Prof. Dr. Andreas Steffen

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19th Coordination Chemistry Meeting in Münster

Mr Andreas Prüfer and Mr Indranil Sen represent the Steffen group at the 19th Coordination Chemistry Meeting in Münster.

Mr Luca Machura joins the Steffen working group

We welcome Mr Luca Machura to our group. He will support the realisation of the research project ‘Molecular Entangled 2-Photon-Sources’, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, as a laboratory assistant.

Publication in Angewandte Chemie was accepted

The manuscript on long-lived phosphorescence of nanographenes, written in collaboration with Prof Sukumaran Santhosh Babu from CSIR-NCL, Pune, has been accepted and published online.

Mrs Mahshid Nikravesh leaves the working group

Take care, Mahshid, we wish you every success in your future career!

Mrs Helga Schulte goes into well-deserved retirement

After well over 30 years of service, it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our laboratory assistant and secretary Helga. You have helped to shape the Inorganic Chemistry section for many decades. Thank you very much for your support, we will miss you!

New edition of the Christmas lecture

Good news for the participants of the Inorganic Chemistry 1 lecture: the Christmas lecture will be resumed for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID pandemic. For the first time under the direction of Prof. Andreas Steffen and Prof. Sebastian Henke, the colourful diversity of chemistry will be presented to much effect.

Farewell to Mr Ondrej Mozdiak

We bid farewell to Mr Ondrej Mozdiak. After his three-month research stay, he is returning to the University of Pardubice to complete his PhD studies. Good luck, we enjoyed our time with you!

Dr Joy Chatterjee joins the Steffen group

Dr Joy Chatterjee joins us as a postdoctoral researcher to contribute to the successful realisation of the project ‘Molecular Entangled 2-Photon Sources’, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. Welcome, Joy!

Successful defence of Mr Sabyasachi Maity

Successful graduation of Mr Sabyasachi Maity

Congratulations on your successful graduation and good luck with your future career, Sachi!

Mr Fynn Soerries leaves the working group

Mr Fynn Soerries is leaving us and moving to the department’s Core Facility X-Ray. We wish you a good start and look forward to working with you in the future!

PhD scholarship from the Hans Boeckler Foundation for Mrs Lilith Ünal

We congratulate Mrs Lilith Ünal on her PhD scholarship and would like to thank the Hans Boeckler Foundation for the generous funding and support of her project!

Scientific retreat in the Sauerland

The group travels to Medebach in the Sauerland for a scientific retreat. We use the quiet surroundings and relaxed atmosphere for comprehensive presentations and intensive project work.

Mr Ondrej Mozdiak visits the Steffen group

Mr Ondrej Mozdiak, who is doing his doctoral studies at the University of Pardubice, will be joining us for a three-month research stay. A warm welcome!

Publication in Chemical Science was accepted

The manuscript on ultrafast photophysical investigations of rhodacyclopentadienes, which was published as part of a collaboration with Prof Todd B. Marder and Prof Tobias Brixner from the University of Wuerzburg was accepted and published online.

Mr Konstantinos-Pantelis Zois leaves the group

We say goodbye to Mr Konstantinos-Pantelis Zois. We wish you every success for your doctorate, we enjoyed our time with you!

Publication in Angewandte Chemie has been accepted

Our manuscript on isoindolinophanyl-based carbenes was accepted and published online.

Successful disputation of Mr Dimitrios Patronas

We would like to congratulate Mr Dimitrios Patronas on the successful completion of his Master's degree. Good luck on your future career!

Mr Konstantinos-Pantelis Zois visits the Steffen group

A warm welcome to our guest from Greece: Mr Konstantinos-Pantelis Zois will join the Steffen working group in the coming months as an intern as part of the Erasmus+ programme.

Mr Fynn Sörries joins the Steffen group

We welcome Fynn Sörries to our working group. He will support us as a laboratory assistant in the realisation of the research project ‘Molecular Entangled 2-Photon-Sources’, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

Successful defence of Mr Lars Janiak

Congratulations on your successful completion and good luck with your future career, Lars!

Successful disputation of Mrs Leonie Ziemann

Ms Leonie Ziemann has completed her Bachelor's degree with the successful defence of her Bachelor's thesis. Congratulations and good luck with your further studies!

Dr Ondrej Mrozek leaves the Steffen group

Dr Ondrej Mrozek is leaving the group after 3.5 years. Many thanks for your valuable contributions to numerous projects. We wish you every success in your future scientific career!

Dr Matias Suburu joins the Steffen group

Dr Matias Suburu joins us as a postdoctoral researcher to contribute to the successful realisation of the project ‘Molecular Entangled 2-Photon Sources’, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. Welcome, Matias!

Successful disputation of Mrs Anahita Emminghaus

We would like to congratulate Mrs Anahita Emminghaus on the successful completion of her Master's degree. Good luck in your future endeavours!

Successful defence of Mr Stefan Koop

Congratulations on your successful completion and good luck with your future career, Stefan!

Dr Mahshid Nikravesh joins the Steffen group

Dr Mahshid Nikravesh joins us as a guest researcher. Welcome, Mahshid!

Successful defence of Mrs Julia Kuhnt

Congratulations on your successful completion and good luck with your future career, Julia!

Start of the doctorate of Mrs Lilith Ünal

After successfully completing her master's degree, Mrs Lilith Ünal is starting her doctorate in the Steffen working group. Welcome and good luck, Lilith!

Dr Aakash Nidhankar joins the Steffen group

Dr Aakash Nidhankar joins us as a postdoctoral researcher to contribute to the successful realisation of the project ‘Molecular Entangled 2-Photon Sources’, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. Welcome, Aakash!

Successful disputations by Mrs Lilith Ünal and Mrs Tabea Heil

We would like to congratulate Mrs Lilith Ünal and Mrs Tabea Heil on successfully completing their Master's degrees. Good luck in your future careers!

(27.10.2022)
We congratulate M. Sc. André Muthig on the successful defense of his PhD thesis (Near Infrared and Circular Polarized Luminescence of Donor Copper(I) Acceptor Complexes) and bid him farewell with best wishes.

(14.10.2022)
In addition to the operation of the FLS1000, standard measurements for the investigation of the excitation and emission behavior can also be performed in the future with the FS5 Spectrofluorometer from Edinburgh Instruments. The use of a cryostat enables us to perform low temperature measurements at 77K in addition to measurements at room temperature.

Since the 2022 committee election, Prof. Dr. Andreas Steffen has been a member of the Senate Representation as of July 01, 2022.

(accepted 18.05.2022)
As of today, our first work on luminescent zinc compounds can be read in Chemistry - A European Journal. The novel Zn(II) complexes with cAAC ligands as chromophore exhibit extraordinarily long lifetimes, the cause of which was investigated and elucidated by comprehensive photophysical studies as well as supporting quantum chemical calculations by our cooperation partner Prof. Christel Marian (HHU Düsseldorf).

(11.-13. Mai 2022)
Prof. Steffen and his co-workers M.Sc. Stefan Koop, M.Sc. Julia Kuhnt and M.Sc. Mousree Mitra participated in the meeting of Priority Program 2102 "Light-controlled reactivity of metal complexes" at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and presented recent results in the field of zinc(II) emitters.

(Januar)
The second funding phase of the Priority Program 2102 "Light-controlled reactivity of metal complexes” has started and we’ll be part of the team, once again! Within the project "Design of circularly polarized NIR luminescence (CPL) by triad exchange of d¹⁰ complexes" we will investigate photoactive transition metal complexes once more in cooperation with our long-term collaboration partner Prof. Christel Marian (HHU Düsseldorf), this time focusing on the nickel triad.

(01.09.2021)
With the completion of his one-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Finnish Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Dr. Beliaev was able to secure two years of follow-up funding through a postdoctoral fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Congratulations, we look forward to two more productive years with you!

(19.07.2021)
The reference book Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III has been published with our contribution "Design of Efficient Emissive Materials ". In addition to an introduction to the necessary photophysical theory and a discussion of general design criteria, we provide an overview of recent developments in the field of 3d transition metals, with a particular focus on Cu(I).