
Here you can find a selection of ongoing coordinated research projects and networks involving the Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences.
More information about our research acitivities:
- Research projects of the entire Friedrich Schiller UniversityExternal link
- The University Bibliography JenaExternal link: Publications of the university members
- Research Information Portal (FIS Portal):External link Database of third-party funded research projects of Thuringian universities since 2016
Excellence Strategy
The faculty is part of the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse", which has been in existence since 2019. The University of Jena is participating in the current excellence competition with three further draft proposals. More about the Excellence Strategy at the University of Jena
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Projects funded through the Excellence Initiative
The Faculty is involved in the following projects funded through the Excellence Initiative
Cluster of Excellence Balance of the MicroverseExternal link
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DFG Research Centres
The Faculty is involved in the following DFG Research Centre:
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research iDivExternal link
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DFG National Research Data Infrastructure
NFDI4ChemExternal link
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Christoph Steinbeck -
DFG Collaborative Research Centres
CRC 1076 AquaDiva: Understanding the Links between Surface and Subsurface Biogeosphere
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel, Prof. Dr Kai Uwe Totsche, Prof Susan Trumbore, PhDCRC 1127 ChemBioSys: Chemical Mediators in Complex BiosystemsExternal link
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Christian Hertweck, Prof. Dr Georg PohnertCRC 1278 Poly-Target: Polymer-based nanoparticle libraries for targeted anti-inflammatory strategies
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. SchubertCRC/ TR 234 CataLIGHT: Light-driven Molecular Catalysts in Hierarchically Structured Materials - Synthesis and Mechanistic StudiesExternal link
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Felix H. SchacherCRC 1375 NOA: Nonlinear Optics down to Atomic Scales
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Ulf Peschel, Prof. Dr Stefanie GräfeCRC 1507: Protein Assemblies and Machinery in Cell MembranesExternal link
Sprecher: Prof. Dr Robert Tampé (Uni Frankfurt)CRC 1585: MultiTrans: Structured functional materials for multiple transport in nanoscale confinementsExternal link
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DFG Priority Programmes
The following DFG Priority Programmes are coordinated by members of the Faculty:
SPP 2491 Interaktives Schalten von Spinzuständen de
Coordinator: Prof. Dr Birgit WeberSPP 2248 Polymer based batteries
Coordinator: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. SchubertThe Faculty is involved in further DFG Priority Programmes:
SPP 1374 Biodiversity ExploratoriesExternal link
SPP 1833 Building a Habitable EarthExternal link
SPP 2102: Light Controlled Reactivity of Metal ComplexesExternal link
SPP 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment - DOMEExternal link
SPP 2332: Physics of ParasitismExternal link
SPP 2361: On the Way to the Fluvial AnthroposphereExternal link
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DFG Research Units
The following DFG Research Units are coordinated by members of the Faculty:
FOR 5301 FuncHeal - the next generation of self-healing materials – restoring electronic, optical and transport properties in soft materials for energy storage and conversionExternal link
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. SchubertThe Faculty is involved in further DFG Research Units:
FOR 2811 Adaptive Polymer Gels with Model-Network StructureExternal link
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EU Projects, ERC Grants
ERC Advanced Grant
FutureBat
Coordinator: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. SchubertERC Starting Grant
CILCatExternal link
Coordinator: Prof. Dr Martin OschatzHORIZON
2DSPIN-TECH - 2D Heterostructure Non-volatile Spin Memory TechnologyExternal link
ENERCAP - European Network to Empower Research on CAPacitorsExternal link
environMENTAL - Reducing the impact of major environmental challenges on mental healthExternal link
COST
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Federal funding (e.g. BMBF)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)/ Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
Coli-SCo - Multiscale Coupling of Lithium-Sulphur Battery Compounds from Carbon Pores to Full Cell
Coordination: Prof. Dr Martin OschatzResearch Campus InfectoGnosticsExternal link
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Jürgen PoppLPI-BT1 — Multi-Dimensionale, multimodale, intelligente Imaging PlattformenExternal link
Coordinator: Prof. Dr Jürgen PoppLPI-BT2 — Photonische Interaktionsassays für POCT/Hochdurchsatz-Plattformen — Photonics meets POCT/HDExternal link
Coordinator: Prof. Dr Jürgen PoppLPI-BT3 — Künstliche Intelligenz für Diagnostik und TherapieExternal link
Coordinator: PD Dr Thomas BocklitzMykoBEst - Influence of the mycorrhizosphere of trees on soil development and erosion reduction of uranium mining landscapes
Coordination: Prof. Dr Thorsten SchäferNatter - Optimised solid-state Sodium batteries with novel anodes based on carbon frameworks
Coordination: Prof. Dr Martin OschatzSINATRA: SolSTEP - Two-step photocatalysts for the integrated production of solar energy carriersExternal link
Coordination: Dr Jacob SchneidewindSINATRA: Py-Pho-Hybrid-Energy - Pyroelectric Enhanced Photocatalytic Hybrid-Energy-MembranesExternal link
Coordination: Dr Sebastian EngelWaNaWa - Hydrogen storage in nano-water
Coordination: Prof Dr Martin OschatzFederal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
KOLLORADO-e3 - Grimsel Felslabor: In-situ Experimente zur Bentonit Langzeit-Stabilität und der Radionuklidmobilität an der Grenzfläche Bentonit - Kristallin
Coordinator: Prof. Dr Thorsten SchäferWTZ Granit
Other federal ministries and agencies
EVIDENT - Erosion of bentonite under in-situ conditions by the action of natural waters in deep geological repositories
Coordination: Prof. Dr Thorsten SchäferREGENI - Regionalisierung Nitrat im GrundwasserExternal link
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Other funding institutions
Carl Zeiss Foundation
Upgrading lignin for fair raw materials (LignUp)External link
Leibniz Community
Leibniz ScienceCampus Eastern Europe - Global AreaExternal link
- Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse
- Collaborative Research Centre PolyTarget
- Collaborative Reseach Centre AquaDiva
- Collaborative Reseach Centre CataLight
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
- InfectoGnostics Research Campus
- CEEC Jena - Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena
- Thüringer Water Innovation Cluster
- DRYvER
- Joint Lab for polymers Jena-Bayreuth