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Organic Chemistry @TUC
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Organic Chemistry @TUC 

The Teichert Group


Administrative Assistant

Portrait: Marie Lesseng
Marie Lesseng


Permanent Coworkers

Portrait: Dr. Manfred Hagedorn
Dr. Manfred Hagedorn

Portrait: Dr. Manfred Karras
Dr. Manfred Karras


PhD students

Portrait: Mahadeb Gorai
Mahadeb Gorai
  • Phone:
    +49 371 531-38611
  • Email:
  • Vitae:
    • PhD in Berlin (since October 2019), funded by a scholarship of the Einstein Center of Catalysis (EC2)
    • MSc studies in Chemistry with MSc thesis at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur, India in the group of Dr. Modhu Sudan Maji "Transition-Metal-Free, Organocatalytic C3-Alkenylation of Pyrroles Using Aldehydes as an Alkenylating Agent" (2017 - 2019)
    • BSc studies in Chemistry at the University of Burdwan, Purba Bardhaman, India. (2014-2017)

Portrait: Benyapa Kaewmee
Benyapa Kaewmee
  • Phone:
    +49 371 531-38614
  • Email:
  • Vitae:
    • PhD in Berlin (since October 2018), funded by a scholarship of the BIG-NSE graduate school
    • Research internship in Berlin (November 2017 - May 2018), funded by a scholarship from the Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talents Project (DPST Project)
    • Graduate Research at Prince of Songkla University in the group of Professor Juthanat Kaeobamrung
    • Bachelor Thesis at Prince of Songkla University with Professor Kwanruthai Tadpetch "Synthesis and Cytotoxic Activiteis of Semisynthetic Zearalenone Analogues" (August 2015 - July 2015)
    • Studies in Chemistry at Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand (since October 2011)

Portrait: Anne Krenkel
Anne Krenkel
  • Phone:
    +49 371 531-37845
  • Email:
  • Vitae:
    • PhD in Chemnitz (since May 2024)
    • MSc studies with MSc thesis at Technische Universität Chemnitz in the group of Prof. Dr. Johannes Teichert: “Neutral Homoaromatic Hydrocarbons as Chiroptical Switches” (October 2021 – March 2024)
    • Participation at the “Summer student program” at the IOCB in Prague; research in the field of helicenes in the group of Dr. Irena G. Stará and Prof. Dr. Ivo Starý (June 2022 – August 2022)
    • BSc studies with BSc thesis at Technische Universität Chemnitz in the group of Prof. Dr. Michael Mehring: “Synthese und Charakterisierung von asymmetrisch substituierten 2-Aminomethylanilinen und deren Umsetzung zu Metallamiden“ (October 2018 – October 2021)

Portrait: Giriraj Pal
Giriraj Pal
  • Phone:
    +49 371 531-31248
  • Email:
  • Vitae:
    • PhD in Chemnitz (since March 2023)
    • MSc studies with MSc thesis at the Indian Institute of Technology Dehli, India in the group of Professor Sudipta Raha Ray "Copper Catalyzed C-3 alkylation of Quinoxalin-2(1H)-one via Photoinduced LMCT" (August 2021 – May 2022)
    • BSc studies with BSc thesis at the Bankura University, West Bengal, India

Portrait: SK Ariyan
SK Ariyan
  • Phone:
    +49 371 531-35058
  • Email:
  • Vitae:
    • PhD in Chemnitz (since November 2023)
    • MSc studies with MSc thesis at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India in the group of Dr. Indranil Chatterjee "“Reductive trifluoromethylation of α-iminoester using Photoredox catalysis” (2021 – 2023)
    • BSc studies with BSc thesis at the Midnapore College, India

Portrait: Dmitrii Tolochenko
Dmitrii Tolochenko
  • Phone:
    +49 371 531-32765
  • Email:
  • Vitae:
    • PhD in Chemnitz (since September 2023)
    • MSc studies with MSc thesis at the Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia "Peri-dilithio derivatives of condensed arenes in the synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles" (2020 – 2022)
    • BSc studies with BSc thesis at the Southern Federal University, Russia “Physicochemical study of transition metal complexes with azomethines containing a sulfamide fragment" (2016 – 2020)

Portrait: Dimitrios Ioannis Tzaras
Dimitrios Ioannis Tzaras
  • Phone:
    +49 371 531-38593
  • Email:
  • Vitae:
    • PhD in Berlin (since September 2019), funded by a scholarship of the Evonik Stiftung
    • MSc studies with MSc thesis at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece in the group of Professor Christoforos G. Kokotos "Development of environmentally friendly innovative catalytic transformations" (October 2017 - July 2019)
    • BSc thesis at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece with Professor Christoforos G. Kokotos "Organocatalytic Synthesis of Dihydrobenzofurans and Photocatalytic C-H Activation" (October 2016 - June 2017)
    • Studies in Chemistry at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (since September 2013)

Portrait: Maximilian Voigtländer
Maximilian Voigtländer
  • Phone:
    +49 371 531-33759
  • Email:
  • Address:
    Straße der Nationen 62, 09111 Chemnitz
  • Room:
  • Vitae:
    • PhD in Chemnitz (since September 2023)
    • Research stay at BASF Crop Protection, Ludwigshafen (May 2023 - August 2023)
    • MSc studies with MSc thesis at the Technische Universität Chemnitz in the group of Professor Johannes Teichert „Meta-selektive C–H-Funktionalisierungen mit bifunktionellen Katalysatoren” (October 2020 – April 2023)
    • BSc studies with BSc thesis at the Technische Universität Chemnitz „Versuche zur Realisierung einer Kaskade sigmatroper Umlagerungen” (October 2017 – September 2020)

Master students


Bachelor students

  • Fabian Kopfstädt, Bachelor thesis, 2024
  • Florian Schulz, Bachelor thesis, 2024

Technical Staff

Portrait: Jana Buschmann
Jana Buschmann

Khrystyna Gerlach


Guest scholars


Alumni from TU Chemnitz

  • Dr. Trung Tran Ngoc, PhD thesis 2024, now postdoc with Prof. Michal Juríček, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Finn-Jonas Kross, Bachelor thesis, 2024
  • Alina Pril, Bachelor thesis, 2023.
  • Thomas Jacquemin, exchange master student from Université de Rennes, France, 2023.
  • Dr. Lea Brechmann, PhD thesis 2023, now at Siegfried PharmaChemikalien, Minden, Germany
  • Dr. Marcel Schlegel, Postdoc 2022-2023, now lecturer at Health and Medical University, Erfurt, Germany
  • Jasper van der Welle, exchange bachelor student from Avans Hogeschool, Breda, the Netherlands, 2022.
  • Laurianne Forget, exchange master student from Université de Rennes, France, 2022. Now PhD studies with Dr. Christophe Fliedel and Prof. Rinaldo Poli at Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination CNRS, Toulouse, France
  • Monique Partzsch, Bachelor thesis 2022.

Alumni from TU Berlin

  • Dr. Birte Zimmermann, PhD Thesis 2022, now at Orafol GmbH, Oranienburg, Germany
  • Tim Horner, Bachelor Thesis 2021
  • Nico Friese, Bachelor Thesis 2021
  • Gaëlle Bertrand, exchange master student from Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, 2020
  • Martin Casey, bachelor research internship from EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2019/2020
  • Daruosch Asgari, Bachelor Thesis 2018
  • Dr. Trinadh Kaicharla, Postdoc 2017-2018, now with Prof. Thomas Hoye, University of Minnesota
  • Sarah Kobosil, Bachelor thesis 2018
  • Dr. Manas Das, Postdoc 2017, 2018-2019 postdoc with Prof. Syuzanna Harutyunyan, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, GVK Biosciences, Hyderabad, India. Now at Syngene International Ltd, Bangalore, India.
  • Eva Korytiaková, Master thesis 2016, PhD with Prof. Thomas Carell, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, now at ITM Pharma Solutions, Munich.
  • Sebastian Möhle, Bachelor thesis 2016
  • Vincent Weigelt, Bachelor thesis 2016
  • Patrick Krause, Bachelor thesis 2015