Collaborative Research Center 1333
Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Confined Geometries
A warm welcome to Janis Gschwind, who has recently joined CRC 1333 as a doctoral researcher in the research group of René Peters. Janis completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart. His Bachelor’s and Master’s theses were carried out in René Peters’ group, focusing on asymmetric cooperative catalysis. At … Read more
A warm welcome to Misha Kumari, who has recently joined CRC 1333 as a doctoral researcher in the research group of Deven Estes. Misha received her Bachelor’s degree from Arunodaya University and her Master’s degree in Chemistry from IIT Gandhinagar, both in India. Her Master’s project focused on “Promotion of CO₂ reduction by stabilizing intermediates … Read more
How do you turn a great research idea into a successfully funded project? That was the key question explored at the Early-Career Researchers’ Workshop “How to Write a Successful Proposal for DFG and Related Funding Organizations: From Concept to Submission”, recently organized by the DFG Priority Programme SPP2080 “Catalysts and reactors under dynamic conditions for energy … Read more
Severin Haid from project C04 and Akash Deshpande from Seed 06 were elected as new CRC 1333 doctoral representatives during the Summer School in September 2025. They were officially announced during the first Colloquium session of the winter semester on October 23, 2025. We are happy to have them both on board! Many thanks also … Read more
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Felix Fischer, postdoctoral researcher in project C10 has been appointed Junior Professor (W1ttW2) for Inorganic Coordination Chemistry and X-ray Spectroscopy at Paderborn University as of October 1, 2025. Felix joined the CRC 1333 as a doctoral researcher during the first funding period and continued as a postdoctoral researcher … Read more
On 18–19 September 2025, doctoral candidates and postdocs from CRC 1333, SimTech, and the University of Stuttgart’s Bioinformatics program took part in the course FAIR Analysis and Parametrisation of Reaction Kinetics”, led by Prof. Johann M. Rohwer, who is currently visiting from Stellenbosch University. Over two intensive days, participants explored how reaction kinetics can … Read more
Each year, Nobel Prize laureates meet with young researchers from around the world at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting to foster scientific exchange across generations. Participation in this renowned event is by invitation only and recognizes outstanding young scientists from a range of disciplines. Following the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which took place from … Read more
From September 15–17, 2025, doctoral and post-doctoral students of the CRC 1333 gathered for the annual Summer School. This year’s event took participants from Stuttgart to Rheinfelden and Rottweil, combining scientific exchange, professional development, and team activities in a dynamic three-day program. The event was organized by the doctoral representatives Alina Bauer (Project B06) and … Read more
We are delighted to announce that Deven Estes, Deputy Spokesperson & Principal Investigator (PI) in the CRC 1333, has been appointed from junior professor to professor last week by Rector Prof. Peter Middendorf. Deven has joined the University of Stuttgart in late 2019 and is an expert in surface chemistry on metal oxides, specifically in … Read more
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. Congratulations from all of us at … Read more