Group Members
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Head of Group
![Profilbild von Volker Abetz](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/13536852/volker-abetz-c19f530bc69b87fc7dc98b294d5daa296dff3094.jpg)
Photo: Volker Abetz
Research group leader
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 342b
Tel: +49 40 42838-3460
Fax: +49 40 42838-9542
Front office
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Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 342c (currently disengaged)
Office hours
- Please contact Marion Manin or Martina Krasa for duties concerning the institute.
- For appointments with Prof. Dr. Volker Abetz contact him personally (Prof. Dr. V. Abetz).
- When you have questions to the group of Prof. Dr. Abetz, contact Dr. Birgit Hankiewicz.
Research associates
![Profilbild von Birgit Hankiewicz](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/13537259/birgit-hankiewicz-a396526c7634436f210e1c1ef261bbcfa46164f5.jpg)
Photo: Birgit Hankiewicz
Senior Scientist
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 342a
Tel: +49 40 42838-8347
![Profilbild von Andreas Meyer](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/13537285/andreas-meyer-d84bf30af899593ac52e482ab4b4f34a026cf7ab.jpg)
Photo: Andreas Meyer
Senior Scientist
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 165b
Tel: +49 40 42838-4394
Doctoral researchers
![Marvin Groß](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/35923260/marvin-gross-2c93be8ad211e08d7d289251498b10c1c1bcc969.jpg)
Photo: Marvin Groß
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 360
Tel: +49 40 42838-6132
![Florian Klein](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/30028172/florian-klein-bb6cb50eb8cee46e85fcf25e14111818d7c6bfcb.jpg)
Photo: Florian Klein
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363
Tel: +49 40 42838-2176
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
![Bild von Sascha Lemich](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/22783515/sascha-lemich-cc155b5863af53e1db16c3f7b110cdba28647e37.jpg)
Photo: Nina Schober
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 342c
Tel: +49 40 42838-3459
![ps](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/33115013/patrick-schuetz-5353e005c7c7a84930c3f6ebc8ac9a9506e097eb.jpg)
Photo: Patrick Schütz
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363a
Tel: +49 40 42838-9952
![Gloria Signorato](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/35228331/gloria-signorato-eb78102a33c057afe1f6dc845cfcf74d1444ea09.jpg)
Photo: Gloria Signorato
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: PC 363, VG II
Tel: +49 40 42838 2176
![Nils Sobania](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/38575798/nils-sobania-64b6932a85f44dfedd72cc1b15c628852e337869.jpg)
Photo: Nils Sobania
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363a
Tel: +49 40 42838-3428
![sabrina jaehnke](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/25762584/sabrina-jaehnke-b5bf7045f7acf5e8b8a881b6b873a0251e01396d.jpg)
Photo: Sabrina Jaehnke
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363
Tel: +49 40 42838-2450
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
![Foto von Siraphat Weerathaworn](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/24066849/siraphat-weerathaworn-62847ede0d75e74552caf9acf7d9258992ae2f29.jpg)
Photo: Nina Schober
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 360
Tel: +49 40 42838-6132
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
![Picture of Maria Weißpflog](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/23330903/weisspflog-9f766fca38f241093c8ea9100350a3175c126cea.jpg)
Photo: Nina Schober
PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 363a
Tel: +49 40 42838-3428
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
![Profilbild von Melanie Benken](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/17173654/melanie-benken-b5eb9bc349a870b4228774cacc6d4d82398494b1.jpg)
Photo: Melanie Benken
Laboratory Assistant PCP
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 165a
Tel: +49 40 42838-3421
Fax: +49 40 4273-14799
![Profilbild von Martin Kehden](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/17173427/martin-kehden-a8dad85474d475a588daf9b9b7aab17aa42bcda3.jpg)
Photo: Martin Kehden
Laboratory Assistant
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Abetz
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 362a
Tel: +49 40 42838-3424
Fax: +49 40 4273-14799