The Team 

We are a team of researchers at different stages of their academic careers, embedded in an excellent research environment with expert scientific staff and state-of-the-art research equipment. We are united by the passion for science and research, for the development of new molecules and catalysts with tailor-made properties and the synthesis of unusual compounds with unknown reactivities. We are: 

The Molecular Designers 

Staff

Prof. Dr. Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner
Chairholder

Office: NC 2/70
Fon: +49 (0)234 32-24174
Fax: +49 (0)234 32-14174

viktoria.daeschlein-gessner[at]rub.de 

Sabine Pankau
Office and Administration

Office: NC 2/71
Fon: +49 (0)234 32-23629
Fax: +49 (0)234 32-14174

sabine.pankau[at]rub.de

Dr. Bert Mallick
Senior Scientist

Office: NC 2/73
Fon: +49 (0)234 32-27313

bert.mallick[at]rub.de

Dr. Kai-Stephan Feichtner
Senior Scientist

Office: NC 2/73        
Fon: +49 (0)234 32-23845   

kai-stephan.feichtner[at]rub.de

Dagmar Müller
Technical Coworker

Office: NC 2/74
Fon: +49 (0)234 32-28641

dagmar.mueller[at]rub.de

Maurice Paaßen
Technical Coworker

Office: NC 2/74   
Fon: +49 (0)234 32-12721
Lab: NC 2/68  

maurice.paassen[at]rub.de

Fabian Töpfer
Technical Coworker

Office: NC 2/74

Fon: +49 (0)234 32-28378

fabian.toepfer[at]rub.de

Post-Docs

Dr. Robert Ward

joined the group in 2023

Office: NC 2/67       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24156

robert.ward[at]rub.de

Dr.  Arpan Das

joined the group in 2023

Office: NC 2/67       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68

Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24156


arpan.das[at]rub.de

Dr. Deepti Sharma

joined the group in 2023

Office: NC 2/26       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24152

deepti.sharma[ät]rub.de

Dr. Cheng-Han Yu

joined the group in 2024

Office: NC 2/26       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68

Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24152


cheng-han.yu[ät]rub.de

Dr. Quentin Le Dé

joined the group in 2024
Office: NC 2/67
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24156

quentin.lede[ät]rub.de

Dr. Alexander Linke

joined the group in 2024
Office: NC 2/25
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24156
alexander.linke-j4c[at]rub.de

 Mike Jörges

joined the group in 2020

Office: NC 2/31    
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68

Phone: +49 (0)234 32-26884


mike.joerges[at]rub.de 

Ph.D. Students

Julian Löffler

joined the group in 2020

Office: NC 2/32    
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68

Phone: +49 (0)234 32-27693


julian.loeffler[at]rub.de

Daniel Knyszek

joined the group in 2021

Office: NC 2/26       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68

Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24152


daniel.knyszek[at]rub.de

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Prakash Duari

joined the group in 2021

Office: NC 2/26       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
 Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24152


prakash.duari(at)rub.de

Leif Kelling

joined the group in 2021

Office: NC 2/31      
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
 Phone: +49 (0)234 32-26884


leif.kelling[at]rub.de

Lennart Hensle

joined the group 2021

Office: NC 2/26       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
 Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24152


lennart.hensle[at]rub.de
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Manoj Kumar

joined the group 2022

Office: NC 2/31       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
 Phone: +49 (0)234 32-26884


Manoj.Kumar[at]rub.de
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Nicolas Kaiser

joined the group 2022

Office: NC 2/67       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
 Phone: +49 (0)234 32-24156


nicolas.kaiser[at]rub.de
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Sunita Mondal

joined the group 2022

Office: NC 2/26       
Lab: NC 2/25 2/68
Phone : +49 (0)234 32-24152

sunita.mondal[at]rub.de

Henning Remm

joined the group 2023

Office: NC 2/32 
Phone: +49 (0)234 32-27693

henning.remm[at]rub.de
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Stephan Mayer

joined the group 2024

Office: NC 2/67 
Phone: +49 (0)234 32-27693

stephan.mayer[at]rub.de

Master/Bachelor and Indetph Students

Anna Mensing

Manh Hung Tran

Aya Alhaddad 

Alumni

Julia Weismann
Until 2015

Sebastian Molitor
Until 2016

Chandrajeet Mohapatra
2019

S. V. S. N. Swamy. Varre
2020

Heidar Darmandeh
Until 2021

Abir Sarbajna
2022

Sébastien  Lapointe
2022

Richard Gauld
2022

Ilja Rodstein
Until 2022

Jens Handelmann
Until 2023

Michelle Kleinhaus (ehem. Schmidt) Until 2023

Zhao Zhao
Until 2023

Angela Burhenn
(ehem. Großjohann)

Until 2024

Felix Krischer
Until 2024

Alaa Omar Omar 

Until 2024

Former students 

Margarita Shishkova

 Tizian van Thiel 

 Julius Busse 

 Anna Marianovic 

 Lea Räkow 

 Perinbanthan S