Innovative and interdisciplinary

The research carried out at the Department of Chemistry is unique in virtue of its diversity, interdisciplinarity, and collegiality. Our areas of emphasis are polymers, biomolecules, structured colloidal materials, functional catalysis design, and novel natural substance synthesis.

We have also earned an international reputation for developing the method of spectroscopic structure analysis. Our interdisciplinary orientation is manifested in large cooperative projects such as SFB 1585 (Structured functional materials for multiple transport in nanoscale confinements) and the way expertise is bundled in Key Labs and our various research centres.

You can find out more about our research activities on the homepages of the focus areas and our various working groups.

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Prof. Dr. Seema Agarwal, Macromolecular Chemistry II
Homepage: www.mcii.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html
Prof. Dr. Matteo Bianchini, Inorganic Active Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices
Homepage: www.bianchini.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Johannes Brendel, Macromolecular Chemistry I
Homepage: www.mc1.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html
Prof. Dr. Josef Breu, Inorganic Colloids for Electrochemical Energy Storage
Homepage: www.ice2.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Matthias Breuning, Organic Chemistry III
Natural Product Synthesis and Catalysis
Homepage: www.breuning.uni-bayreuth.de
N. N., Artificial Intelligence in Protein Science
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Prof. Dr. Shoubhik Das, Organic Chemistry I
Photo and Electro Catalysis for Systainability
Homepage: www.shoubhikdas.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Andreas Greiner, Macromolecular Chemistry II
Homepage: www.mcii.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html
Prof. Dr. André Gröschel, Polymer Materials for Electrochemical Storage Devices
Homepage: www.groeschel.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Frank Hahn, Organic Chemistry IV
Biotechnology and Food and Drug Chemistry
Homepage: www.oc-hahn.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Janosch Hennig, Biochemistry IV
Biophysical Chemistry
Homepage: www.biochemieiv-bpc.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Birte Höcker, Biochemistry III
Protein Design
Homepage: www.proteindesign.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe, Inorganic Chemistry II
Homepage: www.ac2.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. René Königs, Organic Chemistry II
Bioorganic Chemistry
Homepage: www.koenigslab.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Claus D. Kuhn, RNA Biochemistry
Homepage: www.kuhnlab.uni-bayreuth.de
Junior Prof. Dr. Hannah Kurz, Inorganic Chemistry IV
Homepage: www.kurz.uni-bayreuth.de
Junior Prof. Dr. Meike Nicole Leiske, Sustainable Functional Polymer Systems
Homepage: www.leiskelab.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Thomas Lunkenbein, Operando-Analytics for electrochemical Energy Storage Devices
Homepage: www.operando.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Johannes Margraf, Physikal Chemistry V
Theory and Machine Learning
Homepage: www.margraf.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Roland Marschall, Physical Chemistry III
Sustainable Materials for Solar Energy Conversion
Homepage: www.marschall.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Andreas Möglich, Biochemistry II
Photobiochemistry
Homepage: www.moeglich.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Georg Papastavrou, Physical Chemistry II
Interfaces and Nanoanalytics
Homepage: www.pcii.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Paul, Didactics of Biology and Chemistry
Homepage: www.bc-didaktik.uni-bayreuth.de
Junior Prof. Dr. Alex Plajer, Polymers for Electro-Optical and Sensor Applications
Homepage: www.plajer.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Markus Retsch, Physical Chemistry I
Colloidal Structures and Energy Materials
Homepage: www.retsch.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Anna Schenk, Physical Chemistry IV
Bioinspired Colloidal Systems and Scattering Techniques
Homepage: www.colloidal-systems.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Stephan Schwarzinger, NMR Centre
Homepage: https://www.nbnc.uni-bayreuth.de/de/arbeitsgruppen/arbeitsgruppe-csi-food/index.html
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Senker, Inorganic Chemistry III
Homepage: www.senker.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Clemens Steegborn, Biochemistry I (currently represented by Prof. Ulrich Krauß)
Protein biochemistry of signaling
Homepage: www.biochemie.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Mukundan Thelakkat, Macromolecular Chemistry I
Homepage: www.chemie.uni-bayreuth.de/afupo/
Prof. Dr. Matthias Ullmann, Biochemistry V
Theoretical and Computational Biochemistry
Homepage: www.bisb.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Nella Marie Vargas-Barbosa, Physical Chemistry VI
Electrochemistry
Homepage: www.electrochemistry.uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Birgitta Wöhrl, Biochemistry IV
Biophysical Chemistry
Homepage: www.biochemieiv-bpc.uni-bayreuth.de

Emeriti

Prof. Dr. Helmut Alt
Prof. Dr. Hans Gerlach (em.)
Prof. Dr. Max Herberhold (em.)
Prof. Dr. Heinz Hoffmann (em.)
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Krauss
Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenoir
Prof. Dr. Peter Morys
Prof. Dr. Axel Müller
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Platz
Prof. Dr. Paul Rösch
Prof. Dr. Franz X. Schmid
Prof. Dr. Rainer Schobert
Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Seifert
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Spiteller (em.)
Prof. Dr. Matthias Sprinzl
Prof. Dr. Peter Strohriegl
Prof. Dr. Carlo Unverzagt
Prof. Dr. Karin Weiss
Prof. Dr. Bernd Wrackmeyer

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SFB 840 "From particulate nanosystems to mesotechnology"
SFB 1357 "Microplastics" (Microplastics - Understanding the mechanisms and processes of biological effects, transport and formation: From model to complex systems as a basis for new solutions)
SFB 1585 "MultiTrans" (Structured functional materials for multiple transport in nanoscale confinements)

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