Meet the Team

Team members

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Florian F. Mulks

Principal investigator

since 2022-03-01

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Yiwei Gong

Doctoral researcher

Hydrocarbon ion modelling

since 2023-03-15

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Pia Rosenau

Doctoral researcher

Diiminium catalysis

Liebig doctoral fellow
since 2023-06-05

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Yang Liu

Doctoral researcher

Skeletal editing

Chinese Scholarship Council fellow since 2023-12-06

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Filip Vukelic

Graduate student

Cone volumes & programming

since 2024-08-01

Student assistant
2023-06-12–2023-12-31
Rate prediction web-app

B.Sc. thesis
2022-06-01–2022-09-11
Organic reaction rates

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Yanick Schriefers

Staff scientist

gem-Carbodications

since 2024-09-01

M. Sc. thesis
2024-01-29–2024-08-12

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Ruiping Chen

Graduate student

Lewis acidic fluoride digestion

M.Sc. thesis
since 2024-12-09

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Yoshio Barrera

Postdoc

Computational reactivity description

Advanced Research Opportunities Program (RWTH) fellow
since 2025-01-06

Alumni

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Niklas Bormann

Graduate student

Diiminium Lewis acid applications

Research placement
2022-10-17–2023-01-20

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Paula Wenz

Graduate student

Diiminium Lewis acid catalysis

Research placement
2022-08-08–2022-09-16

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Wolf-Benedikt Hatz

Undergraduate student

Substituted ureas und uronium salts

B. Sc. thesis
2022-05-15–2022-09-07

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Anna-Lena Janssen

Graduate student

Imide synthesis

B.Sc. thesis
2023-04-11–2023-07-11

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Christian Marger

Graduate student

Isouronium salts

Research placement
2022-04-26–2022-06-29

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Daniel Brüx

Graduate student

Diiminium Lewis acids

Research placement
2023-06-05–2023-09-01

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Denise Schwarz

Graduate student

Computational ion affinities

Research placement
2022-12-01–2023-04-30

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Johannes Westphäling

Graduate student

Computational reaction rates

Research placement
2022-10-11–2023-04-04

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Montgomery Labudda

Undergraduate student

Diiminium Lewis acids

B.Sc. thesis
2023-06-05–2023-09-04

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Timon Kielgas

Graduate student

Diiminium Lewis acids

Research placement
2023-04-11–2023-07-13

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Alexander Burbaum

Undergraduate student

Catalytic ether synthesis

B. Sc. thesis
2022-04-11–2022-08-10

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Ann Kathrin Bergmann

Graduate student

Mechanism of diiminium acidity

Research placement
2022-08-08–2022-09-20

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Kevin Zühlke

Graduate student

Diiminium Lewis acids

Research placement
2023-08-14–2024-01-02

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Jan Langwald

Graduate student

Oxidative nitrile cylisation

Research placement
2023-10-16–2024-04-16

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Ben Klamma

Undergraduate student

gem-Carbodications

B.Sc. thesis
2024-10-07–2025-02-14