Group Members
Head of Group
Photo: Volker Abetz
Research group leader
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 342b
Telephone: +49 40 2395-23460
Office hours
Research associates
Photo: Birgit Hankiewicz
Senior Scientist
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 342a
Telephone: +49 40 2395-28347
Photo: Andreas Meyer
Senior Scientist
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 165b
Telephone: +49 40 2395-24394
Doctoral researchers
Photo: Amrei Gouby
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363
Telephone: +49 40 2395-29476
Photo: Marvin Groß
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 360
Telephone: +49 40 2395-26132
Photo: Larissa Großmann
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363a
Photo: Sabrina Jaehnke
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363
Telephone: +49 40 2395-22450
Key aspects of activity
- Functionalized block-copolymers for sustainable and selective lithium ion extraction from seawater
- Keywords: RAFT-polymerization, crown ether functionalized polymers, ion extraction, lithium recovery, membrane preparation, self-assembly, DFT (density functional theory)
- Characterisation techniques: AFM, SEM, GPC, NMR, UV-Vis, DSC, DLS, Elementary Analysis, IR
Photo: Florian Klein
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Key aspects of activity
- Development of Bio-Based, Thermoreversible, Reprocessable, Stimuli-Responsive Polymer (Nano-)composite Materials
- Keywords: Vitrimers, Covalent Adaptable Networks, Bio-based Building Blocks, Ligands, (Nano-)composite Materials
- Characterisation techniques: FTIR, NMR, Quantitative 31P-NMR, MS, DSC, TGA, DMA, Tensile Test, Elementary Analyis, Light Microscopy
Photo: Nina Schober
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Photo: Angelique Meyer
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Telephone: +49 40 2395-27220
Photo: Samar Mohamed
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 360
Photo: Patrick Schütz
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363a
Telephone: +49 40 2395-29952
Photo: Gloria Signorato
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: PC 363
Telephone: +49 40 2395-22176
Photo: Nils Sobania
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363a
Telephone: +49 40 2395-23428
Photo: Nina Schober
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Key aspects of activity
- Vitrimers Based on Self-assembled Block Copolymers
- Keywords: Block Copolymer, Photo-RAFT Polymerization, Reprocessability
- Characterisation techniques: IR, NMR, GPC, DSC, TGA, DMA, Tensile test, XRD
Photo: Andreas Meyer
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363a
Key aspects of activity
- Behavior of ferrite-based magnetic nanoparticles in smart polymer networks
- Keywords: Magnetism, Hyperthermia, Thermo-responsivity, Photo-iniferter RAFT-Polymerization, Hydrothermal reactor
- Characterisation techniques: Vibrating Sample Magnetometer, TEM, ICP-OES, custom-built coil set-up, NMR, TGA, DLS, XRD, UV-Vis, AC-Susceptometer
Technical staff
Photo: Melanie Benken
Laboratory Assistant PCP
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 165a
Telephone: +49 40 2395-23421
Photo: Martin Kehden
Laboratory Assistant
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 362a
Telephone: +49 40 2395-23424
Fax: +49 40 4273-14799
Others
Team Assistant
Institut für Physikalische Chemie
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 246b
Telephone: +49 40 2395-27631
Office hours
- Appointments with Prof. Dr. Volker Abetz (exams, meetings, etc.)
- Other interests (z.B. practising courses, bachelor and master thesis, PhD, etc. )