Prof. Dr. Lars Borchardt
Professor
mail: lars.borchardt@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 29431
Lars is the leader of the group. He is developing sustainable syntheses for organic molecules and nanostructured materials based on mechanochemistry.
Nicole Ray
Secretary
mail: nicole.ray@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
phone: +49 23432 24153
Barbara Hildebrand
Secretary
mail: Barbara.Hildebrand@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
phone: +49 23432 24142
Dr. Sven Grätz
Senior Scientist / Habilitand
mail: sven.graetz@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 21096
Sven joined the group in October 2015. He is working on mechanochemical syntheses of porous carbonaceous polymers and nanographenes. Other research interest of his, are in-situ characterization techniques for mechanochemical reactions and methane hydrate formation.
Dr. Wilm Pickhardt
Postdoc
mail: wilm.pickhardt@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 29427
Wilm joined the group in October 2019. He is working on transition metal mediated coupling reactions of small organic molecules inside the ball mill.
Suhmi Hwang (M.Sc.)
PhD student
mail: suhmi.hwang@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 29427
Sumi joined the group in December 2020. She investigates transition metal mediated coupling reactions of small organic molecules inside the ball mill.
Stefanie Hutsch (M.SC.)
PhD student
mail: stefanie.hutsch@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 29427
Steffi joined the group in January 2020 and started her PhD in September 2021. She is working on the mechanochemical synthesis of porous polymers and graphene nanoribbons.
Desislava Dobreva (M.Sc.)
PhD student
mail: Desislava.Dobreva@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 21465
Desi joined the group in September 2020 and started her PhD in October 2021. She is investigating the influence of different forces, mill types and temperatures on mechanochemical reactions in a joint project with the IPAT Braunschweig
MAXIMILIAN Wohlgemuth (M.SC.)
PhD student
mail: maximilian.wohlgemuth@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 21465
Max joined the group in December 2019 and started his PhD in November 2021. He is working on developing and evaluating new techniques for direct mechanocatalysis of small molecules and the valorization of waste materials.
Carolina Spula (M.SC.)
PhD student
mail: carolina.spula@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 21465
Caro joined the group in April 2020 and will start her PhD in January 2022. She is working on developing photochemical reactions inside the ball mill.
Miriam Sander (M.Sc.)
PhD student
mail: miriam.sander@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 21465
Miriam joined the group in September 2016 in Dresden and rejoined the group in October 2019 in Bochum. She started her PhD in February 2021, continuing her work on electrochemical energy storage devices as well as mechanochemical reactions for supercap materials.
Marisol Rappen (M.SC.)
PhD student
Marisol joined the group in November 2021. She is currently working on the development of new direct mechanocatalytic reactions. Focusing on the influence of the shape of the milling material as well as the mode of energy input.
viviene chantrain (M.SC.)
PhD student
Viviene joined the group in April 2020 for her bachelor's and master's thesis on mechanochemical synthesis by extrusion. She stayed with the group and is now continuing her work on reactive extrusion.
Tugce Dogan (M.SC.)
PhD student
Tugce joined the group in September 2022 for her master's thesis. She stayed with the group and is now continuing her work on the investigation of mechanochemical reactions with Raman spectrometry.
Harikumar Shastry (M.SC.)
PhD student
Hari joined the group in September 2022 for his master's thesis on mechanochemical condensation reactions. He stayed with the group and is now working on understandnding media-free mechanochemical reactions.
Maike Mayer (M.SC.)
PhD student
Maike joined the group in April 2021 for her bachelor thesis on mechanochemical synthesis of small molecules via direct mechanocatalysis. She has recently finished her master thesis on the mechanochemical hydrogenation reactions and started her PhD in April 2024.
JOnathan Geisler (M.Sc.)
Research assistant
Jonathan joined the group in April 2021 for his bachelor thesis on the mechanochemical synthesis of microporous polymers. Now he is helping with synthesis and characterizations of porous materials and helping do develop new ways to engage teenagers with chemistry.
Stephen Fanenstich (B.Sc.)
Master Student
Malte Niewind (B.Sc.)
Master Student
Sarah Schmidt (B.Sc.)
Master Student
Fabien Kraus (B.SC)
Student assistant
Fabien joined the group in October 2019 and is helping with synthesis and characterisations.
Phil Preuß
Student assistant
Phil joined the group in March 2023 and is helping us with the synthesis and characterization of small molecules via direct mechanocatalysis and media free mechanochemistry.
Lars Beissel
Student assistant
Lars joined the group in October 2023 and is helping us with the synthesis and characterization of small molecules via photo- and media free mechanochemistry.
MAilo Baum
Borketing Manager
Mailo joined the group in October 2019 and is mostly barking and eating.
Paco
Good Doggo
Paco joined the group in December 2023 and is mostly sleeping.
Dr. Rita Mocci
Guest Scientist / Postdoc
mail: rita.mocci@unica.it
phone: +49 23432 29427
Rita joined the group as a guest scientist from the University of Cagliari in October 2023. She is working on transition metal mediated coupling reactions of small organic molecules inside the ball mill.
Dr. Sven Fabig
Alumni
mail: sven.fabig@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 21465
Sven joined the group in August 2021. He is working on computational chemistry in the context of mechanochemistry as well as the development of new in-situ Raman methodologies for the investigation of mechanochemical reactions.
Dr. Kwangho Yoo
Alumni
mail: kwangho.yoo@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 21465
Kwangho joined the group in July 2021. He is working on transition metal-mediated coupling reactions of small organic molecules inside the ball mill. His focus is on uncovering the mechanisms behind direct mechanocatalysis.
Dr. Annika Krusenbaum
Alumni
mail: annika.krusenbaum@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 29427
Annika joined the group in November 2019. She explores the pore formation in porous polymers by mechanochemical synthesis.
Dr. Daniel BAier
Alumni
mail: daniel.baier@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 29427
Daniel was part of the group from October 2019 until March 2023. His research interests lie in the mechanistic understanding of mechanically induced chemical reactions. He was particularly interested in in-situ characterization techniques.
Dr. Tilo Rensch
Alumni
mail: tilo.rensch@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 29427
Tilo joined the group in October 2019. He investigated the mechanochemical synthesis of porous 3D polymers with a focus on upscaling.
Dr. ChristiaN Vogt
Alumni
Christian was part of the group from February 2018 to February 2021. He was working on mechanocatalysis and the synthesis of polymers inside the ball mill. He is now working at Sunfire GmbH as a cell development engineer.
Eleonora SIegfried (M.SC.)
PhD student
mail: Eleonora.Siegfried@rub.de
phone: +49 23432 21465
Eleonora was part of the group from Mai 2020 until February 2024. She was working on multistep direct mechanocatalysis.
Rosa Osiadacz
Alumni
Rosa joined the group in April 2019. In February 2020 she entered into retirement.
Dr. Mirian Elizabeth Casco
Alumni
Mirian joined the group in March 2017 as a prestigious Alexander-von-Humboldt fellow. She is working on mechanochemical syntheses and energy storage via methane hydrate. Since March 2019 she is at the UCU in Uruguay, where she is currently an Associate Professor.
Dr. Desiree Leistenschneider
Alumni
Desiree joined the group in January 2016. She was working on mechanochemical syntheses of porous carbons for supercapacitor applications. Desiree finished her PhD in January 2019 and moved on to Canada, where she is doing a Post-Doc on carbon materials. She is now a Liebig Fellow at the University of Jena.
Christina Schneidermann (M.Sc.)
Alumni
Tina was part of the group from January 2016 to December 2018. She was working on nitrogen-doped carbons derived from renewable ressources and waste products as electrode materials for supercapacitors and Li-S batteries. She is now working at Heraeus.
Maike OltermanN (M.Sc.)
Alumni
Maike joined the group in July 2017. In her bachelor thesis she was working on mechanochemical syntheses of porous polymers. She has been working on the Scholl reaction of nanographenes and finished her master thesis on the topic of the Glaser-Coupling in early 2020.
Sarah Hellmann
Alumni
Sarah was part of the group from September 2016 to September 2018. She was working on mechanochemical syntheses of porous polymers.
Pascal Otto
Alumni
Pascal joined the group from March 2016 unti March 2019 and was working on nitrogen-doped carbons derived from renewable resources and waste products.
Konrad Bergheim (B.SC.)
Alumni
Konrad was part of the group from October 2019 until July 2023. He was helping with the synthesis and characterization of small molecules via mechanochemistry. In his bachelor thesis he worked on mechanochemical rearrangement reactions.