Four new group members to the UnterlassLab this August: Isabelle Eggers (PhD Student), Hannah Mehringer (PhD Student), Dr. Fabián Andrés Amaya García (Postdoc), and Dr. Krystyna Albrecht (Senior Councillor). Isabelle performs her PhD thesis on the sustainable synthesis and structure-property correlations of photo-structureable, high-temperature stable materials; and Hannah’s PhD project focuses on the automation of hydrothermal synthesis. [Read more]

We welcome three new group members to the UnterlassLab this July: Daniel Rieger (BSc Student), Tamara Piock (PhD Student), and Tilman Stark (MSc Student). Daniel performs his BSc thesis with Frank on the synthesis of inorganic-organic hybrid materials for battery applications; Tilman’s MSc project focuses on inorganic supraparticles; and Tamara’s PhD thesis focuses on the development of new sustainable coating materials for textiles and packaging.   [Read more]

Hannah successfully defended her master’s thesis “Developing an Automated Platform for Optimizing Chemical Reactions in Flow Based on Green Metrics”. The team congratulates her on this achievement and wishes her every success in her future endeavors. [Read more]

We are thrilled to share that Celine attended the 10^th European Crystallography School (ECS10), held in Ohrid, North Macedonia. The thematic for this year was From Nano to Macro: Elucidating Structures at Different Length Scales. Celine presented her recent research in a poster titled “Controlled Crystallization and Morphological Studies of All-organic Salt Particles”. [Read more]

Our team attended the 14th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids and the 9th International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA) Conference – ISSF-ISHA 2025, held in Bali, Indonesia. The joint scientific event gathered leading experts and early-career researchers from around the world to discuss the latest advances in hydrothermal, solvothermal, and supercritical fluid technologies. [Read more]

Frank and Alonso participated in the International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry for Net Zero (ICSC-NZ) in St. Andrews, UK, an international meeting focused on advancing green chemistry and sustainable solutions for a low-carbon future. Alonso contributed to the Sustainability and Circularity session with a flash talk titled “Commercial Polyester Depolymerization through Hydrothermal Techniques”, where he showcased how hydrothermal conditions can effectively recycle polyesters and how this approach can be evaluated in terms of green chemistry metrics. [Read more]

We are proud to announce that Fabián has successfully defended his PhD thesis at University of Konstanz, marking a major academic and scientific milestone. Fabián’s thesis entitled “High-Temperature water as reaction medium towards heteroaromatic compounds and contributions to assess chemical greenness”, explored the synthesis of small molecules featuring optical properties using benign reaction conditions.  [Read more]

Miriam  gave the opening address at the Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology hosted by Fraunhofer Institut and the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and gave a talk on materials acceleration for sustainable nanomaterials. This  two-day event addressed the opportunities and risks associated with this rapidly evolving field of nanomaterials as a core technology utilized in numerous sectors.   [Read more]

Jessica spent two weeks in the research group of Dr. Guillermo González-Rubio at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, in Madrid, Spain. During her stay Jessica was able to perform ultra-fast laser experiments and optoelectronic characterization of quantum dots. We are thankful to Dr. González-Rubio for hosting Jessica! [Read more]

After joining our group at the University of Konstanz in 2021, Elana has been an essential part of the UnterlassLAB, investigating co-crystals for sustainable materials and managing PXRD and SAXS equipment. She also served as one of our radiation protection officers. As our group transitioned to the University of Würzburg, Elana moved to new challenges in the Student Lab. [Read more]