About

I'm a habilitated scientist and Privatdozent (lecturer) in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology at the Saarland University, Germany.

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Employment

since 02/2022: Scientist (“Data Architect”)
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin
since 10/2020: Privatdozent (reader)
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Saarland University
Venia legendi in Physical Chemistry
09/2019–08/2021: Research fellow
Physical Chemistry, Saarland University
07-08/2019: Visiting scientist
Physical Chemistry, Saarland University
since 05/2019: Privatdozent (reader)
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Venia legendi in Physical Chemistry
since 04/2017: project co-leader, International Research Training Group (IRTG) „Soft Matter Science“ (DFG GRK 1642/2).; Project “Structural models of semiconducting polymers”, joint with M. Brinkmann and P. Samorì, Strasbourg
04/2016–06/2019: Habilitant and project leader, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.; DFG project, title: “Time-resolved EPR for probing ordering in conjugated polymers and primary processes of charge generation in organic electronic devices”
Desription on DFG website
04/2013-03/2016: Postdoctoral research fellow, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.
10/2012-03/2013: Postdoctoral research fellow, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.; DFG stipend
10/2010-09/2012: Postdoctoral visitor, University of Oxford.; DFG stipend, title: “Photoinduced Radical Pairs in Cryptochromes: Possible Candidates for the Magnetic Compass of Migratory Birds”; Project description on DFG website
01/2008-12/2009: Scientific secretary, DFG Collaborative Reserach Centre 498 “Protein Cofactor Interactions”, Freie Universität Berlin.; Desription on DFG website
08/2005-09/2010: Scientific assistant, Freie Universität Berlin.

Funding/Research Projects

04/2016–03/2019: DFG project including own position; “Time-resolved EPR for probing ordering in conjugated polymers and primary processes of charge generation in organic electronic devices”; Desription on DFG website; Where: University of Freiburg
11/2017–10/2018: Grant from Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg; “Electronic structure of organic semiconductors: comparing optical and EPR-spectroscopic investigations”
02/2017–12/2017: Innovationsfonds Project; “Electronic structure of organic semiconductors: a systematic approach from building blocks to polymers”; Where: University of Freiburg
07/2016–06/2017: Grant from Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg; “Direction of charge transfer in conjugated polymers: Insights from time-resolved EPR spectroscopy using linearly polarised laser radiation”; Where: University of Freiburg
07/2016–02/2017: Innovationsfonds Project; “From molecule to device: correlating microscopic properties with macroscopic device efficiency by EPR spectroscopy”; Where: University of Freiburg
10/2012-03/2013: DFG Return Stipend; Where: University of Freiburg
10/2010-09/2012: DFG Stipend; “Photoinduced Radical Pairs in Cryptochromes: Possible Candidates for the Magnetic Compass of Migratory Birds”; Project description on DFG website; Where: University of Oxford, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, bei Prof. Peter J. Hore.

Education

05/2019: Venia legendi in Physical Chemistry
04/2016-05/2019: Habilitation, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.
08/2005-05/2009: Ph.D. thesis, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin.
02/2005: Diplom in Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
05/2004-02/2005: Diploma thesis, Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Berlin.
10/1998-02/2005: Diploma degree programme Biology, Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin.

Publications

2023: Clemens Matt, Rukiya Matsidik, Deborah L. Meyer, Mirjam Schröder, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
Know your building blocks: time-resolved EPR spectroscopy reveals NDI-T2 and not T-NDI-T to resemble the electronic structure of PNDIT2
Organic Electronics 117:106790, 2023; Bernd Paulus, Till Biskup
Towards more reproducible and FAIRer research data: documenting provenance during data acquisition using the Infofile format
Digit. Discov. 2:234–244, 2023
2022: Emmy Järsvall, Till Biskup, Yadong Zhang, Renee Kroon, Stephen Barlow, Seth Marder, Christian Müller
Double doping of a low-ionization energy polythiophene with a molybdenum dithiolene complex
Chem. Mater. 34:5673–5679, 2022; Jara Popp, Till Biskup
ASpecD: A Modular Framework for the Analysis of Spectroscopic Data Focussing on Reproducibility and Good Scientific Practice
Chem. Meth. 2:e202100097, 2022; Mirjam Schröder, Till Biskup
cwepr – a Python package for analysing cw-EPR data focussing on reproducibility and simple usage
J. Magn. Reson. 335:107140, 2022 PDF SI; Pablo Durand, Huiyan Zeng, Till Biskup, Vishnu Vijayakumar, Viktoriia Untilova, Céline Kiefer, Benoît Heinrich, Laurent Herrmann, Martin Brinkmann, Nicolas Leclerc
Single Ether-Based Side Chains in Conjugated Polymers: Toward Power Factors of 2.9 mW m⁻¹ K⁻²
Adv. Energy Mater. 12:2103049, 2022
2021: Bernd Wittmann, Till Biskup, Klaus Kreger, Jürgen Köhler, Hans-Werner Schmidt, Richard Hildner
All-optical manipulation of singlet exciton transport in individual supramolecular nanostructures by triplet gating
Nanoscale Horiz. 6:998–1005, 2021; Marco Cassinelli, Simone Cimò, Till Biskup, Xuechen Jiao, Alessandro Luzio, Christopher R. McNeill, Yong-Young Noh, Yun-Hi Kim, Chiara Bertarelli, Mario Caironi
Enhanced N-type doping of a naphthalene diimide based copolymer by modification of the donor unit
Adv. Electron. Mater. 7:2100407, 2021; Till Biskup
Doping of organic semiconductors: Insights from EPR spectroscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 119:010503, 2021
2020: Anna I. Hofmann, Renee Kroon, Sepideh Zokaei, Emmy Järsvall, Claudia Malacrida, Benjamin L. Cotts, Sabine Ludwigs, Till Biskup, Christian Müller
Chemical Doping of Conjugated Polymers with the Strong Oxidant Magic Blue
Adv. Electron. Mater. 6:2000249, 2020; Cem B. Yildiz, Kinga I. Leszczyńska, Sandra Gonzalez-Gallardo, Michael Zimmer, Akin Azizoglu, Till Biskup, Christopher W. M. Kay, Volker Huch, Henry S. Rzepa, David Scheschkewitz
Equilibrium Formation of Stable All‐Silicon Versions of 1,3‐Cyclobutandiyl
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59:15087, 2020; Simon Schmidt, Markus Hoenig, Younghun Shin, Marco Cassinelli, Andrea Perinot, Mario Caironi, Xuechen Jiao, Christopher McNeill, Daniele Fazzi, Till Biskup, Michael Sommer
Radical Anion Yield, Stability and Electrical Conductivity of Naphthalene Diimide Copolymers n-Doped with Tertiary Amines
ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2:1954–1963, 2020; Viktoriia Untilova, Till Biskup, Laure Biniek, Vishnu Vijayakumar, Martin Brinkmann
Control of Chain Alignment and Crystallization Helps Enhance Charge Conductivities and Thermoelectric Power Factors in Sequentially Doped P3HT:F₄TCNQ Films
Macromolecules 53:2441–2453, 2020
2019: Clemens Matt, Katja Stry, Rukiya Matsidik, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
Two Competing Acceptors: Electronic Structure of PNDITBT Probed by Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
J. Chem. Phys. 151:234901, 2019; Deborah L. Meyer, Noah Schmidt-Meinzer, Clemens Matt, Stephan Rein, Florian Lombeck, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
Side-Chain Engineering of Conjugated Polymers: Distinguishing Its Impact on Film Morphology and Electronic Structure
J. Phys. Chem. C 123:20071–20083, 2019; Clemens Matt, Florian Lombeck, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
Impact of side chains of conjugated polymers on electronic structure: a case study
Polymers 11:870, 2019; Simon B. Schmidt, Till Biskup, Xuechen Jiao, Christopher R. McNeill, Michael Sommer
Controlling intermolecular redox-doping of naphthalene diimides
J. Mater. Chem. C. 7:4466-4474, 2019; Till Biskup
Structure–Function Relationship of Organic Semiconductors: Detailed Insights From Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy
Front. Chem. 7:10, 2019; Clemens Matt, Deborah L. Meyer, Florian Lombeck, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
Different Routes Towards Triplet States in Organic Semiconductors: Direct S₀→T Excitation Probed by Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy
Mol. Phys. 117:2645–2653, 2019
2018: Deborah L. Meyer, Rukiya Matsidik, Daniele Fazzi, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
Probing Exciton Delocalisation in Organic Semiconductors: Insight from Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Magnetophotoselection Experiments
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9:7026–7031, 2018; Yuqi Hou, Till Biskup, Stephan Rein, Zhijia Wang, Laura Bussotti, Nino Russo, Paolo Foggi, Jianzhang Zhao, Mariangela Di Donato, Gloria Mazzone, Stefan Weber
Spin−Orbit Charge Recombination Intersystem Crossing in Phenothiazine−Anthracene Compact Dyads: Effect of Molecular Conformation on Electronic Coupling, Electronic Transitions, and 4 Electron Spin Polarizations of the Triplet States
J. Phys. Chem. C 122:27850–27865, 2018; Younghun Shin, Matteo Massetti, Hartmut Komber, Till Biskup, Diego Nava, Guglielmo Lanzani, Mario Caironi, Michael Sommer
Improving Miscibility of a Naphthalene Dimide-Bithiophene Copolymer With n-Type Dopants Through the Incorporation of “Kinked” Monomers
Adv. Electron. Mater. 4:1700581, 2018; Diego Nava, Younghun Shin, Matteo Massetti, Xuechen Jiao, Till Biskup, Madan Sangarashettyhalli Jagadeesh, Alberto Calloni, Lamberto Duò, Guglielmo Lanzani, Christopher McNeill, Michael Sommer, Mario Caironi
Drastic Improvement of Air Stability in an n-type Doped Naphtalene-diimide Polymer by Thionation
ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 1:4626–4634, 2018; Clemens Matt, Deborah L. Meyer, Florian Lombeck, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
TBT Entirely Dominates the Electronic Structure of the Conjugated Copolymer PCDTBT: Insights from Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Macromolecules 51:4341, 2018; Deborah L. Meyer, Rukiya Matsidik, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
Electronic Structure Trumps Planarity: Unexpected Narrow Exciton Delocalisation in PNDIT2 Revealed by Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy
Adv. Electron. Mater. 4:1700385, 2018; Deborah L. Meyer, Rukiya Matsidik, Sven Huettner, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
Solvent-Mediated Aggregate Formation of PNDIT2: Decreasing the Available Conformational Subspace by Introducing Locally Highly Ordered Domains
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20:2716–2723, 2018
Hervorgehoben als Teil der 2018 PCCP HOT Articles; David Kiefer, Alexander Giovannitti, Hengda Sun, Till Biskup, Anna Hofmann, Marten Koopmans, Camila Cendra, Stefan Weber, L. Jan Anton Koster, Eva Olsson, Jonathan Rivnay, Simone Fabiano, Iain McCulloch, Christian Müller
Enhanced n-Doping Efficiency of a Naphthalenediimide Based Copolymer Through Polar Side Chains for Organic Thermoelectrics
ACS Energy Lett. 3:278–285, 2018
2017: Deborah L. Meyer, Florian Lombeck, Sven Huettner, Michael Sommer, Till Biskup
Direct S₀→T Excitation of a Conjugated Polymer Repeat Unit: Unusual Spin-Forbidden Transitions Probed by Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 8:1677–1682, 2017.; Dean M. W. Sheppard, Jing Li, Kevin B. Henbest, Simon R. T. Neil, Kiminori Maeda, Jonathan Storey, Erik Schleicher, Till Biskup, Ryan Rodriguez, Stefan Weber, P. J. Hore, Christiane R. Timmel, Stuart R. Mackenzie
Millitesla magnetic field effects on the photocycle of an animal cryptochrome
Sci. Rep., 7:42228, 2017.
2015: Till Biskup, Michael Sommer, Stephan Rein, Deborah L. Meyer, Markus Kohlstädt, Uli Würfel, Stefan Weber
Ordering of PCDTBT Revealed by Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Its Triplet Excitons
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54:7707–7710, 2015.; Till Biskup, Michael Sommer, Stephan Rein, Deborah L. Meyer, Markus Kohlstädt, Uli Würfel, Stefan Weber
Zeitaufgelöste Elektronenspinresonanz-Spektroskopie an Triplett-Exzitonen deckt Ordnung von PCDTBT auf
Angew. Chem., 127:7819–7822, 2015.; Tobias Weinert, Simona G. Huwiler, Johannes W. Kung, Sina Weidenweber, Petra Hellwig, Hans-Joachim Stärk, Till Biskup, Stefan Weber, Julien J. H. Cotelesage, Graham N. George, Ulrich Ermler, Matthias Boll
Structural basis of enzymatic benzene ring reduction
Nat. Chem. Biol., 11:586–591, 2015.
2014: Alpha A. Lee, Jason C. S. Lau, Hannah J. Hogben, Till Biskup, Daniel R. Kattnig, P. J. Hore
Alternative radical pairs for cryptochrome-based magnetoreception
J. R. Soc. Interface, 11:20131016, 2014.
2013: Till Biskup
Time-resolved EPR of radical pair intermediates in cryptochromes
Mol. Phys., 111:3698–3703, 2013.; Emrys W. Evans, Charlotte A. Dodson, Kiminori Maeda, Till Biskup, C. J. Wedge, Christiane R. Timmel
Magnetic field effects in flavoproteins and related systems
Interface Focus, 3:20130037, 2013.; Till Biskup, Bernd Paulus, Asako Okafuji, Kenichi Hitomi, Elizabeth D. Getzoff, Stefan Weber, Erik Schleicher
Variable Electron-Transfer Pathways in an Amphibian Cryptochrome: Tryptophan versus Tyrosine-Based Radical Pairs
J. Biol. Chem., 288:9249–9260, 2013.; Till Biskup, James R. Norris, Asako Okafuji, Antony R. Marino, Kenichi Hitomi, Elizabeth D. Getzoff, Erik Schleicher, Stefan Weber
Characterization of light-induced spin-correlated radical pairs in cryptochromes – Basis for a magnetic compass?
in “Flavins and Flavoproteins 2011”, S. Miller, R. Hille, B. Palfey (Editors), Lulu.com (2013), Raleigh, NC, pp. 385–396
2012: Hannah J. Hogben, Till Biskup, P. J. Hore
Entanglement and sources of magnetic anisotropy in radical pair-based avian magnetoreceptors
Phys. Rev. Lett., 109:220501, 2012.; Jan Behrends, Andreas Sperlich, Alexander Schnegg, Till Biskup, Christian Teutloff, Klaus Lips, Vladimir Dyakonov, Robert Bittl
Direct detection of photoinduced charge transfer complexes in polymer fullerene blends
Phys. Rev. B, 85:125206, 2012.; Kiminori Maeda, Alexander J Robinson, Kevin Henbest, Hannah J Hogben, Till Biskup, Margaret Ahmad, Erik Schleicher, Stefan Weber, Christiane R. Timmel, Peter J Hore
Magnetically sensitive light-induced reactions in cryptochrome are consistent with its proposed role as a magnetoreceptor
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 109:4774–4779, 2012.
Highlighted in “In this issue”.
2011: Till Biskup, Kenichi Hitomi, Elizabeth D. Getzoff, Sebastian Krapf, Thorsten Koslowski, Erik Schleicher, Stefan Weber
Unexpected Electron Transfer in Cryptochrome Identified by Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50(52):12647–12651, 2011.; Till Biskup, Kenichi Hitomi, Elizabeth D. Getzoff, Sebastian Krapf, Thorsten Koslowski, Erik Schleicher, Stefan Weber
Identifikation unerwarteter Elektronentransferpfade im Cryptochrom durch zeitaufgelöste Elektronenspinresonanz-Spektroskopie
Angew. Chem., 123(52):12858–12862, 2011.
2010: Stefan Weber, Till Biskup, Asako Okafuji, Antony Marino, Thomas Berthold, Gerhard Link, Kenichi Hitomi, Elizabeth D. Getzoff, Erik Schleicher, James R. Norris
Origin of light-induced spin-correlated radical pairs in cryptochrome
J. Phys. Chem. B, 114:14745-14754, 2010.; Asako Okafuji, Till Biskup, Kenichi Hitomi, Elizabeth D. Getzoff, Gebhard Kaiser, Alfred Batschauer, Adelbert Bacher, Jun Hidema, Mika Teranishi, Kazuo Yamamoto, Erik Schleicher, Stefan Weber.
Light-induced Activation of Class II Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Photolyases.
DNA Repair, 9:495–505, 2010.
2009: Till Biskup, Erik Schleicher, Asako Okafuji, Gerhard Link, Kenichi Hitomi, Elizabeth D. Getzoff, Stefan Weber.
Direct observation of a photoinduced radical-pair intermediate in a cryptochrome DASH blue-light photoreceptor.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48(2):404-407, 2009.; Till Biskup, Erik Schleicher, Asako Okafuji, Gerhard Link, Kenichi Hitomi, Elizabeth D. Getzoff, Stefan Weber.
Direkte Detektion eines lichtinduzierten Radikalpaars in einem Cryptochrom-Blaulichtrezeptor.
Angew. Chem., 121:411-415, 2009.
2006: Uta Joos, Till Biskup, Oliver Ernst, Ines Westphal, Cristina Gherasim, Rudolf Schmidt, Klaus Edinger, Götz Pilarczyk, Claus Duschl.
Investigation of cell adhesion to structured surfaces using total internal reflection fluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy.
EurJCellBiol, 85:225-228, 2006.

Ph.D. thesis: Elektronenspinresonanz an paramagnetischen Intermediaten blaulichtaktiver Flavoproteine
(Electron spin resonance on paramagnetic intermediates of blue-light active flavoproteins)
Freie Universität Berlin, 2009
Diploma thesis: Biochemische Modifikation von Oberflächen und mikroskopische Untersuchung des Einflusses auf Kulturzellen
(Biochemical modification of surfaces and microscopic investigation of its influence to cultured cells)
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2005

Presentations and Posters

2023: How reproducible are your EPR results? Tools for fully reproducible data analysis
The 56th annual international meeting of the ESR spectroscopy group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Leeds, UK, 03/2023 (Talk); How reproducible are your EPR results? Tools for fully reproducible data analysis
The 56th annual international meeting of the ESR spectroscopy group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Leeds, UK, 03/2023 (Poster, 10.5281/zenodo.7754112)
2022: Strategy, Communication, Piloting. The three pillars for Implementing research-oriented research data management at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Data Stewardship goes Germany, Braunschweig, Germany 10/2022 (poster, 10.5281/zenodo.7184611); Towards FAIRer EPR data – a toolset for fully reproducible data analysis
43rd FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting, Karlsruhe, Germany, 09/2022 (poster, 10.5281/zenodo.7057905)
2020: EPR-Spektroskopie als komplementäre Methode zum Erkenntnisgewinn: Voraussetzungen und Potentiale
Lecture, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, 09/2020; Structure–Function Relationship of Conjugated Polymers Used in Organic Electronics: Detailed Insights from EPR Spectroscopy
Scientific talk for Umhabilitation, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, 01/2020
2019: Electronic Structure, Morphology, and Flexibility of Conjugated Polymers: Exciting Insights From Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
14th International Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems, Berlin, 06/2019 (talk); Thermoelektrizität – Ein weiterer Baustein hin zu einem nachhaltigen Umgang mit Energie?
Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 04/2019 (teaching talk for Habilitation); Soft Matter From Biology to Organic Electronics: Insights From (Time-Resolved) EPR Spectroscopy
Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, 02/2019 (talk)
2018: Structure–Function Relationship of Conjugated Polymers Used in Organic Electronics: Detailed Insights from EPR Spectroscopy
Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 10/2018 (scientific talk for Habilitation); Exciting Insights Into Organic Semiconductors: Lessons Learned From Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy
Tag der Forschung, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 13.07.2018 (talk); Piggybacking On Triplet States Provides Exciting Insights Into Organic Semiconductors: What TREPR Teaches Us About Electronic Structure, Morphology, and Flexibility of Conjugated Polymers
Universität Bayreuth, 12.07.2018 (invited talk); Structure–Function Relationship of Organic Semiconductors: An EPR Spectroscopist’s Perspective
Fachbereich Physik, FU Berlin, 26.06.2018 (invited talk); The Path to Enlightenment: What TREPR Teaches Us About Electronic Structure, Morphology, and Flexibility of Conjugated Polymers
51st RSC ESR Conference London, UK, April 9, 2018 (talk); Electronic Structure of Organic Semiconductors: Detailed Insights From Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy
IRTG Soft Matter Science (SoMaS), Freiburg, January 31, 2018 (invited talk)
2017: The Path to Enlightenment: What TREPR Teaches Us About Electronic Structure, Morphology, and Flexibility of Conjugated Polymers
15th International Symposium on Spin and Magnetic Field Effects in Chemistry and Related Phenomena, September 2017 (poster); Direct S₀→T excitation of a conjugated polymer repeat unit: Unusual spin-forbidden transitions probed by TREPR spectroscopy
15th International Symposium on Spin and Magnetic Field Effects in Chemistry and Related Phenomena, September 2017 (poster); Probing Morphology, Electronic Structure, and Triplet Routes: The Case for Time-Resolved EPR in Organic Electronics
IRTG Soft Matter Science (SoMaS) Summer School 2017: Organic Electronics, Mittelwihr, Frankreich, July 5, 2017 (talk); Probing Morphology, Electronic Structure, and Triplet Routes: The Case for Time-Resolved EPR in Organic Electronics
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, May 23, 2017 (invited talk)
2016: Shedding Light on Fundamental Aspects of Organic Electronics: The Case for Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy
EPR Minisymposium, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim/Ruhr, October 28, 2016 (invited talk); Shedding Light on Fundamental Aspects of Organic Electronics: The Case for Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy
Tag der Forschung, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, July 8, 2016 (invited talk); Light-energy conversion in OPV materials – How EPR can help elucidate key aspects of charge generation in solar cells
The 49th Annual International Meeting of the ESR Spectroscopy Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, University of Essex, Colchester, April 3–7, 2016 (invited talk)
2015: Light–Energy Conversion in OPV Materials – How EPR Can Help Elucidate Key Aspects of Charge Generation In Solar Cells
CNRS, Strasbourg, March 19, 2015 (invited talk); Light-Energy Conversion in OPV Materials - How EPR Can Help Elucidate Key Aspects of Charge Generation in Solar Cells
Seminar in der Gruppe von Dr. Uli Würfel am Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum (FMF), Freiburg, February 17, 2015, (talk)
2013: Photoinduced Radical Pairs in Cryptochromes: Possible Candidates for the Magnetic Compass of Migratory Birds
1st Awaji International Workshop on “Electron Spin Science & Technology: Biological and Materials Science Oriented Applications” (1st AWEST 2013), Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan, June 16-18, 2013 (invited talk); TA and TREPR on Xenopus Cryptochrome: Unravelling Mechanistic Details of a Potential Compass Molecule
The 13th International Symposium on Spin and Magnetic Field Effects in Chemistry and Related Phenomena (Spin Chemistry Meeting), Bad Hofgastein, Austria, April 22-26, 2013 (talk)
2012: Cryptochromes: Potential Compass Molecules with an Unexpected Variety of Electron Transfer Pathways
International Symposium on Integrating Advanced Spectroscopic Tools for Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecular Complexes in vitro and in vivo, Ringberg, Kreuth, Germany December 12-15, 2012; Cryptochromes: Potential compass molecules with an unexpected variety of electron transfer pathways
EUROMAR 2012 Magnetic Resonance Conference, University College Dublin, July 1-5, 2012 (talk); Cryptochromes: Potential Compass Molecules with an Unexpected Variety of Electron Transfer Pathways
The 45th Annual International Meeting of the ESR Spectroscopy Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Manchester, March 25-29, 2012 (talk)
2011: Origin of Light-Induced Spin-Correlated Radical Pairs in Cryptochromes
Morino Lecture and International Workshop “Spectroscopy on Photoinduced Functions of Electrons and Spins in Biology and Material Science”, Tokyo, October 13, 2011; Origin of Light-induced Spin-Correlated Radical Pairs in Cryptochromes
EUROMAR Magnetic Resonance Conference, Frankfurt/Main, August 21-25, 2011; Electron Transfer in proteins of the photolyase/cryptochrome family: Light-induced radical-pair formation is more complex than initially anticipated
17th International Symposium on Flavins & Flavoproteins, Berkeley, CA, July 24-29, 2011; Electron transfer in photolyases and cryptochromes: Light-induced radical-pair formation is more complex than initially anticipated
The 12th International Symposium on Spin and Magnetic Field Effects in Chemistry and Related Phenomena (Spin Chemistry Meeting), Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 15-20, 2011; Electron Transfer in proteins of the photolyase/cryptochrome family: Light-induced radical-pair formation is more complex than initially anticipated
The 44th Annual International Meeting of the ESR Spectroscopy Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, York, April 3-7, 2011
2010: Origin of light-induced spin-correlated radical pairs in cryptochrome
DFG-Meeting “New Frontiers in Electron Spin Resonance Methodology”
Hirschegg, September 8-12, 2010; Electron transfer in proteins of the photolyase/cryptochrome family. Light-induced radical-pair formation is more complex than initially anticipated
FOR526 Meeting, Frauenchiemsee, March 14-17, 2010; Hunting for a Reaction Mechanism of Cryptochromes: What can EPR Spectroscopy Contribute?
Oxford CAESR Symposium, Oxford University, February 3, 2010 (talk)
2009: Electron transfer reactions in photolyases studied by electron paramagnetic resonance and optical spectroscopy
International Symposium of the Collaborative Research Center Sfb-498 Protein-Cofactor Interactions in Biological ProcessesSfb-Symposium, Berlin, September 13-16, 2009; Diversity Despite High Structural Conservation: Intraprotein Electron Transfer in Cryptochromes Probed by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
The 11th International Symposium on Spin and Magnetic Field Effects in Chemistry and Related Phenomena (Spin Chemistry Meeting), St. Catharines, August 9-14, 2009; EPR on Functional Relevant Paramagnetic Intermediates in Blue–Light Active Flavoproteins
FOR526 Meeting, Staufen im Breisgau, April 3, 2009 (talk)
2008: Reactive intermediates in the blue-light induced response of cryptochromes
German Biophysical Society Meeting Berlin, September 28-October 1, 2008; Electron paramagnetic resonance on functional relevant paramagnetic intermediates in blue-light active flavoproteins.
GlobalCOE Summer School, Sendai, Japan, August 18-21, 2008 (talk); Reactive Intermediates in the Blue–Light Induced Response of Cryptochromes
The 17th International Symposium on Flavins & Flavoproteins, Jaca, Spain, June 9-12, 2008; Reactive intermediates in the blue-light induced response of cryptochromes
FOR526 Meeting, Kloster Strahlfeld, April 9-11, 2008 (talk)
2007: International Symposium of the Collaborative Research Center Sfb-498 Protein-Cofactor Interactions in Biological Processes, Berlin, September 16-19, 2007

Awards

2012: The MRC award for young scientists by John Wiley & Sons
EUROMAR 2012 Magnetic Resonance Conference