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Bidit Lamsal is a PhD candidate in the group of Kay Saalwächter. He is doing NMR studies of amphiphilic polymer co-networks.

Fatemeh Fouladi is a Phd candidate in the group of Kay Saalwächter. She is doing research of Relaxation Mechanisms of Cluster-Forming Groups in Associating Polymers.

Anastasiia Pivovarova is a Phd candidate in the group of Viktor Ivanov. She is doing computational modeling of structure and dynamics in soft polymeric materials.

Jeremy Quast is a Phd candidate in the group of Frederik Haase. He is doing research of Merging COF Chemistry with Polymers for Sustainable Gas Separation Membranes.

Jyothika Nechinikkottil is a Phd candidate in the group of Michael Bron. She is doing research on the electrocatalytic conversion of biobased molecules towards sustainable monomers.

Lea Ueberham is the scientific coordinator of the POLY school section. She recently defended her Phd at Leipzig University and can therefore empathize with the Phd candidates about tackling a Phd.

Maria Hoernke is one of the PIs of the POLY school section. She brings expertise in membrane biophysics to the graduate school.

Franziska Seifert is one of the PIs of the POLY school section. She brings expertise in downstream processing of proteins to the graduate school.

Im Rahmen einer Mutterschutzvertretung/Elternzeitvertretung wird ein(e) wissenschaftlich(e) Koordinator(in) für POLY (AgriPoly II) gesucht. Bewerbungsfrist: 05.11.2025!

Kirsten Bacia is one of the PIs of the POLY school section. She brings expertise in the field of biophysical chemistry to the graduate school.

Pascal Mai is a Phd candidate in the group of Wolfgang Binder. He is doing research of Filler-based Vitrimers for Improved Recycling of Polymers.

application deadline extended to 21.09.2025

Felix Götze is a Phd candidate in the group of Dariush Hinderberger. He is doing research of Albumins as Sustainable Polymeric Materials for Particulate and Fibrous Carriers.

Celina Noack is a Phd candidate in the group of Daniel Wefers. She is doing research in development and structure-property-relationships of partially methylated glucanes.

Leo Wogram is a Phd candidate in the group of Robert Langer. He is doing research of Polyester Amides through Hydrogen-Transfer-Catalysis of Polyesters.

We were happy to support the Equal Opportunities Team (faculty of natural sciences 2) during the Long Night of Sciences @Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg last friday with some vegan gummy bears and balloons for their awesome Campus Mint Rallye!

Johannes Kündiger is a Phd candidate in the group of Christian Wischke. He is conducting research on strategies for sustainable, microplastic-free materials for microencapsulation. He is also the Phd candidate representative of POLY.

Dariush Hinderberger is one of the PIs of the POLY school section. He brings expertise in the field of physical chemistry (Complex Self-Organizing Systems) to the graduate school.

Johann Conrad Holz is a Phd candidate in the group of Thomas Thurn-Albrecht. He is doing research of Morphology, Intracrystalline Dynamics and Intrinsic Mechanical Properties of Semicrystalline Copolyesters.

Research should be conducted in accordance to the principles of Good Scientific Practice (GSP). In order to learn or refresh these, a workshop will be held for the doctoral students of AgriPoly II.

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Daniel Wefers is one of the speakers of the school part POLY-Sustainable Polymers (AgriPoly II). As PI, he brings expertise in the field of food chemistry to the graduate school.

The graduate school AgriPolyII is starting and currently under construction…

AgriPoly II is on BlueSky ! You can find us there @agripolyii.bsky.social

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Since AgriPoly II just started recently, we want to introduce us, so that you can get to know us better! You will learn more about the speakers, the doctoral, candidates, coordinators and PIs.