Members of the Institute for Materials Science

Head of Institute

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Doru C. Lupascu
doru.lupascu[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H28
Tel: +49 (0)201 183-2737
Fax: +49 (0)201 183-3968

 

Administrative management:
Dr.-Ing. Tommy Mielke
tommy.mielke[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H39
+49 (0)201 183-2698

Scientific management:
Apl Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Vladimir Shvartsman
vladimir.shvartsman[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H30
+49 (0)201 183-3791

Scientists / PhD Students

Dr. rer. nat. Miriana Vadala
miriana.vadala[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H36
+49 (0)201 183-4595

Dr. rer. nat. Marianela Escobar
marianela.escobar[at]uni-due.de
V15 R01 L14
+49 (0)201 183-2735

Dr. Juliana Schell
juliana.schell[at]cern.ch
Inst. of Materials Science, c/o ISOLDE - CERN (Genf)
+41 22 767 2654

Dr.-Ing. Astita Dubey
astita.dubey[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H49
+49 (0)201 183-3910

M.Sc. Eva Kröll
eva.kroell[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H49
+49 (0)201 183-4462

M.Sc. Witchaya Arpavarte
witchaya.arpavate[at]stud.uni-due.de
V17 R02 H42
+49 (0)201 183-3051

M.Sc. Young Un Jin
young.jin[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H42
+49 (0)201 183-3017

M.Sc. Sobhan Mohammadi-Fathabad
sobhan.mohammadi-fathabad[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H45
+49 (0)201 183-3229

Dr. Boris Slautin
boris.slautin[at]uni-due.de
V15 R02 G24
+49 (0)201 183-2606

M.Sc. Anne Gierth
anne.gierth[at]uni-due.de
V15 R02 G24
+49 (0)201 183-2606

M.Sc. Andrei.Karabanov
andrei.karabanov[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H42
+49 (0)201 183-3051
M.Sc. Daniil Lewin
daniil.lewin[at]uni-due.de
V15 R01 L23
+49 (0)201 183-3019
M.Sc. Thien Thanh Dang
thien.dang[at]uni-due.de
V15 R01 L23
+49 (0)201 183-3019
M.Sc. Susanne Helmich
susanne.helmich[at]uni-due.de
V15 R02 G19
+49 (0)201 183-2504
M.Sc. Neshable Noel
neshable.noel[at]uni-due.de
V15 R02 G19
+49 (0)201 183-3017
M.Sc. Ian Chang Jie Yap
ian.yap[at]cern.ch
V15 R01 L23
+49 (0)201 183-3019
M.Sc. Hassan Esmaili
hassan.Esmaili[at]stud.uni-due.de
V15 R01 L14
+49 (0)201 183-2740

M.Sc. Chithra Kandappanthodi
Chithra Kandappanthodi[at]uni-due.de
V17 R02 H45
+49 (0)201 183-3910

M.Sc. Shaista Tahir
shaista.tahir[at]uni-due.de

V15 R01 H49
+49 (0)201 183-4462

M.Sc. Edgar Reis
Edgar.Reis[at]cern.ch

V15 R01 L23
+49 (0)201 183-3019

 

Technical Assistants

Christoph Ochsendorf
christoph.ochsendorf[at]uni-due.de
V15 R01 L08
+49 (0)201 183-2728

Stefan Nawrath
stefan.nawrath[at]uni-due.de
V15 R01 L08
+49 (0)201 183-2741

Andreas Schmidt
andreas.schmidt[at]uni-due.de
V15 R01 L08
+49 (0)201 183-2728

M.Sc. Merlin Schmuck
merlin.schmuck[at]uni-due.de
V15 S01 L08
+49 (0)201 183-2741

External Lecturers

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Auberg
auberg[at]wissbau.de

Dipl.-Ing.  Thomas Lembeck
thomas.lembeck[at]feuerwehr.essen.de

Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Lipke
Sebastian.Lipke@rpa-ko.lrh.nrw.de

Dr.-Ing. Marcel Wegmann
mail@rc-wegmann.de

Dr.-Ing. Daniel Gogolin
daniel.gogolin@ptm.net

 

Former Group Members

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. habil. Max Setzer

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Dillmann

Dr.-Ing. Ivanka Bevanda

Dipl.-Ing. Miriam Engel

Dipl.-Ing.Moien Rezvani

Dieter Penzler

Dr.-Ing. Susanne Palecki

Dr. Gabriel Constantinescu

Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Lackner

Marc Borbe
Patrick Dubray Alfred Gäbel
Dr. rer. nat. Christian Fettkenhauer Dipl.-Phys. Ahmadshah Nazrabi
Dr. rer. nat. Irina Anusca

Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Menze

Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Keck Sabine Kriegel

 

Former PhD Students

Doktorand Dissertationsthema

Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Lackner

"Carbon Nanotubes in Organic Solar Cells"

Dr.-Ing. Danka Dittmer-Gobeljic

"Polar Microstructure and Nanoscale Electromechanical Behavior of Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramics"

Dr.-Ing. Morad Etier

"Preparation and Magnetoelctric Effect of Multiferroic Cobalt Ferrite-Barium Titanate Composites"
Dr. rer. nat. Yanling Gao "Synthesis of Core-Shell High-k Nanoparticles"
Dr.-Ing. Hugues-Yanis Amanieu "Nanomechanics of Li-ion Battery Materials"
Dr. rer. nat. Harshkumar Bhadreshkumar Trivedi "Mapping Local Manifestations of the Strain Mediated Magnetoelectric Effect in Composites"
Dr.-Ing. Mehmet Sanlialp "Elektrokalorischer Effekt in bleifreien Relaxorkeramiken"
Dr. rer. nat. Muhammad Naveed Ul-haq "Magnetoelectric Effect in Lead-Free Multiferroic Composites and Thin Films"
Dr. Maryam Khazaee “Materials for Halide-Based Thin Film Solar Cells”
Dr.-Ing. Kevin Voges „Herstellung von Wärmedämmstoffen aus Polyvinylalkohol-Kompositen mittels Freeze Casting“
Dr. rer. nat. Christian Hübner "Anorganische Nanopartikel in Polymeren zur Modifikation der Wärmeleitung"
Dr. rer. nat. Martina Pantaler "Lead-free absorber materials for solar cell applications"
Dr.-Ing. Domenic Ganter "Mikromechanische Eigenschaften von Bitumen bei der Verwendung ausgewählter Rejuvenatoren"
Dr.-Ing. Amjad Farooq "Photo Stability of Perovskite Solare Cellos"
Dr.-Ing. Yusra Hambal Electrocaloric Effect & Electrical Energy Storage in Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymer & its Nanocomposites
Dr.-Ing. Nicole Bartek "Effect of Synthesis Conditions on the Properties of Lead Iron Niobate Ceramics and Thin Films: Possible candidate for Photovoltaic Devices?"

Dr. rer. nat Astita Dubey

"The Multifunctional Potential of Bismuth Ferrite Nanoparticles"

Dr.-Ing. Felix Paul

"Mecanical Properties of Antarctic Sea Ice"

Dr.-Ing. Gustave Semugaza

"Reactivation of hydrated cement and recycled concrete powders by thermal treatment for partial replacement of virgin cement"

Dr. rer. nat. Ahmadshah Shahob Nazrabi

"Development of a modular multi-field mechanical setup for the investigation of magnetoelectric materials"

 

Guests

2019

Name Herkunft Zeitraum
Prof. Dr. Qiming Zhang Pennsylvania State University, USA June-July
Prof. Dr. Subhankar Bedanta National Institute of Science Education and Research NISER, Bhubaneswar, Indien June
Prof. Dr. Hana Uršič Nemevšek
Mr. Uroš Prah
Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

April

2018

Name Herkunft Zeitraum
Dr. Oleksii Fedorchenko ILTPE - B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine November-December
Dr. Olga Yuzephovich B. I. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukriane November-December
Dr. Prasanta Kumar Panda
Dr. Benudhar Sahoo
CSIR National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru, Indien

November

Mr. Igor Pariy National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia

September

Dr. Uladzimir Laletsin
Dr. Natal’ja Poddubnaya
Institute of Technical Acoustics of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Vitebsk, Belarus May-June
Aliona Stanchyk
Dr. Yuriy Radyush
Dr. Anatoli Pushkarou
Scientific-Practical Materials Research Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus April-June
Prof. Dr. Yurii Pashkevich
Dr. Olga Yuzephovich

B. I. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukriane

March

2017

Name Origin Period of stay
Dr. Abolghasem Nourmohammadi Department of Nanotechnology, University of Isfahan (Iran) June - September

2016

Name Origin Period of stay
Dr. Abolghasem Nourmohammadi Department of Nanotechnology, University of Isfahan (Iran) November - January

Dr. Benudhar Sahoo

CSIR National Aerospace Laboratories (India) June - August

2015

Name Origin Period of stay

Dr. Prasanta Kumar Panda

CSIR National Aerospace Laboratories (India) June - July
Dr. Alexey Fedorchenko B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, National Academy of Sciences (Ukraine) April - August
Leonard Frederic Henrichs Institute for Materials Research, University of Leeds (England) January - December

2014

Name Origin Period of stay

Leonard Frederic Henrichs

Institute for Materials Research, University of Leeds (England) September - December
Dr. Natalia Andreeva St. Petersburg Polytechnical University (Russia) September - November
Prof. Dr. Alexandr Solnyshkin Tver' State University (Russia) August - October