The Voskuhl group, established in autumn 2015 at the University of Duisburg-Essen, is interested in luminescence phenomena. The research focus, in this regards, lays on the investigation of novel emitters for materials science as well as biomedical imaging. Here the influence of aggregation phenomena on the photophysical properties plays a crucial role and is investigated in detail. To this end, the research of the Voskuhl group can be regarded as interdisciplinary, working between different disciplines such as organic chemistry, physics, medicine, biology as well as materials science.

As time ran fast, Katrin finished her year of training in our group. While we wish her all the best, we welcome two new faces: Ayliz and Diana are joining our group for their second year of training. Welcome here!

Viktoria started working in our group for her bachelor's thesis. Alex will teach her everything she needs to know. We wish her a good time!

Accompanied by perfect weather, we celebrated the beginning of summer with some nice self-made burgers and barbecue. We had a great time and for sure grew closer as a group.

Shortly after leaving Strassert Lab in Münster, Sid joined our labs as a postdoc. We gladly welcomed him in Essen and are sure to receive helpful input!

Thomas just started his bachelor's thesis under Lea's supervision. He can learn a lot from her experience working with chalcogen heterocycles. Good luck!

Right on time for the start of the summer semester, Mandy joined our group for her Vertiefung under Rick's supervision. Let's go!

This year marks Elisabeth's 25th service anniversary at our university, so we invited current and former group members to celebrate with her. We are deeply grateful for the work Elisabeth does in our group!

We attended the 7th biannual SupraChem, which took place in Ulm this time. It was a nice opportunity to present some of our research, connect with other groups and visit the beautiful historic city! 

For our annual Voskuhl Christmas celebration, we ate at a nice Italian restaurant and had some drinks later on. In addition to Christmas, we celebrated Jens' recent appointment as a full professor. Here's to some exciting upcoming years!

At this year's graduation ceremony, three of our (former) group members were honored: Rick and Lea for completing their Master of Science and Jan for finishing his PhD. Many reasons to celebrate!