CRC 1333 Science Exhibition Workshop

What is the best way to make the general public aware of chemical catalysis and its relevance?How can we share our excitement about catalysis in confinement as a key concept to enable more sustainable production processes? These were the central questions of our half-day creative workshop on July 10, 2023. After an initial online workshop … Read more

2023 Fulbright Cottrell Award

We are very pleased to announce that Jun.-Prof. Dr. Deven Estes has received the 2023 Fulbright Cottrell Award at this years Fulbright-Cottrell Workshop in Dresden from June 12-14, 2023. The award recognizes outstanding scientists in the fields of chemistry, physics, and astronomy who strive to integrate their research and teaching activities and view them as … Read more

Doctoral Defense of Hamzeh Kraus

On July 7, 2023, Hamzeh Kraus, CRC 1333 researcher in the first funding period, defended his dissertation to earn his doctoral degree. Hamzeh’s thesis incorporated his work on “Atomistic Simulation of Fluid Structure and Diffusion in Functionalized Mesoporous Silica”            Congratulations on your achievement, Hamzeh and best wishes for your career … Read more

CRC 1333 Master Prize 2021/2022

Congratulations to CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Nadine Schnabel for winning the CRC 1333 Master Prize for 2021/2022. Her Master thesis on “Kleinwinkelröntgenstreuung an mit imidazolium-basierten ionischen Flüssigkeiten gefüllten porösen Materialien” conducted at the University of Stuttgart, Institute of Physical Chemistry at the working group of Prof. Dr. T. Sottmann has  impressed the CRC 1333 board. … Read more

FAIR Research Data Management: Basics for Chemists Workshop

Good Research Data Management (RDM) is essential to ensure that your research data is FAIR (Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable). To make sure our researchers are aware what this means, we offered a 2-day workshop on “FAIR Research Data Management: Basics for Chemists” from June 19-20, 2023. The course was held by trainers of NFDI4Chem, Daniela … Read more

Welcome Ruba Ajjour and Huy Bui Duc

Ruba Ajjour and Huy Bui Duc working in the lab

A warm welcome to Ruba Ajjour and Huy Bui Duc. They joined the Bruckner research group at the Institute of Physical Chemistry in December 2022 as technical assistants and are also working within the framework of the CRC 1333. Their main field of work is the synthesis and characterization of ordered mesoporous silica and metallo-silica … Read more

Doctoral Defense of Marc Schnierle

On May 31st, 2023 Marc Schnierle defended his dissertation to earn his doctoral degree. Marc’s thesis incorporated his work on “Post Ligation Modification of Metallotetrazines as Perspective Surface Molecular Probes”    Congratulations on your achievement, Marc and best wishes for your career path!

Approval of new 500MHz Solid-State NMR spectrometer

We are very delighted to announce that the DFG and the University of Stuttgart have approved funding for our new 500 MHz solid-state NMR spectrometer with four frequency channels capable of efficient measurement of double and triple resonance spectra. Within the CRC 1333, we will use this new device for materials characterization, catalyst characterization, and … Read more