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Our Minireview about NIR-photoswitching by direct excitation is accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie! We set the stage for the emerging field of low-energy light responsive photoswitching!

ChemSci 2026: Leaders in the Field will take place 12-14 November 2026, in collaboration with IISER Bhopal (India) and the RSC journal Chemical Science. The symposium will convene leading researchers to highlight advances in nanotechnology, catalysis, transition‑metal chemistry, biomaterials, and supramolecular chemistry. Abstract submissions are open-submit by 7 September 2026. Save the dates an…

So happy to share such fantastic news: we received highly prestigious funding by the Momentum Program of the Volkswagenstiftung! Close to 1 Mio. EUR for four years to pursue Precision Programmable Materials! Kudos to our team for laying the foundation for this latest success! Postdocs with polymer and materials research background are welcome to apply!

The Guldi Group is pleased to congratulate Phillip Greißel on receiving the Zerweck Promotionspreis for his doctoral thesis, Molecular and Nanoscale Architectures for Solar Energy Conversion and Beyond. The prestigious award recognizes outstanding doctoral research and honors exceptional scientific achievement. Phillip’s dissertation addresses the design and investigation of molecular and n…

Efficient charge separation at material interfaces is a key prerequisite for photocatalytic solar fuel production. In his master’s thesis, Tailoring Interfacial Charge Separation in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheet Networks for CO₂ Reduction, Fabià Boixadós Meinhard investigated how nanoscale engineering can be used to optimize charge-transfer processes in transition metal dichalco…

On Thursday, 30 July 2026, the Department Chemistry and Pharmacy had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Shangfeng Yang from the University of Science and Technology of China for a guest lecture entitled Endohedral and Exohedral Functionalizations of Fullerenes. In his presentation, Dr. Yang provided fascinating insights into recent advances in the synthesis and functionalization of […]

Researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), led by Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi, together with collaborators from the Haley and Lu research groups, have published a new study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). The work provides fundamental insights into the interplay between molecular structure, nuclear [&#8…

A full day of history and mystery in Ansbach – this years Betriebsausflug led us to Ansbach, the regional capital of Mittelfranken! A beautiful place and many hidden history gems: Kaspar Hauser, Simon Marius, Theodor Escherich, Georg Ernst Stahl, and many more, a surprising collection of big names…

The Guldi Group is pleased to announce the publication of a new collaborative research article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). Together with the Haley and Lu research groups, we investigated how molecular vibrations govern excited-state spin dynamics in organic diradicaloids, providing new mechanistic insights into spin-vibronic interactions and their implications for [&#8…

Benita was awarded the Faculty’s-Prize for her excellent Master’s! Big congratulations Benita😊

Céline was awarded one of the Department’s Zerweck-Prizes for her excellent Master’s! Big congratulations Céline😊

The Dube-mixed team wins the DCP soccer cup! Not deterred by hot weather our team takes it home, congrats to all – including Prof. Mokhir!!

Congrats to David for receiving the Zerweck-Masterthesis Award of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy for his outstanding Master thesis! We are so proud of you!!!

A warm welcome to Dr. Luis Quijano from Florida who joint our group as a Postdoc. We are looking forward to collaborate with him as fashion scientist in the field of bacterial nanocellulose.

Controlling the Flow of Charges across Phthalocyanine@Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Interfaces The Guldi Group published a new paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) addressing the directional control of interfacial charge transfer in molecular semiconductor heterostructures. The key process in solar-to-X conversions is charge separation across interfaces, as occurs within…