhD, Kuan Meng, Prof. Dr. G. Schmitz, Prof. Dr. F. Gießelmann.
Photo Credit: CRC1333/Akash Deshpande

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Kuan Meng erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Doctoral Defense of Christopher Keßler

Johanna Stegmann — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:45:47 +0000

On September 29, CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Christopher Keßler from projects C05 and INF has successfully defended his dissertation on „Molecular Simulation of Adsorption and Diffusion in Covalent Organic Frameworks“ at the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering at the University of Stuttgart.

Congratulations from all of us at the CRC 1333 on this achievement and milestone in your career, Christopher! We wish you all the best for your next steps in your career!

Left to right: Prof. Joachim Groß, Christopher Keßler, Prof. Niels Hansen. Photo Credit: Christopher Keßler

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Christopher Keßler erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Doctoral Defense of Erik Wimmer

crcuser1333 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:50:54 +0000

On March 17, CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Erik Wimmer from project B08 has successfully defended his dissertation on „Advanced NMR Investigations of Platinum and Palladium Hydrides: Oxidative Additions in Solution and Solid-State, and their Role in Catalysis“ at the Institute of Technical Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart.

left to right: Prof. Deven Estes, Erik Wimmer, Prof. Johannes Kästner- Photo Credit: Erik Wimmer

Congratulations from all of us at the CRC 1333 on this achievement and milestone in your career, Erik! We wish you all the best for your next steps in your career!

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Erik Wimmer erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Doctoral Defense of Koushani Kundu

crcuser1333 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:28:54 +0000

On February 06, 2026, CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Koushani Kundu from projects B06 and B02 has successfully defended her dissertation on „Synthesis, Reactivity, and Mechanistic Investigation of Molybdenum Carbene Complexes in Olefin Metathesis and Related Chemistry“ at the Institute of Polymer Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart.

left to right: Prof. Deven Estes, Dr. Koushani Kundu, Prof. Michael R. Buchmeiser – Photo Credit: Koushani Kundu

Congratulations from all of us at the CRC 1333 on this achievement and milestone in your career, Koushani! We wish you all the best for your next steps in your career!

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Koushani Kundu erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Doctoral Defense of Patrick Probst

crcuser1333 — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 06:08:36 +0000

Congratulations from all of us at the CRC 1333 on this achievement and milestone in your career, Patrick! We wish you all the best for your next steps in your career!

Photo Credit: Patrick Probst

Prof. Michael R. Buchmeiser & Patrick Probst
Photo Credit: Patrick Probst

On September 19, 2025, CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Patrick Probst from project B04 has successfully defended his dissertation on “Polymerization of Cyclic Olefins and α,β-Diynes by the Action of Group IV N-Heterocyclic Carbene-(NHC) Coordinated Alkylidene and Alkylidyne Complexes” at the Institute of Polymer Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart.

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Patrick Probst erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Doctoral Defense of Katrin Gugeler

crcuser1333 — Tue, 06 May 2025 08:03:46 +0000

At the beginning of April 2025, former CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Katrin Gugeler from project C04 has successfully defended her dissertation on “Simulation of catalytic reaction mechanisms and molecular dimensions” at the Institute of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart.

Congratulations from all of us at the CRC 1333 on this achievement and milestone in your career, Katrin! We wish you all the best for your next steps in your career!

_{fltr: Prof. Hajo Kries, Katrin Gugeler, Prof. Guntram Rauhut, Prof. Johannes Kästner}

_{Katrin Gugeler & Prof. Johannes Kästner}

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Katrin Gugeler erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Doctoral Defense of Shravan R. Kousik

crcuser1333 — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 07:27:27 +0000

On June 5, 2024, CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Shravan R. Kosuik, who worked in Project A05 and Seed funding project 1in the first funding period, has successfully defended his dissertation on “Nanostructured Oxide Materials as Catalyst Supoports for Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis under Confinement: Design, Synthesis, and Characterization”.

_{from left to right: CRC 1333 PI (first funding period)Dr. Petia Atanasova, Shravan R. Kousik, CRC 1333 PI (first funding period) Prof. Joachim Bill, Prof. Bettina Lotsch and Prof. Elias Klemm (both current CRC 1333 Principal Investigators)} – _{Photo Credit: Shravan R. Kousik}

Congratulations on this achievement from all of us at the CRC 1333! We wish you all the best for the next steps in your career, Shravan!

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Shravan R. Kousik erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Doctoral Defense of Sina Klostermann

crcuser1333 — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:41:16 +0000

CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Sina Klostermann has successfuly defended her dissertation on “Simulation of Metal-Sulfur Battery Perfomance” on March 13, 2024.

_{Sina Klostermann with her doctoral har}

_{Sina Klostermann & Prof. Johannes Kästner}

Congratulations on this achievement from all of us at the CRC 1333! We wish you all the best for the next steps in your career, Sina!

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Sina Klostermann erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Doctoral Defense of Paolo Cignoni

crcuser1333 — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:12:00 +0000

On March 18, 2024, CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Paolo Cignoni from project A03 has successfully defended his dissertation on “Advanced Nanoparticle Characterization to Understand the Activity and Stability of Bimetallic Gold-Palladium Electrocatalysts”.

Congratulations on this achievement from all of us at the CRC 1333!
We wish you all the best for the next steps in your career, Paolo!

CRC 1333 PI Kristina Tschulik placing the doctoral hat on Paolo Cignoni

_{Paolo Cignoni and his colleagues at Ruhr-University Bochum}

Der Beitrag Doctoral Defense of Paolo Cignoni erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.