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Team members
Dr. Dandan Gao
Team leader
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Scientific background
Since Oct. 2022: Team leader, (Walter Benjamin Position), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
April 2022 - Sept 2022: Postdoc, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
July 2021 - March 2022: Postdoc, Ulm University
Nov 2017 - July 2021: PhD student, Ulm University
Sept 2014 - June 2017: Master degree in metallic material engineering, Shandong University
Sept 2010 - June 2014: Bachelor degree in material chemistry, Ocean University of China
Administrative Support
Mrs. Silke Baumert
Postdoc
Dr. Bahareh Feizimohazzab (Alexander von Humboldt Fellow)
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Research topic: Sustainable biomass valorization and hydrogen production
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PhD students
Jennifer Christina Schmidt (Halocycles Project)
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Research topic: 3d printed electrodes for sustainable electrocatalysis
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Christean Nickel (Halocycles Project)
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Research topic: Ammonia production and biomass upgrading
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Master students
Jovana Colic
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Research topic: Electrochemical C-N bond coupling
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P. Charlotte Schröder
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Research topic: Electrochemical C-N bond coupling
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Shreya Dattatreya (Halocycles Project)
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Research topic: Electrochemical hydrodehalogenation
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Shikang Han (Stufe I, Mainzer Wissenschaftsstiftung an der JGU Mainz)
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Research topic: Water purification under flow
Kiarash Torabi (Stufe I, Mainzer Wissenschaftsstiftung an der JGU Mainz)
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Research topic: Amino acid electrosynthesis
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Alumni
Guillermo Gustavo Corea Castillo (Feb.2025 - July 2025)
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Research topic: Water purification and water splitting
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David Leander Troglauer (Oct.2022 - July 2025)
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Research topic: Urea electrosynthesis, electrochemical biomass upgrading
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Gerrit Kraus (Nov. 2023 - Jan. 2024)
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Research topic: Water purification under flow
Andreas Haoyu Pawling (Oct 2022 - May 2023)
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Research topic: Lignin-assisted water splitting
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