Employees

Birger Horstmann Key Researcher

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Yuanchun Ji Postdoctoral Researcher

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Liping Wang Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Polymer Electrolyte and Cathode Material for Mg-S Batteries. @ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Yushu Tang Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy. @ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Johannes Schnaidt Manager Graduate School EES

Ijaz Ul Mohsin Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Electrochemical-Calorimetric Investigations and Safety Tests on Post-Lithium Cells. @ Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Johanna Naumann PhD Student

Research Focus: Modeling of granular electrodes. @ Institute for Applied Materials -
Material and Biomechanics (IAM-WBM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Franziska Karcher PhD Student

@ Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Simon Daubner PhD Student

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Daniel Messling Media and Communication Officer

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Tao Zhang Postdoctoral Researcher

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Material and Biomechanics (IAM-WBM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Huiting Liu PhD Student

Research Focus: Sustainability Assessment of Battery Systems. @ Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Marius Schmidt PhD Student

Research Focus: Na-Based Materials, Hierarchically Structured Cathodes. @ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Georgian Melinte Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Transmission Electron Microscopy. @ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Kristina Pfeifer PhD Student

Research Focus: Influence of different components on sodium-ion batteries. @ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Cornelius Gauckler PhD Student

@ Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

Shirin Shakouri PhD Student

Research Focus: Organic electrode materials, Porphyrinoids. @ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Carlos Ziebert Key Researcher

@ Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Matin Karimnia PhD Student

@ Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University

Samuel Bertolini Postdoctoral Researcher

@ Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University

Hagar Khalil Hassan Ibrahim Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: New Solid-State Electrolytes for Post-Li Batteries. @ Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University

Marcus Rohnke Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU)

Fuzhan Rahmanian PhD Student

Research Focus: A.I. Accelerated Interfacial E-Chem. @ Helmholtz Institute Ulm, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Amina Saritas Administrative Assistant

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Qiang Fu Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Novel Cathode Materials for Mg-Ion Batteries. @ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Frieder Scheiba Key Researcher

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Manuel Dillenz PhD Student

@ Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University

Till Ortmann PhD Student

@ Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Justus-Liebig University Gießen (JLU)

Pia Brutschin PhD Student

@ Institute for Energy Conversion and Storage (EWS), Ulm University

Christian Punckt Manager

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Jürgen Behm Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Ulm University

Helmut Ehrenberg Spokesperson

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Maximilian Fichtner Spokesperson

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Jürgen Fleischer Principal Investigator & Industry Liaison Officer

@ Institute of Production Science (wbk), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Axel Groß Spokesperson

@ Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University

Thomas Hanemann Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Werkstoffkunde (IAM-WK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Timo Jacob Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University

Jürgen Janek Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal investigator

@ Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU)

Fedor Jelezko Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Quantum Optics, Ulm University

Ute Kaiser Principal Investigator

@ Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University

Josef Kallo Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Energy Conversion and Storage (EWS), Ulm University

Marc Kamlah Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Material and Biomechanics (IAM-WBM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Christine Kranz Representative for equal opportunities & Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University

Ulrike Krewer Associate member

Research Focus: Characterization and modeling of reaction and degradation at electrode-electrolyte interfaces. @ Institute for Applied Materials - Materials for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IAM-WET), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Christian Kübel Principal Investigator

Research Focus: Structural Characterization using Electron Microscopy Techniques. @ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Arnulf Latz Principal Investigator

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Britta Nestler Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Sven Rau Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University

Mario Ruben Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Wilhelm Schabel Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Thermal Process Engineering (TVT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Rolf Schuster Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Hans Jürgen Seifert Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Carsten Streb Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal Investigator

Research Focus: Battery Electrode Design, Molecular Metal Oxides, Electrochemistry. @ Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University

Patrick Theato Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institut of Technology (KIT)

Jens Tübke Principal Investigator

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Margret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal Investigator

@ Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

Stefan Mück PhD Student

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Material and Biomechanics (IAM-WBM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Julian Klemens PhD Student

Research Focus: Processing of battery electrodes, @ Institute for Thermal Process Engineering (TVT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Mario Marinaro Principal Investigator

@ Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

Katharina Helmbrecht PhD Student

@ Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University

Montaha Anjass Postdoctoral Reseracher

Research Focus: Polyoxometalates-based Active Materials for Post-Li Batteries. @ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) & Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University

Ananyo Roy PhD Student

Research Focus: Enabling Co-intercalation in Multivalent Battery Systems. @ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) & Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University

Marcel Häringer PhD Student

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Matthias Uhl PhD Student

Research Focus: Sodium Deposition. @ Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University

Maren-Kathrin Heubach PhD Student

@ Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University

Julia Maibach Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal Investigator

Research Focus: Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces, Surface & Interface Analysis. @ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Guruprakash Karkera Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Chloride Ion Batteries. @ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Zhen Meng Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Mg, Ca Multivalent Ion Battery. @ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Florian Fiesinger Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Research Focus: Atomistic Multiscale Modelling of Magnesium Based Batteries. @ Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University

Ann-Kathrin Wurba PhD Student

Research Focus: Manufacturing technologies for battery cells @ Institute of Production Science (wbk), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

David Stenzel PhD Student

Reserach Focus: Battery Electrodes Based on High Entropy Materials. @ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Sonia Dsoke Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal Investigator

Research Focus: Sodium & Alumnium Ion Batteries. @ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Markus Wittmann PhD Student

@ Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University

Benjamin Schick PhD Student

Research Focus: Magnesium Deposition, Development of Electrolytes. @ Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University

Joachim Binder Key Researcher

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Tom Philipp PhD Student

@ Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University

Helge Stein Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal Investigator

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Zhenyou Li Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Fabian Jeschull Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Daniel Schneider Principal Investigator

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Luca Schneider PhD Student

@ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Daniel Stottmeister PhD Student

@ Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Univerität Ulm

Krishnaveni Palanisamy PhD Student

@ Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University

Saustin Dongmo Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Electrolytes and Cathode Materials for Magnesium and Calcium Batteries @ Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

Fabio Maroni Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Multivalent-ion batteries (Ca, Mg) @ Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

Raiker Witter Principal Investigator

Research Focus: Smart materials from NMR point of view, @ Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Ulm

Anna Khudyshkina PhD Student

Research Focus: All-solid potassium-ion battery, @ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Silin Xing PhD Student

Research focus: Isothermal Microcalorimetry, Polymer Electrolyte, EQCM, Sodium- and Magnesium-Ion Batteries, @ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Jackson Flowers PhD Student

@ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Adam Reupert PhD Student

Research Focus: Cathode material for multivalent batteries (Mg2+/Ca2+), @ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Venkateswarlu Pamidi PhD Student

Research focus: Development of high voltage cathodes for Sodium Ion Batteries, @ Ulm University, Helmholtz Institute Ulm

Michael Knapp Key Researcher

Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Sylvio Indris Key Researcher

Research Focus: Electrode & Electrolyte Materials for Li/Na/Mg/Ca Ion Batteries; @ Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Anna Smith Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal Investigator

Research focus: development of lithium ion pouch cells & electrochemical testing; @ Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Werner Bauer Key Researcher

Research Focus: Electrode Processing, @ Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Clarissa Glaser PhD Student

Research focus: Magnesium ion conducting solid electrolytes, @ Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU)

Domenic Frank IT specialist for system integration

@ Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Matthias May Associate member

Research Focus: Computational and experimental operando spectroscopy of electrochemical interfaces. @ Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University

Andre Borchers PhD Student

@ Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Felix Pini Apprentice IT Specialist System Integration

@ Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Zhixuan Wei Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: solid state magnesium ion conductors, @ Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU)

Marcel Lang Postdoctoral Researcher

@ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institut für Physikalische Chemie

Matthias van den Borg PhD Student

Research Focus: Atomistic Multiscale Modelling of Alkali Metal based Batteries. @ Ulm University,
Institute for Electrochemistry

Manuel Baumann Postdoctoral Researcher

@ Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)

Mahla Talari PhD Student

Research Focus: Al-Batteries. @ Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Sibylle Riedel Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Organic Cathode Materials for Magnesium-based Batteries. @ Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Reiner Mönig Principal Investigator

@ Institut für Angewandte Materialien Werkstoff- und Biomechanik (IAM-WBM), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Jay Santoki Postdoctoral Researcher

@ Institute of Applied Materials - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Clemens Hausner PhD Student

Research Focus: Solid electrolytes for post-lithium Batteries, @Institute for Applied Materials - Applied Materials Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Cedric Müller PhD Student

Research Focus: Electrochemical Investigation of sodium ion pouch cells compared to lithium-ion-based systems, @ Institute for Applied Materials – Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Aycan Kutlu PhD Student

Research Focus: Development of filament materials for fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printing of all-solid state sodium-ion batteries (ASSSIB) @Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Ralph-Rainer Cronjäger Lab Manager SEmESteR

@ Ulm University

Deepalaxmi Rajagopal PhD Student

Research Focus: Advanced Integrated Data Analysis, @ Institute for Applied Materials - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Daniel Schuhmacher PhD Student

Research Focus: Calcium Ion Batteries, @ Akkumulatoren Materialforschung (ECM), Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

Paul Maidl PhD Student

Research Focus: 3D Simulations for Sodium ion batteries. @ German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Jan Romer PhD Student

Research Focus: Structure, function and morphology at carbon electrodes, @ Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University

Eugen Zemlyanushin PhD Student

Research Focus: Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries (RABs). @ Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Matthias Neumann Postdoc in the JuRaGAP program

Research focus: microstructure characterization by statistical image analysis, datadriven
stochastic 3D microstructure modeling, stochastic geometry and spatial statistics,
virtual materials testing, @ Institute of Stochastics, Ulm University

Georg-Maximilian Bosch Technology Transfer Manager

Sebastian Baumgart PhD Student

Research Focus: Quantumchemical Calculations, @ Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University

Alexander Kühne Principal Investigator

@ Institut für Organische Chemie III, Universität Ulm

Max von Delius Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ulm University

Birgit Esser Research Unit Spokesperson & Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Organic Chemistry II, Ulm University

Marcel Weil Research Unit Sprecher & Principal Investigator

@ Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Leonie Wildersinn PhD Student

Research Focus: Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces, Surface & Interface Analysis @ Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Andreas Hofmann Principal Investigator

@ Institut für Angewandte Materialien – Werkstoffkunde (IAM-WK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Zhirong Zhao-Karger Principal Investigator

@ Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Christoph Meier Deputy Manager

@ Helmholtz-Institut Ulm (HIU), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Satish Kolli Research Data Officer

Research Focus: Research Data Management, @ Helmholtz Institute Ulm, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)

Huy Nguyen Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Modelling and Simulation Hard Carbon Anode for Sodium Ion Battery, @ Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU)

Laurin Derr PhD Student

Research Focus: Half-Cell Microcalorimetry of electrode materials, @ Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

David Schäfer PhD Student

Research Focus: SEI formation on hard carbon electrodes, @ Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU)

Eliana Fuentes-Mendoza PhD Student

Research Focus: Cathode materials for non aqueous aluminum batteries, @ Institute for Applied Materials (IAM-ESS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

MD Adil Postdoctoral Researcher

Research focus: Development of rechargeable sodium-ion organic batteries, @ Institute for Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, Ulm University

Rishikesh Vengarathody PhD Student

Reserch Focus: Cathodes for Na-ion batteries, @ Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)