Erfolg hat viele Väter und Mütter ... Success has many parents
Current MSc students & Post Docs
Dr. Ewa Kasprzycka (ek484820fh-muensterde; ewa.kasprzyckachem.uni.wrocpl)
Ewa is currently working on green emitting rare earth complexes, their solubilization in organics and the eventual incorporation into PMMA and Polystyrene beads.
Thomas Rempe, MSc (tr159917@fh-muenster.de)
Received his MSc title in Feb. 2017. Thomas is working on scattering phenomena in polymer dispersions containing Rare Earth activated PMMA beads and on the synthesis of rare earth functional nano-zeolites.
Dr. Marina M. Lezhnina (marina@fh-muenster.de)
Luminescence in nano- and mesoporous matrices, in polymer composites, upvonversion, NIR luminescence, bioassays, ...
Marina is now working at a Bioanalytical Company, but is still associated via third party funded projects.
Franziska Winterstein, BSc (fb526840fh-muensterde)
MSc work on the surface and optical functionalization of luminescent polymer beads; coupling protocols to proteins
Sascha Malik, BSc (malik.saschagmailcom)
MSc work on imbedding of Phthalocyanaines in PMMA and Polystyrene matrix to test their potential for singlet oxygen generation
Dr. Israel Pereira de Assunção (ipassunciq.uspbr)
Israel, like Ewa, worked on the synthesis and characterization of luminescent complexes within polymer beads, mainly PMMA, to be used as immunoprobes. He headed back to Sao Paulo, Brazil, in Aug. 2018, to pick up a docent position.
Students with BSc on the road to Master:
Cristina Linte (now up and about to external Master thesis)
Janis Schlüter (also up and about to external Master thesis)
Nico Berten
Daniel Dinga
Alexander Saupp
Volkan Caliskanyürek
Former coworkers (ca. 2012 - 2017)
Tran Huu Thanh, MSc (tranfh-muensterde)
Luminescent core - shell nanoparticles, Rare Earth complexes and energy transfer; PhD thesis "Luminescent Rare Earth - Polymer Hybrid materials (with Prof. Dr. D. Bogdal, Polytechnika Krakowska (Poland)); sorrily terminated PhD. Back in Vietnam.
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Bentlage, MSc (bentlage@fh-muenster.de)
Chemistry, rheology and optical properties of functionalized smectites; inorganic coating additives; PhD thesis "Reduction of Odor Emissions from Paints and Laqueres" (with Prof. Dr. W. Bremser, Dept. of Chemistry and Technology, Univ. Paderborn). He is employed at Wendel Email GmbH since Oct. 2013.
Dr. Tom Felbeck, MSc (Tom.Felbeckfh-muensterde)
Protein and peptide chemistry on functionalized clay suefaces; clay-dye interactions (absorption and emission); tentative title of PhD thesis "Optical Properties of Dye-Laponite Hybrids"(with Prof. Dr. U. Karst, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Muenster); received his PhD in October 2016.
Dr. Gina Staniford (née Kaup), MSc (g.kaupfh-muensterde)
Interactions of optically functionalized Laponites with pharmaceuticals and biomedically relevant molecular species; tentative title of PhD thesis "Luminescent Nano-Clays for Biophotonic Applications"(with Prof. Dr. U. Karst, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Muenster). Recipient of stipend "Maßnahmen zur Steigerung des Frauenanteils an Hochschulprofessuren" (Equal Opportunitiy for Women in Academia) granted by the Muenster University of Applied Sciences.... & supervision of student labs; received her PhD in March 2017.
Dr. Mark Staniford, MSc (mark.stanifordfh-muensterde)
Synthesis of Phtalocyanine-Laponite Hybrids for NIR Emission and Singlet Oxygen Generation for Photodynamic and Antibacterial Therapies; tentative PhD title "Singlet Oxygen Generation in Aqueous Ambience by Nan-Clay supported Phthalocyanines"(with Prof. Dr. B.J. Ravoo, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Muenster), cooperation with Dr. C. Strassert, Physical Institute and CenTech, University of Muenster; received his PhD in March 2017.
Dipl.-Ing. Heike Kätker (kaetkerfh-muensterde)
Had for many years been working on phosphor preparation and application, experimental rheology on clay minerals ... & is still supervising our student labs. Thanx Heike! Now working in R&D of Prof. Juestel.
Former student coworkers with recently finished MSc:
Denise Meiners, BSc
Finished MSc in Aug 2017
Simon Mundinger, MSc
Received his MSc title in April 2017. Now doing external PhD work (Merck Darmstadt)
Adam Kycia, MSc
Received his MSc title in June 2017.