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02/03/2026
Today Melanie Zorrón successfully defended their master thesis titled “Mesoporous Nanocarriers Conjugated with Affinity…
02/02/2026
Hyeonkwon Lee successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled "Tuning Cation Occupancy in MgFe2O4 spinel and Quantifying…
01/20/2026
Today Florian Muster and Abdullah Samani successfully defended their bachelor theses on “Molekulare Vorstufen für…
01/19/2026
The RG Mathur attened the International Symposium on Eco-materials Processing and Design (ISEPD) in Wuhan (China) and…
01/13/2026
We were happy to welcome Prof. Jae-Chul Pyun from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University…
12/16/2025
Sumiya Iqbal successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled "Hybrid Silica Nanocarriers with Lipid and PLGA Coatings for…
We thank Prof. Yogendra Kumar Mishra from SDU- Mads Clausen Institute (Denmark) for his captivating lecture on "Tetrapod…
12/09/2025
We’re happy to announce that this year’s RG Mathur Christmas Card Contest winner is Lukas Rryci! His creative and…
11/28/2025
We were happy to welcome Prof. Dr. Heechae Choi from the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science and the Advanced…
11/27/2025
Seulgi Ji successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled "Thermodynamics based design of wide band gap semiconductors"!
W…
10/24/2025
Our new paper, in collaboration with the Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazil, is now published…
09/18/2025
Today Salma Elgaramali and Aneeta P successfully defended their master theses!We congratulate the new Master of Science…
09/10/2025
We thank Prof. Dr. Byungchan Han from Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea) for his highly interesting lecture on "Beyond…
09/09/2025
Today Alex Vogel successfully defended his bachelor thesis on the topic of "Biegbare Elektrodenmaterialien für flexible…
Today Tom Schneider successfully defended his master thesis on the topic of “TiOx/V2O5-based Nanomaterials for the…
08/29/2025
The challenges and failures of an academic pathway are the basis for a solid research basis. In our workshop "Learning…
08/18/2025
Niusha Heshmati successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled "Ecofriendly Processing of Stable Lead Halide Perovskite…
08/12/2025
We thank Prof. Byungha Shin from KAIST (Korea) for his highly interesting lecture on "Electronic Trap Detection with…
07/08/2025
Dr. Karthikeyan Sekar, Assistant Professor at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Chennai) gave a lecture on "…
07/07/2025
We are thrilled to share our latest publication work entitled: “Ag Cluster-Modified K₀.₅Na₀.₅NbO₃ Piezocatalyst for…
06/25/2025
Andreas Lichtenberg successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled "New Insights into the Chemistry of Thorium and Uranium…
06/11/2025
The DAAD has approved funding for the project “Global Citizenship and Environmental Stewardship: Driving Water…
06/02/2025
We are happy to share our recent collaborative work with Prof. Osmando Ferreira Lopes entitled “Boosting electrochemical…
05/30/2025
We are pleased to share that RG Mathur was represented by some of our brilliant members during the E-MRS Spring Meeting…
05/23/2025
From circular materials to critical raw resources, our distinguished speakers provided insights into, how science can…
04/30/2025
Today Nicolaus Sondermann defended successfully his master thesis on the topic of "Chemical Vapor Deposition of ZnFe2O3…
04/03/2025
Dr. Nathalia Verissimo from the Max-Planck-Institute for Sustainable Materials (MPI-SusMat) delivered a fascinating…
02/19/2025
On February 19, 2025, we hosted the Career Growth Workshop at Inorganic and Materials Chemistry, University of Cologne,…
01/22/2025
Today Mariya Sokolova defended very successfully her bachelor thesis on the topic of "Chemical Vapor Deposition of…
01/21/2025
Recently, the Lab-Mathur group had the pleasure of hosting our colleagues from the “University and City Library of…
01/16/2025
Congratulations to Andreas Lichtenberg and David Patrun, for winning the Best Student Poster award at ISEPD 2025…
01/10/2025
We are excited to share our contribution to the book by Springer Nature. In Chapter 2: Solid Nanocarriers and…
01/09/2025
Dr. José Filho from Embrapa Instrumentation, Brazil visited our research group and gave the lecture "Continuous wave…
12/20/2024
Ambrishkumar Devaiya successfully defended his Master defense titled "Growth and Characterization of Novel Group-IV…
12/19/2024
Prof. Dr. Eva Hemmer from University of Otawa, Canada visited our group and shared her expertise through an engaging…
12/18/2024
We are delighted to share the success of the Indo-German Summit for Young Professionals (IGSYP-2024), held on 18th of…
12/16/2024
Our group members visited the Gesamtschule Brüggen in Neuss to bring closer chemistry and materials science to students…
12/10/2024
We congratulate the winner of our Christmas Card Contest 2024: Gustavo! Thank you to everyone who participated and…
10/29/2024
Anja Sutorius successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled "Hexagonal Boron Nitride, Vapor Phase Growth, Templating, and…
09/27/2024
We successfully hosted a workshop on "Advancements in Energy Conversion and Sustainable Development" on September 27,…
09/26/2024
We are glad to be a part of MSE congress 2024 attended in Darmstadt, Germany from 24-26 September 2024. Thanks for…
09/12/2024
Lukas Rryci successfully defended his Master defense titled "Chlorophyll Sensitized TiO2 Nanocomposites for Visible…
Chijioke Kingsley Amadi successfully his PhD defended his defense titled "Molecular Chalcogenide Complexes of Aluminium,…
08/30/2024
Many thanks to Prof. Kamel Eid from the College of Engeneering at Qatar University for giving us insights in his…
08/12/2024
We would like to share our newest manuscript "Understanding Vapor Phase Growth of hexagonal Boron Nitride".
This paper…
“The sustainability transition is a materials transition.“ Prof. Sanjay Mathur had the interview with "Universität zu…
08/07/2024
We are delighted to share our amazing experience from “Nanotage 2024 meeting” organized in Karlsruhe Institute of…
07/25/2024
Prof. Suhash Ranjan Dey from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India visited our group as guest-professor for…
07/24/2024
Jessica Kirchhartz successfully defended her Master defense on July 16th, titled "Micro- and Nanoparticles for Enabling…
07/01/2024
We are pleased to present our latest book contribution titled "Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting" by…
06/20/2024
Jan Churabasik successfully defended his bachelor defense on June 20th, titled "Thorium-based Molecules and Materials".
06/18/2024
We are happy to share our newest publication on "Plasma-enhanced SnO2-x thin films on copper current collector for safer…
06/10/2024
We are pleased to announce the release of our latest publication on high entropy oxides by a new synthetic pathway.
By…
06/07/2024
Congratulations to Moritz Steiner for giving his talk on "Anode Free Batteries" in the scope of this year's Förderpreis,…
05/29/2024
We are happy to announce that Sumiya Iqbal got the Young Researcher Award at the EMRS meeting in Strasbourg!
Big…
05/15/2024
Our latest research on lipid-coated silica nanocarriers showcases a novel approach to prolonging the release of…
Prof. Mathur has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Electroceramics to lead the journal to its next…
04/18/2024
The Working Group Mathur is extremely pleased to announce that Ms. Angelika Feuerlein has joined our Chair as the…
03/25/2024
Prof. Dr. Hyeon Suk Shin, Director of IBS Center for 2D Quantum Heterostructures at SKKU. We had a workshop with Prof.…
Lab Mathur shines at the 1st European MRS Chapters Meeting in Paris with top honors for presentation and poster!
Ruth Adam successfully defended her master defense on the topic of "Design of Pb-free Perovkites for Development of…
03/18/2024
Reza Jomezadeh successfully defended his bachelor's defense on Marth 18th!
Kimia Niazka completed her bachelor's defense on Marth 18th!
Khan Lê successfully defended his PhD thesis in March 18th!
03/13/2024
Our research group recently published a new paper "Single-crystalline WSe2 nanoflakes as efficient electrocatalysts" in…
03/01/2024
Welcome, Dr. Jung, to our group as a postdoctoral researcher!
02/27/2024
Moritz Steiner successfully defended his master thesis on Feb 27th!
Niklas Almandinger successfully defended his bachelor thesis on Feb 27th!
We are delighted to present our recent paper published in Advanced Functional Materials!
02/23/2024
Congratulations to Marla Simon, our esteemed scholar intern for the Jugend Forscht prize for the third time!
11/30/2023
The 1st of December, We and Malvern Panalytical are jointly hosting the workshop.
11/07/2023
Our research group has a workshop "Interdisciplinary Concepts in Energy Materials: From Nuclear Waste to Improved…
11/03/2023
The new phase of AK Mathur in Cologne has just started!
10/30/2023
Prof. Sanjay Mathur shared his thoughts about "Germany's R&D Investments Address Environmental and Human Capital…
10/25/2023
Prof. Rajiv Prakash, Director of IIT Bhilai visited our research group. We had a workshop with Prof. Prakash, which was…
09/08/2023
Our research group has a workshop "From PhD to Industry Leadership and Career Growth: Insights from an ACerS Board…
09/06/2023
The distinguished publisher of Materials Science & Engineering journals at Elsevier, Kayla Dos Santos, led the workshop…
08/09/2023
Our research group had a bilateral workshop "CellSpin" with the team of German University in Cairo/Egypt on 09.08.2023.
07/18/2023
Feel free to register for our virtual ACerS dialogue: Material challenges for a sustainable future - an African…
06/14/2023
Michael Wilhelm successfully defended his Ph.D thesis on June 14th!
06/12/2023
Paul Lin and Dilan Augustin joined our group for internship
05/24/2023
Our PhD candidates participated in a poster session at the CGSC PhD Symposium.
05/16/2023
Jessica Menges successfully defended her bachelor thesis on May 16th, 2023!
05/11/2023
Dr. Hajar Homa Maleki has successfully completed her Habilitation and has been awarded „venia legendi“ for teaching…
Congratulations to Simon for successfully defending his Master thesis!
05/05/2023
Join us at the event called "Who is a great scientist?" to discuss the current gender imbalance in the academic career!
04/19/2023
Anne Schmidt-Verma successfully defended her Ph.D thesis on "High Temperature Superhydrophobic Coatings for Industrial…
03/20/2023
Hakim Ibrahim successfully defended his Bachelor thesis on "Synthese und Oberflächenmodifikation von…
03/15/2023
Follow our "LabMathur" Linkedin page!
02/13/2023
The Nano-Bio group participated in the IGSTC Indo-German Exchange Workshop in Erlangen!
01/09/2023
Ufuk Atamtürk successfully defended his Ph.D thesis on "Chemical Vapor Deposition of Molecular Thiolates of Bismuth, Tin…
12/17/2022
Listening to "Big picture, small scale - connecting materials and communities." Sanjay Mathur talks in the podcast…
12/13/2022
International Year of Glass 2022 "Art an Science of Glass" will be held on 13th, December at 17:30 (CET)
11/07/2022
Shuangzhou Wang successfully defended her Ph.D thesis on "Atomic Layer Deposition of Vanadium Oxide and Tantalum Oxide…
10/14/2022
Prof. Mathur was elected during the MS&T22 Conference in Pittsburgh, USA, as the President of the American Ceramic…
10/04/2022
We congratulate Tom Huhle to his B.Sc Chemistry!
09/21/2022
Matthias Grosch successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on "Low-melting and Liquefied Metals as New Substrates for…
We congratulate Nursima Ates to her B.Sc Chemistry!
06/21/2022
Annika Szymura successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on "Dual Action Iron Oxide and Mesoporous Silica Nanocarriers for…
06/14/2022
Feray Ünlü successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on "Green inks and lead-free compositions in perovskite and allied…
05/18/2022
05/02/2022
Alexander M. Renner successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Funktionalisierte Gold und Eisenoxid Nanopartikel in der…
04/20/2022
04/07/2022
Benedict Witulski and Ziyaad Aytuna successfully defended their master theses yesterday!
Many congratulations to both!
03/15/2022
Solar cells with perovskite-inspired materials go to school! Our outreach activity with Gesamtschule Brüggen went to the…
02/21/2022
Open Ceramics, the official, peer-reviewed, Open Access journal of the European Ceramic Society, published by Elsevier,…
12/14/2021
12/13/2021
11/18/2021
11/05/2021
Advanced Chemisty course of the Lise Meitner Gymnasium as a guest in the research group Mathur!
10/29/2021
Building Global Partnerships for Sustainable Development (SDG no. 17)
10/25/2021
Materials and Manufacturing for Future Mobility
09/06/2021
We are delighted to announce the election of Prof. Mathur to the board of directors of ChemCologne.
We are delighted…
09/05/2021
The Center for Ceramics Technologies for Futuristic Mobility was launched last Friday with the opening talk given by…
09/03/2021
B.Sc. & M.Sc.
You are cordially invited for the inaugural launch Center of Excellence on Materials and Manufacturing for Futuristic…
07/19/2021
Science education deals with processes related to the natural and physical world and thus is crucial to shape a modern…
07/12/2021
Prof. Sanjay Mathur has been invited to the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Nature Research) based on his…
07/05/2021
For the second time, volunteers of RG Mathur organized a digital workshop with the topic “Without chemistry … are we…
06/26/2021
Prof. Sanjay Mathur participated in the third session in a series of interactions between professor and student focused…
05/17/2021
Prof. Dr. Sanjay Mathur as invited speaker at the IMMC2021 (June 10-12, 2021)
04/27/2021
Find out more here!
04/19/2021
Sanjay Mathur - Green Chemistry
03/15/2021
The Sustainability Initiative of the University of Cologne, which is carefully supported by the American Ceramic Society…
01/08/2021
01/01/2021
Annika Szymura successfully defended her PhD thesis! All of us in the group are wishing you the very best!
11/23/2020
Frontiers in Advanced Ceramics
11/19/2020
„100% nachhaltig = 0% Chemie??? - M’r künn och nachhaltig!“
11/12/2020
Felix Herwede successfully defended his Bachelor thesis on the 11.11.2020.
11/10/2020
We congratulate Christina Derichsweiler and Dominic Braun to their B.Sc Chemistry
11/08/2020
Sustainability Initiative University of Cologne
10/06/2020
Kianush Khalafi successfully defended his Bachelor Thesis titled: Synthese funktionalisierter Nanopartikel zur…
09/28/2020
09/16/2020
Interested in learning more on sustainability?
The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Germany Chapter and the Materials…
On Monday, 14th of September, Michael Frank successfully defended his PhD Thesis: "Neuartige Konzepte zur Synthese…
08/04/2020
On Tuesday, 4th of June, Karim Arroub successfully defended his PhD Thesis: "Biokompatible Komposite aus…
07/28/2020
A-site engineered lead halide perovskites lead to balanced stability and efficiency
