Janka Bauer and Yuqing Wang were elected in February as the new student speakers of the GRK2516 for 2023. We are looking forward to working together!
We extend special thanks to Oliver Stach and Anastasios Sourpis, who did a great job as speakers for the year 2022, especially for the organization of the Workshop in October 2022.
Author: Mariana Cosarinsky
Janka & Yuqing elected new student speakers
New Deadline for our Workshop "Controlling Structure Formation in Soft Materials"
The deadline for registration and abstract submission has been extended until September 20th! Visit our webpage for more information.
Oli & Tasos Elected New Student Speakers
Oliver Stach and Anastasios Sourpis were elected in January as the new student speakers for 2022. We are looking forward to working together!
We extend special thanks to Maren Schweitzer and Maximilian Hielscher, who did a great job as speakers for the period 2020-2021.
Student’s Retreat – Summer 2021
The students of the Research Training Group have been organizing a retreat this year in Heidelberg from September 20th to 22nd. The meeting has taken place at the NH Hotel Heidelberg.
The meeting program included an introduction of all students of the first cohort and the associated students and their research projects.
Systems Chemistry Symposium, 7-9 July 2021
Life-like emergent behavior in complex molecules and ensembles
This global virtual symposium will bring together leading scientists in the field of systems chemistry from US, Europe, Asia and Australia to present interactive talks with moderated discussion sessions and a Twitter-based poster session running throughout the event.
This interdisciplinary symposium will cover diverse aspects of the emerging field of systems chemistry, covering topics such as:
- Dynamic Information of Molecular Assemblies
- Origins and Synthesis of Life
- Emergent Behaviors: From Catalysts to Motility
- Active and Adaptive Materials Biological Networks
- Systems Chemistry and the Coronavirus Crisis

Introductory Lecture
The lectures "Introduction to Soft Matter" will take place during the winter semester 2020/21 every Thursday starting at 10:15am