In the laboratory of Prof. Jürgen Hauer
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Prof. Thomas F. Fässler in his laboratory at the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry with Focus on Novel Materials. Image: Dr. Robert Reich / TUM

Macrocycle as Reactivity Booster. Thomas Pickl (left) and PD Dr. Alexander Pöthig (right) in a laboratory of the Catalysis Research Center. Photo: Dr. Robert Reich / TUM

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Prof. Dominik Bucher uses defects in diamond (NV-centers) as quantum sensors for NMR spectroscopy on the nano- to microscale. Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM

Research on multifunctional supramolecular materials for energy storage and conversion at Image: Astrid Eckert / TUM

Chemistry on Campus Garching

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Events, colloquia, and seminars at the TUM School of Natural Sciences

12

Dec

2025

10:30 - 11:30 h

Lecture Series: Colloquium on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: Spatial Precision in Catalysis: From Averaged to Local Process Monitoring

Location: CH 63214
Comment: Speaker: Dr. Arik Beck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. (Guest of Prof. Hülsey)

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12

Dec

2025

14:00 - 16:00 h

CPA Seminar: Modelling liver complexity with organoids

Location: CPA EG.006A
Comment: Prof. Anna Dowbaj, TUM

15

Dec

2025

11:00 - 12:00 h

Lecture Series: Colloquium on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: From Molecular Machines to Heterogeneous Catalysts: Atomic-Level Insights via Solid-State NMR

Location: extern
Comment: Speaker:Dr. Jonas Koppe, ETH Zurich (Guest of Prof. Dominik Bucher), talk takes place in TUMInt seminar room CH 46220 (https://nav.tum.de/room/5406.03.621D)

15

Dec

2025

14:00 - 16:00 h

Information on the Bachelor’s Thesis and Continuing of Studies in the Bachelor’s Program Physics: Informationen zu Bachelorarbeit und weiterem Studium im Bachelorstudiengang Physik

Location: EI-HS Garching
Speaker: Dr. Philipp Höffer von Loewenfeld

16

Dec

2025

15:30 - 17:00 h

Seminar of the Atomistic Modeling Center: Electron-phonon coupling and polarons in complex oxides: first-principles and machine-learning approaches

Location: MIBE E.126
Comment: Speaker: Dr. Carla Verdi (University of Queensland, Australia)

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16

Dec

2025

17:15 - 19:00 h

GDCh Colloquium: Driving Polyester Sustainability through Metal-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization

Location: CH 26411
Comment: Speaker: Prof. Friederike Adams Institute of Polymer Chemistry Univ. Stuttgart

18

Dec

2025

15:00 - 17:00 h

CRC Distinguished Lecturer Series: Unleashing New Patterns of Reactivity with Electron-Rich Main Group Compounds

Location: CH 26411
Comment: Speaker: Prof. Simon Aldridge (University of Oxford)

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18

Dec

2025

15:30 - 16:30 h

CPA Seminar: Extracellular mechanisms modulating proteostasis and aggregate spreading

Location: CPA EG.006A
Comment: Prof. Patricia Yuste-Checa, MPG