Graduates in 2025
with photos of the graduation ceremony on 21 November 2025
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CONGRATULATIONS!
The entire Dean's Office congratulates all award winners and all 2025 graduates and wishes them all the best for their future careers!
Awards 2025
Doctoral Thesis Award of the Friedrich Schiller University
Dr Julian Hniopek
- Title of the doctoral thesis: "2D correlation spectroscopic approaches to the investigation of integrated soft-matter photocatalysts"
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr Jürgen Popp, Institute of Physical Chemistry
Julian Hniopek is characterised by an extraordinary combination of scientific creativity, methodological diversity and depth, and impressive determination. Dr Hniopek was an outstanding doctoral student and it was a great pleasure to supervise him during his doctoral thesis. In his work, he has developed innovative spectroscopic and analytical approaches to visualise active Centres in complex functional materials and thus made a significant contribution to the understanding of smart materials. His ability to work on complex experimental and theoretical questions on a self-employed basis and with great precision makes him an outstanding scientist.
Prof. Dr Jürgen Popp
The doctoral thesis prize is donated by the Society of Friends and Sponsors of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The doctoral thesis prizes of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena 2025 were awarded as part of the Schiller Day ceremony on 27 June 2025 de.
Graduate Award of the Friedrich Schiller University
Jakob Meyer, M.Sc. Chemistry
- Title of the final year project: "Polyester acetals via ring-opening polymerisation"
- Supervisosr: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. Schubert, Dr Christine Weber, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
The examination prize is donated by the Society of Friends and Sponsors of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The examination prizes of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena 2025 were awarded during the matriculation ceremony on 29 October 2025.
Award winner Dr Sascha Raufeisen (centre) with laudator Prof. Dr Michael Stelter (right) and Dr Lars Böttcher from Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz GmbH
Image: Claudia Hilbert/Universität JenaDoctoral Thesis Award Chemistry of the Faculty
Dr Sascha Raufeisen
- Title of the doctoral thesis: "Pyrocatalysis for Micropollutant Degradation in Water - Development of Active Pyrocatalysts"
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr Michael Stelter, Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry
Sascha Raufeisen is the prototype of a good scientist. In his work, he deliberately took the difficult path: He has investigated a solid-state chemical effect that, according to conventional scientific opinion, should not have existed at all. But not only did he prove that the effect does exist and could even be used in practice. He also did this in a very careful and honest way. This began with his self-controlled synthesis of the particles, continued with statistically verified and rigidly reproducible experiments and even ended with him developing a new assay for the proof|evidence of reactive species. His assay is now accepted as the reference in the scene - not least due to his lively and highly successful publication activity. This is an excellent basis for his own scientific career, which he has now begun. However, his work has also given rise to a new generation of young scientists in the form of a Thuringian research group. Sascha Raufeisen has significantly expanded the boundaries of science and inspired others through his curiosity, tenacity and diligence - what better way to describe a young scientist?
Prof. Dr Michael Stelter
This prize is sponsored by CWK Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz GmbH.
Laudator Prof. Dr Jürgen Popp (left) and Dr Lars Böttcher from Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz GmbH; award winner Stella Greiner was unfortunately unable to attend the Graduation Ceremony.
Image: Claudia Hilbert/Universität JenaGraduate Award Chemistry of the Faculty
Stella Greiner, M.Sc. Chemistry
- Title of the master's dissertation: "Metabolic Imaging for Sepsis Characterisation of Kideny Tissue Using Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy"
- Supervisor: Prof Dr Jürgen Popp, Institute of Physical Chemistry
Stella Greiner impresses with her extraordinary scientific curiosity, analytical thinking and remarkable independence. Throughout her studies, I got to know Ms Greiner as a highly motivated, always excellently prepared and extremely determined student. In her master's dissertation, she familiarised herself with complex multimodal microscopy methods with great care and professional precision and made a significant contribution to visualising metabolic differences in healthy and infected tissue. Her work combines experimental skill with clear structured thinking and shows her potential. She is undoubtedly one of the best students I have had the honour of accompanying in my career to date.
Prof. Dr Jürgen Popp
This prize is sponsored by CWK Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz GmbH.
Award winner Caroline Pukallus (right) with laudator Prof. Dr Thorsten Schäfer (centre) and Prof. Dr Christoph Heubeck from the "Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Geowissenschaften Jena" (left) (left)
Image: Claudia Hilbert/Universität JenaGraduate Award Geosciences of the Faculty
Caroline Pukallus, M.Sc. Environmental and Georesource Management
- Title of the final year project: "Monitoring of soil enzymes involved in C, N and P cycles and their response to different forest management practices"
- Supervisors: Prof Dr Thorsten Schäfer, Institute of Geosciences and Dr Marion Schrumpf, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Caroline Pukallus has shown herself to be a very committed and versatile student throughout her studies. One example from her time studying for a Master's degree in UGM (Environmental and Georesource Management) is the independently organised research-related project module at the University of Palermo on assessing the anthropogenic impact on blue carbon stocks in the Gulf of Palermo. In her master's thesis in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, she systematically analysed the influence of soil parameters and forest management on enzyme activity, which she completed with top marks. In addition to her own studies, Caroline Pukallus was extremely committed to her fellow students from the first Master's semester onwards as a student representative on the UGM Examinations Committee, in the organisation of the Study Orientation Days (STET) and in the feedback forums. Following her master's programme, she is now completing her doctoral thesis on the application of the laser ablation (LA) ICP-MS method for dendroanalysis and as a biomonitoring instrument for the detection of trace element mobility in the environment in our working group.
Prof Dr Thorsten Schäfer
This prize is sponsored by the Society for the Doctorate of Geosciences Jena.
Award winner Markus Adam (centre) with laudator apl. Prof. Dr Christian Thiel (left) and Christiane Büttner from JENA-GEOS-Ingenieurbüro GmbH
Image: Claudia Hilbert/Universität JenaGraduate Award Geography of the Faculty
Markus Adam, M.Sc. Geoinformatics
- Title of the final year project|thesis|dissertation: "Investigation of Vegetation Structural Parameters in Tropical Peatlands using Spaceborne LiDAR"
- Supervisors: Prof. Dr Christiane Schmullius, Institute of Geography, apl. Prof. Dr Christian Thiel, DLR Institute of Data Science
This prize is sponsored by JENA-GEOS-Ingenieurbüro GmbH.
Graduates in 2025
A young woman works in a chemical laboratory.
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Dual vocational training as a chemical laboratory technician
- Julia Roßner
A female student in a lab coat with a plant and a stone
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Biogeosciences B.Sc.
- Daniel Finke
- Eleanor Frost
- Kira Grewe
- Cosima Handschug
- Hannah Knopf
- Nelson Reinl
- Tom Rother
- Lea Janina Schmidt-Vanderheyden
- David Schneider
- Felipe Schulz
- Antonia Wolf
- Leonard Zscheile
Two female students during a practical laboratory course in chemistry
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Chemistry B.Sc.
- Marie Bittermann
- Louis Dallmann
- Lucie Gottwalt
- Denis Jourijvic Granovski
- Sebastian Hartmann
- Gabriel Jahn
- Sarah Kamyaby
- Annemarie Kasten
- Simon Kreißl
- Oliver Meissner
- Manuel Reißner
- Vanessa Sauer
- Liv Schneider
- Dominik Schneider
- Theo Sonnenberg
- Amelie Stadler
- Leon Thönnessen
- Celina Titze
Earth from space
Image: NASAGeography B.Sc.
- Frieder Karl Enke
- Till Karl Ferneding
- Jakob Åke Glesmer
- Leonard Härtwich
- Caspar Moritz Jahn
- Lukas Kick
- Anna Klette
- Felix Kuhley
- Oskar Lemke
- Ruben Müller
- Leonard Elias Ott
- Fabrice Pickert
- Serafine Reichel
- Eva Reichenzeller
- Moritz Reisdorf
- Helena Rinck
- Maria Scheidemann
- Paul Schrepel
- Nadine Schurig
- Justus Tempel
- David Verges
- Nathalie Vesmar
- Robert Voigt
- Aina Vorberger
- Felix Walther
- Luise Weibrecht
Two male students investigate a geological outcrop
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Geosciences B.Sc.
- Teresa Böttcher
- Michelle Reason
- Jeannine Mattasch
- Till Karl Schierer
- Falko Seifert
A male student in a lab with plants
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Biogeosciences M.Sc.
- Jakob Fröhlich
- Natascha Lukas
- Rosalie Papsdorf
- Anneli Riemer
- Jona Schönherr
Glass jars and notes in a chemical laboratory
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Chemistry M.Sc.
- Julius Bartels
- Franz Jahn
- Benedikt Kühnel
- Pascal Scharfenberg
- Felix Kellner
- Elias Brohmer
Two female students working in a lab
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Chemical Biology M.Sc.
- Farah Al Kassab
- Jens Burkhardt
- Sirka Fischer
- Fabian Haun
- Sebastian Jeß
- Synnöve Lemke
- Olha Nosovska
- Natalie Schumacher
- Marlen Siegmund
- Stefanie Wentzke
- Yifu ZhangA
- lessa Zill
Prototype of an organic battery
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Chemistry-Energy-Environment M.Sc.
- Merline Aferkou
- Rudolf Baumgart
- Mariana Gasko
- Hassan Ismail
- Kshitij Mahesh Kakad
- Niklas Michalski
- Friederike Marie Scheller
- Sören Sträußler
- Henrik Vorwerk
A tube with a red powder
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Chemistry of Materials M.Sc.
- Taha Abdellatif
- Mai Ahmed
- Reza Aliakbari
- Masoud Edalati
- Gülay Gürsoy
- Hamidagha Hasanov
- Minhui Huang
- Che-Yu Kuo
- Muhammed Rasheequddin Kuzhimpadath
- Junaid Majeed
- Jamshied Mohammed
- Jelena Muzikravic
- Laman Saadova
- Angel Sabu
- Shiva Shahbazi Avarvand
- Noushin Sharifirad
- Yi Hsin Yeh
Two female students reading textbooks
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Geography M.Sc.
- Paulina Hornung
- Julian Kappl
- Jasmin Rödde
- Scott Schultz
- Victor Schurade
- Janik Wulf
Two students edit digital maps on the computer
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Geoinformatics M.Sc.
- Jonas Apelt
- Max Buchhart
- Aaron Ditzel
- Paul Ehrhardt
- Marcus Engelke
- Johannes Halbauer
- Felix Henkel
- Panagiotis Koutsikos
- Christoph Liedel
- Natascha Liedel (née Stumpf)
- Philip Rikard Schubert
- Lei Wang
A male student working on a transmission electron microscope
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Geosciences M.Sc.
- Aaron Daehne
- Jan-Philip Glados
- Leon Ispas
- Jan Hendrik Kastrup
- Anne Knigge
- Daniel Leistner
- Philip Pohle
- Emily Sue Richter
- Sascha Rudolph
- Moritz Sorg
- Lina Stoik
- Niklas Störer
- Taverdi Tarverdiyev
Three students of the master programme Environmental and Georesources Management
Image: Sebastian ReuterEnvironmental and Georesources Management M.Sc.
- Sophie Czeranka
- Katherin Morales Morales
- Patrick Zerhusen
Doctoral candidates in 2025
Doctoral cap
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Dr Nuha Khalid Alekhmimi
- Development of a diagnostic platform for detection of acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Maher Aljohani
- Specific DNA Aptamers for the Anti-Coagulant drug: Dabigatran Etexilate
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Ilya Anufriev
- Analysis of macromolecular systems for life science and energy applications
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Zakaria Atmani
- Development of tailored polysaccharide gels using click chemistry approaches
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Yuko Bando
- Synthesis of pseudomonal cyclic lipodepsipeptides towards the investigations of bacterial-microorganism interactions
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Parijat Barman
- Plasmonic hot-spot assisted optical nonlinearities: towards time resolved surface enhanced broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Thomas Bätz
- Orthogonal metal-ligand interactions in polymeric architectures: From structural investigations towards smart materials
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Christoph Bley
- Instructional design in multimedia learning environments - construction and review using the aldol reaction as an example
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Dr Annika Michaela Blohm
- Investigation of nitrogen cycle processes using enhanced Raman spectroscopy
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr De Shorn Bramble
- Formation of Mineral-associated Organic Matter in Soils: Role of Land Use and Mineral Type
- Institute of Geosciences + Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Dr Emilia Cupioli
- Total synthesis and investigations of Cu(I)-Methanobactin OB3b and selected analogues
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Ratnadip De
- Interfacial Engineering of Functionalized Metal Oxides: A Spectroscopic Approach
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Maximilian Dommke
- Elimination of micropollutants in water using hydrodynamic cavitation and non-thermal plasma
- Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry
Dr Lucia Muriel Eder
- Effects of elevated CO₂ on soil organic matter turnover and plant nutrient uptake
- Institute of Geography
Dr Sadaf Ehtesabi
- Mechanism of Plasmon-Induced Chemical Reactions
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Hani Mohamed Abdullah Elbeheiry
- Advancing nitric oxide photorelease from Ru(II)nitrosyls towards red-light activation and molecular keypad locking
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Naixin Fan
- Climate Controls on Ecosystem Carbon Turnover: Identifying Robust Features amidst Uncertainty
- Institute of Geography
Dr Edoardo Farnesi
- Point-of-care Raman microspectroscopy for detecting tumour markers in body liquids
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Benjamin E. Fener
- s-Block Metal Complexes with Phosphinite Ligands and Their Application in Hydrofunctionalisation Reactions
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Dr Gauri Gangapurwala
- Biocompatible polymeric drug delivery systems - From concept to in-vitro assessment
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Monalisa Goswami
- Combining image scanning and stimulated emission depletion microscopy to achieve isotropic resolution
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Rustam Guliev
- Hyperspectral Unmixing in Raman Analysis of Host Response
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Nina Hagmeyer
- Photophysical Properties of Organic Radicals
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Anja Maria Harpf
- Thermogravimetric investigations of the sorption and stoichiometric properties of inorganic membrane materials with a magnetic levitation balance
- Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry
Dr Larissa Claudia Heinrich
- Reconstruction of Subcellular Structures from Resolution-Limited Volume Electron Microscopy
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Steffen Hellmann
- Application of single particle / single cell ICP-MS to geotechnical and biogeochemical suspensions
- Institute of Geosciences
Dr Ahmed A. S. Ibrahim
- Transverse thermoelectric devices based on thermoelectric oxide ceramics
- Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry
Dr Robin Heiko Kampes
- Halogen bonding for the design of functional materials
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Andreas Kaufmann
- Antimony isotopes as monitors of ore formation and oxidative weathering processes
- Institute of Geosciences
Dr François Keiff
- Metabolism-guided Lead Optimisation of Antimycobacterial Nitrobenzothiazinones
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Agnes Kemmer
- Reactive Polysaccharide derivatives - Synthesis and investigation of reactivity
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Timo Koswig
- Development of new high-throughput approaches for machine-learning applications
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Fabian Alexander Kreth
- On the Improvement of Electrochemical Capacitors: Development of Novel Electrolytes and Advanced Characterisation Techniques
- Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry
Dr Markus Lange
- Latent Nucleophiles in Organic Synthesis - Advancing the Concept Towards Synthetic Applications
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Christian Leibing
- Safe Electrolytes based on Glyoxylic-Acetals for Lithium-and Sodium-ion Batteries
- Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry
Dr Poting Liu
- Materials Engineering of Tin-based Functional Nanostructures by Chemical Vapour Deposition
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Lea Celine Meyer
- Glyoxal-based electrolytes for high-power potassium-based systems
- Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry
Dr Tasiyiwa Priscilla Muumbe
- Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) in South African Ecosystems
- Institute of Geography
Dr Ayda Nemati Vesali Azar
- Cation Exchange and Amorphisation Kinetics in Zeolite: Mechanisms and Applications
- Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research
Dr Florian Nöller
- Work on the identification of the target protein of FLI-06 and synthesis of substituted azacycloundecanes and azecins
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Metin Taha Orbay
- Innovative electrolytes for high power devices
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Alice May Orme
- Analysing the impact of drought on ecosystem carbon dynamics using high resolution mass spectrometry
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry + Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Dr Sinikka Jasmin Paulus
- A Novel Framework for Assessing the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Soil Water Vapour Adsorption Using a Global Observation Network
- Institute of Geosciences
Dr Maximilian Pohle
- Magneto-Structural Correlation in Pseudotetrahedral Cobalt(II) Complexes
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Dr Lun Qian
- CdSe quantum dots@ZIF-8: hybrid materials with improved photocatalytic efficiency
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Lien Sabrina Reichel
- Nature-inspired Building Blocks in Polymer Design for Optimised Non-viral Gene Delivery Systems
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Bahareh Rezaei Kheirkjah
- Structure-Reactivity Relationship in Titanium(IV) Coordination Chemistry
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Dr Dávid Roman
- Total synthesis of microbial derived lipidic natural products
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Melissa Ruiz-Vásquez
- Exploring the potential of land surface information to improve subseasonal temperature forecast skills
Institute of Geography + Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Dr Gohar Sani
- Contact damage resistance of silicate glasses under a sliding load: Effect of glass-composition, surface strengthening and humidity
- Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research
Dr Doreen Schmidt
- Dynamic high-pressure deformation experiments on pyroxenes: effects of strain rate and crystal orientation
- Institute of Geosciences
Dr Olga Schmitz
- Ostracod and foraminiferal response to anthropogenic pollution in Africa
Institute of Geosciences
Dr Erik Schröter-Michel
- TEMPO-based active materials for aqueous organic batteries
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Simon Emanuel Sengupta
- Synthesis and reactivity of heavy Grignard compounds
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Dr Oksana Smirnova
- Advancing in Applications of Reticular Crystalline Materials and Processable Hybrid Glasses
- Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research
Dr Aurelien Sokeng Djoumessi
- Surface Modification of Nanodiamonds for Organic Solar Cell Applications
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Mona Staudinger
- Synchronised cell death in the diatom Chaetoceros didymus
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Dr Nicolai ter Horst
- digitalchemlab - Design, implementation and review of digitally differentiated learning modules for the student laboratory
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Dr Marcel van Laaten
- Crustal structure and fluids along the Leipzig-Regensburg fault zone
- Institute of Geosciences
Dr Xinyue Wang
- Nanoscale studies of polymer-based nanoparticles in a liquid environment using atomic force microscopy and plasmon enhanced Raman spectroscopy
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Ina Wasmuth
- Pseudomonas-Derived Secondary Metabolites in Traditional Dairy Products
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Dr Sebastian Wolf
- Development of fibre-based Raman techniques for biomedical applications
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Guangjun Yang
- Light-induced Electron Transfer within the Marcus Picture and beyond
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Clara Zens
- Nonradiative Transitions in Molecular Devices for Energy Conversion and Storage
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr Anika Zorn
- Climate change perception and adaptation in small and medium-sized municipalities - an actor-inclusive perspective on the case study of Central Germany
- Institute of Geography
Dr Karina Zub
- Inkjet printing as a tool for the manufacturing of functional devices
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
All persons who completed their doctorate in the period October 2024-October 2025 are listed.
Habilitations 2025
Dictionary with the entry "Habilitation"
Image: Claudia HilbertPD Dr rer. nat. habil Thomas Ritschel
- Modelling in Geosciences - How Models Shape Our Understanding Of Processes, Mechanisms, and Data
- Institute of Geosciences
PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Anja Träger
- Crossing Barriers For Gene Delivery By Responsive Polymers
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
All doctorates and postdoctoral lecturing qualifications completed since 2001 can be found on our research page de with links to the full text.
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