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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The 5th Women in Science Erlangen symposium is a wrap! It has closed with the awards for posters and flash talks -- congratulations on the exciting science! We will hopefully see you again next year! @fau.de @spanlabfau.bsky.social @gdch.de #WomenInSTEM #chemistry #ChemSky

Dr. Giuliana Giunta from BASF introduced by Martina Hartinger

Dr Diptiprava Sahoo receiving her award for the best flash talk from Kira Mikulinskaya (organizing committee), Ingrid Span (advisory committee) and Lisa Pecher (GDCh)

Some statistics about the WiS 2026 symposium

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Excerpts from day 2 of the 2026 Women in Science symposium at @fau.de: Dr. Dandan Gao (@unimainz.bsky.social) & Prof. Jannika Lauth (@unituebingen.bsky.social, @unihannover.bsky.social) on #semiconductors, #surfaces, and what they can do in #energy #conversion. #WomenInSTEM #ChemPrint #ChemSky

Dandan Gao presenting an overview of her research topics

Jannika Lauth highlighting the unique properties of transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Day 1 of @fau.de's 5th Women in Science symposium kicked off with a #ChemPrint themed session after the opener by @spanlabfau.bsky.social ! Shout out to the amazing team of students organizing this event -- and the outstanding women who presented! #WomenInSTEM #chemsky #materialssky #chemistry

Dorothea Wisser introducing her MAS NMR approach to ChemPrint questions

Dorothea Wisser's MAS NMR investigation of the surface chemistry of ALD chemistry

Swetlana Schauermann presenting her surface science approach to understanding and controlling catalyst selectivity

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The CTFM lab (with alums) was well represented at the 5 km / 10 km "Lauf in die Mönau" as @fau.de's team "Alchemie Athleten"! #FAUstark #movingknowledge

Team "Alchemie Athleten" after the 5 km run and before the 10 km!

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Can #hydrogen evolution be driven by a single-junction #solar cell if the complementary reaction oxidizes some waste such as urea instead of water? Not quite, yet. Looking for #catalysts... See our first forays in this direction in Maxi's new paper! pubs.rsc.org/cp/article/d... #ChemPrint

Schematic graphic displaying two sputter-coating sources and a set of samples which represent a composition gradient. Voltammogram curves exhibit dramatic difference in urea oxidation proficiency.

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Get to know some of the most amazing young talents emerging in #Europe right now -- likely #science leaders tomorrow! The #ERCStG list is also a selection of the most cutting-edge '26 research topics Dear awardees, congrats -- enjoy the funding, make the best of it, & show us all what you've got!

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"A robust & versatile synthesis of catalytically active Ga-based bimetallic nanoparticles w/ low size polydispersity" Marco's latest study published w/ support by partners in collaborative projects CLINT & #ChemPrint at @fau.de, HIERN & @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social! pubs.rsc.org/ma/article/d...

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This is a friend of a friend's genAI policy for their research group and I think it is really simple and nice. "The Only Reason You'll Ever Need Not To Write With AI" (spoiler alert: it is to avoid plagerism!) #chemsky #chemchat www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Good morning from IZNF at @fau.de ! Beautiful day to do some science!

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Kimia submitted her #Master #thesis to @fau.de's program in Advanced #Materials & #Processes (@cbi-fau.bsky.social @matscifau.bsky.social)! Her presentation to the CTFM team highlighted her successes applying #ALDep to opto-electronic devices at #IMEC. Congratulations! #ChemSky #MaterialsSky

Kimia Hashemizadeh submitting her Master's thesis to Prof. Julien Bachmann of FAU CTFM.

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A founding figure of physical & theoretical #chemistry has left us, whose research also influenced inorganic chemistry & chemical biology. Julien talked about Rudy Marcus, his contributions to our #science, & experimental tests confirming his theory, in class at @fau.de on July 15... #chemsky

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Graduation ceremony yesterday at @fau.de's #chemistry department! CTFM graduates Lara & Newsha received their M. Sc. diploma, Lara was also awarded a Zerweck #prize -- congrats!!! Music by the Free Radicals featuring chem profs. Hirsch (FAU VP People, sax) & Schatz (Dean of Science)! #chemsky

Lara Linke with her M. Sc. certificate and Zerweck prize certificate

Fatemeh (Newsha) Ghorbannia Delavar receiving her M. Sc. certificate from Prof. Drewello, Chair of the Examinations Committee

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Two snapshots from your visit, Eline Hutter! Thank you for visiting @fau.de from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social and sharing your insight with us -- @spanlabfau.bsky.social @dubelab.bsky.social Danijela Gregurec, Carolin Müller, Alex Kozen, Julien Bachmann! #ChemPrint

Profs. Eline Hutter and Ingrid Span

Photo credits: Dr. Janina Grosch

Profs. Ingrid Span, Alex Kozen, Eline Hutter, Julien Bachmann, Danijela Gregurec

Photo credits: Dr. Janina Grosch

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thank you so much Eline Hutter for visiting us at @fau.de & sharing your insight into mechanosynthesis, composition tuning, & physical properties of ionic halide #perovskites & related #semiconductors! Thank you Ingrid @spanlabfau.bsky.social, Janina Grosch, #ChemPrint & @gdch.de for your support!

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Warning against dismantling #science and #research -- let us not let it happen! #chemsky

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Featuring recent additions to the CTFM #team: Newsha (PhD student), Pascal, Nikita, Fabian (MSc theses), Sadegh, Melisa, Xinyao (MSc #research assistants) & Florencia (research module). Various #academic goals, six countries of origin, same passion for #materials #chemistry! #chemsky #materialssky

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Congratulations to @fau.de @ctfm-lab.bsky.social alumnae Marina Günthert & Lena Mittmann (+ advisors C. Brabec, A. Crovetto & E. Stamate) on concluding their #PhD studies within 3 years and impressing their defense committees at @fau.de @matscifau.bsky.social & at DTU! #chemsky #materialssky

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Dr. Janina Grosch has joined our Collaborative Research Center #ChemPrint as the new #scientific coordinator! She will be the anchor point between PIs, #doctoral #researchers, the @dfg.de and central units of @fau.de organizing #research, #training, #networking, #reporting, & more. Welcome Janina!

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Congratulations to Fatemeh Delavar who represented @fau.de at EPFL & has just completed her MSc thesis in Sion! Thanks to the group @lfim-epfl.bsky.social for supporting her! Fatemeh will now join CTFM & #ChemPrint for her #PhD work at FAU. #chemsky #materials #carboncapture #surface #chemistry

Prof. Wendy L. Queen and Fatemeh Ghorbannia Delavar after the Master's thesis defense

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Just in time for #pi day -- an anonymous participant of the #ChemPrint winter school came up with a very special #nerd joke: Probably the world's first atomic layer deposition (ALD) #meme! #ALDep #chemsky #materialssky #surface @fau.de

Atomic layer deposition meme. In the first panel, the ligands say "This is my surface". In the second panel, they are run over by the next ALD cycle.

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

For the International Women's Day: Let us remember that on average #women still enjoy less rights & face more hurdles than men. Let us ensure that in our lab they can blossom! The contribution of women to CTFM #research proves the benefits of nurturing their talent. 🙏 #womeninSTEM @fau.de 👩‍🎓

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Roles and expectations management -- a #ChemPrint #workshop led in small groups by @distinkt-dkc.bsky.social for our new #PhD #researchers to get started on the right foot! #PhDlife #graduate #training @fau.de @dfg.de www.sfb1719.research.fau.eu/

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

#Atomic-layer #additive #manufacturing (ALAM / DALP) of #semiconductors -- a demo by Yara, Syrine, Sonja & Micah w/ colleagues Latifa Bergaoui & Erdmann Spiecker (+group) published in #Chemistry #Africa! #ChemPrint #CorMic #ChemSky #MaterialsSky #materials #ALDep link.springer.com/article/10.1...

ALAM-printed lines consisting of indium(III) sulfide characterized as thickness maps and thickness profiles by imaging ellipsometry

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

#Winter vibes at @fau.de's IZNF this morning... Great day to do some cool #science with the amazing @ctfm-lab.bsky.social #team! Thinking of those less fortunate than us who are left in the cold... Let us appreciate what we have and behave accordingly! #ChemSky #chemistry #materialssky #materials

View on the inner patio of IZNF under a blanket of snow.

Front of the IZNF building covered in snow

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

If instead of gifting a #Nobel medal to a #dictator you want to save it from him, #chemistry provides the #solution: aqua regia! Note: potassium triiodide, KI3, obtained by dissolving iodine crystals into an aqueous KI solution, works too. #ChemSky #resist #gold www.npr.org/sections/kru...

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Dissolve My Nobel Prize! Fast! (A True Story)

It's 1940. The Nazis have taken Copenhagen, and physicist Niels Bohr has just hours, maybe minutes, to make two Nobel Prize medals disappear.

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Breakthrough of the year 2025: the unstoppable growth of #renewable #energy! #Solar energy is now often the cheapest source of electricity, in addition to being highly decentralized and flexible. www.science.org/content/arti...

Graph showing the global installed electrical energy generation capacity of various sources from 2000 to 2025. Solar and wind exhibit the strongest growth, and solar has now overtaken all other sources of electrical energy.

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

#PhD #scientist open to #research #organization in a #diverse team? Come work w/ us at @fau.de & coordinate the activities of the graduate school & research projects of our Coordinated Research Center #ChemPrint! #chemjobs #chemsky #materialssky #jobs #academia www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/wissens...

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Wissenschaftliche*r Koordinator*in (m/w/d)

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𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 💀☕📚🍂🎨🐈‍⬛ @andy-paciorek.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Clara Immerwahr (1870 -1915) First female Doctor of Chemistry from University of Breslau, Immerwahr was married to another chemist, Fritz Haber. Haber developed chlorine & mustard gas for battlefield use in WWI. Immerwahr opposed chemical weapons. Immerwahr committed suicide with her husband's gun.

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The @ctfm-lab.bsky.social lab at @fau.de welcome our newest doctoral candidate Mahtab Mortazavi, who joins the #ChemPrint team to investigate the #surface #chemistry of solution #ALDep! We look forward to seeing your exciting #research #results! #PhDlife #chemsky #materialssky tinyurl.com/35p87kty

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Micah wowed the crowd at the Atomhagen workshop on atomic-level #processing organized by Atlant 3D Nanosystems in Copenhagen, presenting his MSc thesis, an atomic-layer #additive #manufacturing procedure for miniaturized #solar cells! #ALDep #3Dprinting tinyurl.com/47nkju44 tinyurl.com/4tkz6eyb

Maksym Plakhotnyuk, Atlant 3D CEO, Julien Bachmann, prof at FAU CTFM and Atlant 3D co-founder, and Micah Mc Naire, PhD student at FAU CTFM

The participants of the Atomhagen 2025 workshop on atomic-level processing

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

#Congratulations Abir Ben Ouezdou, who defended at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées & Technologie (INSAT) in Tunis her diploma thesis on her #research performed at @fau.de's CTFM: she graduated w/ high honors! Thank you Abir for your work building an automated #catalysis testing platform!

Abir Ben Ouezdou and the thesis examination committee

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

'Long Night of Sciences' at @fau.de @ctfm-lab.bsky.social: #solar cells, #electrolysis & #atomic layer processing let children's eyes sparkle for the #materials #chemistry #research of #energy conversion! Thanks to the team for preparing & engaging with the public! #ChemSky #outreach #ChemPrint

You could make your own CTFM button from scanning electron micrographs obtained in our research

Concentration while preparing a titania photoelectrode

The photoelectrode sensitized with fruit tea is almost ready!

We also do research on T-rex (it seems)!

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

True story: Paper: Electrolytic current scales linearly w/ length ℓ of cylindrical pore due to geometry Reviewers 1 & 3: Awesome! Rev. 2: Wrong, cylinder area scales w/ ℓ^2 Our rebuttal: Ahem, A = ℓ × π r^2 Adv. Mater. editor: Reject unless you add ℓ^2 Us: Nope DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2012.03.022

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Proud of my alma mater @mit.edu! For #diversity, for #science: #resist! www.reuters.com/world/us/mit...

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

@fau.de's #Women in #Science symposium wrapped! 3 days of exciting science, shared experiences, eye-opening conversations. Humbling & thought-provoking for the cis, heterosexual, white male in the audience... Even mikes are designed for bald white men, less so for Black women with braids! #ChemPrint

Grace Androga sharing her journey.
https://www.vacamr.org/grace-androga

Lisa Pecher @lisipea.bsky.social summarizing her message with a song

Malika Jeffries-EL @chemdiva.bsky.social presenting her research

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

We #welcome two new members of @fau.de's CTFM #team! Dr. Lynda Beddek is visiting for a month from Mouloud Mammeri University Tizi-Ouzou, and Dr. Mathilde Lambert has joined as a postdoc from @univ-amu.fr! Looking forward to some exciting #ALDep and #pv #research together! #ChemPrint

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Our coordinated #research center (CRC) #ChemPrint funded by @dfg.de at @fau.de and @helmholtz.de is running! Project start: Oct. 1; 1st general assembly: Oct. 6, decision-making structure elected. Below: the team at this early stage. Stay tuned for exciting results! www.sfb1719.research.fau.eu

Photo of ChemPrint researchers and principal investigators at IZNF

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Scientists would say that the signal is beyond five sigma: #immigration, #diversity, #exchange for the greatest benefit to mankind.

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Published online (early view) today, presented to the #European COST Action 'RenewPV' crowd in Julien's master class tomorrow! Still financed in part at @fau.de by our @erc.europa.eu project 'Solacylin'.

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Big scare & spectacular save in #lab at CTFM this week: mislabeled oxygen & nitrogen lines caused diethylzinc fire in a glovebox. Perfect reaction by the team achieved containment inside the box, quick cleanup enables the start of rebuild <48 hr later! Amazing #teamwork! #labels #safety #chemsky

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Et voila! Case proven. #solar

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Congratulations @fau.de @ctfm-lab.bsky.social alum Joschka, who was awarded the Master title today! And thank you to the band "Free Radicals" (featuring our Vice President People and Dean of Science) for providing the #music! #chemsky

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Our own @kimiaha.bsky.social @ctfm-lab.bsky.social @fau.de has received another poster award, this time at the Warwick Atomic Layer Processing Workshop, presenting her Atomic-Layer Additive Manufacturing (ALAM) results! #ALDep #chemsky #materialssky #ChemPrint @rsc.org @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org

Kimia Hashemizadeh from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg' CTFM lab presenting her poster on Atomic-Layer Additive Manufacturing at the Atomic Layer Processing Workshop 2025 in Warwick, UK. She won a poster award.

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