Materials Research Department

Young Materials Researchers – Members

The YMR network is open to all interested master students, PhD candidates and early postdocs from all chairs and groups represented in the Materials Research Department.

Want to become a member? Register via email to mrd@rub.de.

• Amar Alok, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Wieck, Applied Solid State Physics
  Project/PhD thesis: Quantum dots in semiconductors
  Contact:email: amar.alok@rub.de
  institute website: http://www.afp.rub.de/mitarbeiter.html

• Alex Asabre, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Contact:email: alex.asabre@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-25910
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/mitarbeiter.php

• Sabrina Baha, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ludwig, Materials Discovery and Interfaces
  Project/PhD thesis: Exploring high-entropy alloys for the hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline electrocatalysis: from compositional screening to strain effects
  Contact:email: Sabrina.Baha@rub.de
  

• Louis Becker, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Gefügebildungsprozess stickstofflegierter korrosionsbeständiger Stähle und Untersuchung des Diffusionslegierens im pulverbettbasierten Laserstrahl-Schmelzen
  Contact:email: Louis.Becker@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  

• Sebastian Beer, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Devi, Inorganic Chemistry II
  Project/PhD thesis: Vapor phase deposition of metal oxide and sulfide thin films: Exploration of the interplay between precursor design, process development and functional properties
  Contact:email: sebastian.beer@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-24167
  institute website: https://imc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/team/

• Aaron Berger, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Physikalische Eigenschaften von Legierungen mit kubisch-flächenzentrierter Kristallstruktur
  Contact:email: berger@wtech.rub.de
  

• Johannes Boes, Dr.-Ing.

  PostDoc with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Additive Fertigung hochlegierter Stähle
  Contact:email: Johannes.Boes@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  

• Nils Boysen, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Devi, Inorganic Chemistry II
  Project/PhD thesis: Rational Design of Coinage Metal Precursors for CVD and ALD Applications
  Contact:email: nils.boysen@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-24167
  institute website: https://imc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/team/

• Lukas Brackmann, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Grundlegende werkstofftechnische Untersuchungen zu Werkstoffkonzepten für zyklisch beanspruchte Werkzeuge im maschinellen Tunnelbau“.
  Contact:email: lukas.brackmann@rub.de
  

• Hoang-Giang Bui, Dr.-Ing.

  PostDoc with: ,
  Project/PhD thesis: Cut Finite Element Methods for Efficient Computational Simulations in Mechanized Tunneling
  Contact:email: giang.bui@rub.de
  phone: +491736371638
  institute website: http://www.sd.rub.de/mitarbeiter/Bui.html

• David Bürger, Dr.-Ing.

  PostDoc with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: Elementare Verformungsmechanismen und Kriechanisotropie einkristalliner Nickelbasis-Superlegierungen
  Contact:email: david.buerger@rub.de
  phone: 02343229109
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/index.php

• Ashish Chauniyal, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Hartmaier, Micromechanical and Macroscopic Modelling
  Project/PhD thesis: Deformation behavior of lamellar TiAl alloys- An atomistic study
  Contact:email: ashish.chauniyal@rub.de
  phone: +4915236429764
  institute website: http://www.icams.de/content/people/icams-staff-members/?detail=1604

• Hakan Dumlu, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: On the influence of chemical and mechanical effects on the functional performance of shape memory polymers
  Contact:email: hakan.dumlu@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  phone: +49 (0)234 32-22040
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/en/team/dumlu.php

• Vanessa Eisleben, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Entwicklung und Optimierung von Titan-Formgedächtnislegierungen
  Contact:email: eisleben@wtech.rub.de
  

• Babak Farhadi Jahromi, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: ,
  Project/PhD thesis: Force Field Development for Metal-Organic Frameworks
  Contact:email: Babak.Farhadi-Jahromi@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  

• Mariano Forti, Dr.

  PostDoc with: Prof. Dr. Drautz, Atomistic Modelling and Simulation
  Project/PhD thesis: Machine Learning of Superalloy Data
  Contact:email: mariano.forti@icams.rub.de
  phone: +5901627057253
  institute website: http://www.icams.de/content/people/icams-staff-members/

• Suzana Fries, Dr.

  Research Group Leader with: ,
  Contact:email: suzana.g.fries@rub.de
  phone: +49 234 32 26464
  institute website: https://www.icams.de/content/research/project-groups/thermodynamics-and-phase-stability/?detail=19&information=members

• Jean-Pierre Glauber, B.Sc.

  Master student with: Prof. Dr. Devi, Inorganic Chemistry II
  Contact:email: jean-pierre.glauber@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-24167
  institute website: https://imc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/team/

• Katharina Grosse, Dr

  PostDoc with: Prof. Dr. von Keudell, Research Group Reactive Plasmas
  Project/PhD thesis: Discharge ignition, dynamics and chemistry of nanosecond pulsed plasmas in water
  Contact:email: katharina.grosse@rub.de
  phone: +492343223670
  institute website: https://sfb1316.rub.de/index.php/en/

• Felix Großwendt, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: New Materials for Additive Manufacturing
  Contact:email: felix.grosswendt@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  

• Isabel Hahn, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Energieeffizienz durch Standzeiterhöhung von Lagern unter tribokorrosiven Betriebsbedingungen
  Contact:email: hahn@wtech.rub.de
  institute website: https://www.wtech.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/lwt/mitarbeiter/hahn_isabel.html.de

• Larissa Heep, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: Strukturbildungsprozesse in ein- und vielkristallinen Ni-Basis Superlegierungen
  Contact:email: larissa.heep@rub.de
  phone: 02343227349
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/team/heep.php

• Oliver Horst, Dr.-Ing.

  PostDoc with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: Einfluss von Legierungszusammensetzung und Mikrostruktur auf das Kriechverhalten einkristalliner Nickelbasis-Superlegierungen
  Contact:email: oliver.horst@rub.de
  phone: +2343229343
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.rub.de/ww/team/horst.php

• Lan-Tien Hsu, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Grünebohm, Scalebridging Simulation of Functional Composites
  Project/PhD thesis: Scale-bridging optimization and functional responses of ferroelectric composites
  Contact:email: Lan-Tien.Hsu@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  institute website: https://www.icams.de/content/people/icams-staff-members/?detail=2109

• Julian Hunfeld, M. Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: On the influence of Al, Ti, and Cr in the alloy development of polycrystalline Ni-based superalloys
  Contact:email: julian.hunfeld@rub.de
  phone: 3228432
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/mitarbeiter.php

• Julia Jagosz, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hoffmann, Microsystem Technology
  Contact:email: julia.jagosz@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-22152
  institute website: https://www.mst.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/lehrstuhl/

• Yordan Kalchev, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: On the influence of chemical complexity regarding the microstructure and mechanical properties of single-phase, topologically close packed (TCP) phases of type Sigma
  Contact:email: yordan.kalchev@rub.de
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/en/index.php

• Jana Karthäuser, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Rosenhahn, Analytical Chemistry – Biointerfaces
  Project/PhD thesis: Characterization and Investigation of zwitterionic polymers as antifouling coatings for marine and medical application
  Contact:email: jana.karthaeuser@rub.de
  

• Parmish Kaur, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Devi, Inorganic Chemistry II
  Project/PhD thesis: Precursor engineering for ALD/MLD
  Contact:email: parmish.kaur@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-24167
  institute website: https://imc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/team/group-members/

• Janis Kimm, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Nanoskalige Wechselwirkung von Mikrostruktur und tribologischer Schädigung in additiv hergestellten, hoch-stickstofflegierten Austeniten für die Medizintechnik
  Contact:email: janis.kimm@rub.de
  

• Philip König, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Einfluss von N und C+N auf die bainitische Umwandlung in schmelzmetallurgisch und pulvermetallurgisch verarbeiteten Fe-Basislegierungen
  Contact:email: philip.koenig@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  

• Xiaoyu Li, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: ,
  Project/PhD thesis: Preparation and catalytic properties of single atom catalysts
  Contact:email: xiaoyu.li@techem.rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-24534
  institute website: https://www.techem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/staff/index.html.de

• Elizabeth Mathew, B.Sc.

  Master student with: ,
  Project/PhD thesis: Comparison of ACE potential with other potential in Al
  Contact:email: Elizabeth.Mathew@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  

• Stefan Müller, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Einfluss einer druckunterstützten Wärmebehandlung auf die Mikrostruktur und die mechanischen Eigenschaften eines PM-Werkzeugstahls
  Contact:email: mueller@wtech.rub.de
  

• Dhanunjaya Kumar Nerella, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Steinbach, Scale Bridging Thermodynamic and Kinetic Simulation
  Project/PhD thesis: Material informatics on bainitic steel microstructures
  Contact:email: dhanunjaya.nerella@rub.de
  phone: +49-(0)234-32-22498
  

• Sakia Noorzayee, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: Sustainable NiTi Shape Memory Metallurgy
  Contact:email: sakianoorzayee@googlemail.com
  

• Jorit Obenlünenschloß, B.Sc.

  Master student with: Prof. Dr. Devi, Inorganic Chemistry II
  Contact:email: Jorit.Obenlueneschloss@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-24167
  institute website: https://imc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/team/group-members/

• Kevinjeorjios Pellumbi, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Apfel, Inorganic Chemistry I
  Project/PhD thesis: Novel Pentlandite-Composite Electrocatalysts for the CO2 electroreduction
  Contact:email: kevinjeorjios.pellumbi@rub.de
  phone: +4920885981433
  institute website: https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/smallmolecules/index.html.en

• Isabel Pietka, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Drautz, Atomistic Modelling and Simulation
  Project/PhD thesis: Extended defects in Ni-based superalloys (working title)
  Contact:email: isabel.pietka@rub.de
  phone: +4915787050400
  institute website: http://www.icams.de/content/people/icams-staff-members/?detail=1888

• Tapaswani Pradhan, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Drautz, Atomistic Modelling and Simulation
  Contact:email: tapaswani.pradhan@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-22424
  institute website: http://www.icams.de/content/people/icams-staff-members/

• Minaam Qamar, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Drautz, Atomistic Modelling and Simulation
  Project/PhD thesis: Atomistic simulation of Fe C binary system
  Contact:email: minaam.qamar@rub.de
  phone: +491638738032
  

• Christian Reinhart, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: Influence of the SFE on the mechanical properties in the CrMnFeCoNi system
  Contact:email: christian.reinhart@rub.de
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/mitarbeiter.php

• Alexander Richter, B.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: Characterizing dendritic microstrucure of ni-based superalloys using deep learning
  Contact:email: Alexander.Richter-b6w@rub.de
  phone: -
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/team/richter.php

• Julia Rogmann, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: die Optimierung von Oberflächenmodifikationen und Beschichtungen zur Reduzierung der Metallionenfreisetzung bei neurovaskulären Implantaten
  Contact:email: rogmann@wtech.rub.de
  

• Benjamin Ruttert, Dr.-Ing.

  PostDoc with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Theisen, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Heißisostatisches Pressen von Ni-basis Superlegierungen
  Contact:email: ruttert@wtech.de
  phone: 0234-32-25957
  institute website: https://www.wtech.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/lwt/mitarbeiter/ruttert.html.en

• Hesham Salama, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Steinbach, Scale Bridging Thermodynamic and Kinetic Simulation
  Project/PhD thesis: Martensitic transformation in low-carbon steel, A phase-filed study.
  Contact:email: hesham.salama@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  

• Hendric Schaefer, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Charakterisierung der Gefügebildung in pulvermetallurgisch hergestellten B-legierten Werkzeugstählen
  Contact:email: schaefer@wtech.rub.de
  institute website: https://www.wtech.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/lwt/

• Marcel Schmickler, B.Sc.

  Master student with: Prof. Dr. Devi, Inorganic Chemistry II
  Project/PhD thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Organic Ytterbium(III)-Complexes as Potential ALD Precursors
  Contact:email: marcel.schmickler@rub.de
  institute website: https://imc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/

• Mike Schneider, Dr.-Ing.

  PostDoc with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: On the influence of recrystallization and deformation twins on the mechanical properties of compositionally complex solid solutions
  Contact:email: mike.schneider@rub.de
  phone: 0234 32 27349
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/team/schneider.php

• Felicitas Scholz, Dr.-Ing.

  PostDoc with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: Metallurgical investigation of mosaicity in single crystal nickel-based superalloys
  Contact:email: felicitas.scholz@rub.de
  phone: +49 234 32 29343
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/team/scholz.php

• Jannik Schuppener, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Bildungskinetik metastabiler Gefügezustände während der energieeffizienten Wärmebehandlung von hochlegierten Kaltarbeitsstählen
  Contact:email: Schuppener@wtech.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  

• Yucen Shen, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: Shape Memory Polymer - Processing and Actuate Properties with Special Emphasis on Chemical/Mechanica
  Contact:email: yucen.shen@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  phone: 0234 3225679
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/team/shen.php

• Markus Sifft, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: ,
  Project/PhD thesis: A Complete and Efficient Analysis of Continuous Quantum Measurements
  Contact:email: markus.sifft@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-23610
  institute website: https://www.optics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/index.php?id=63

• Marc Sirrenberg, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eggeler, Materials Science and Engineering
  Project/PhD thesis: Monotonic and Cyclic Mechanical Studies on the High Temperature Plasticity of SX Superalloys
  Contact:email: marc.sirrenberg@rub.de
  phone: +492343229109
  institute website: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ww/team/sirrenberg.php

• Marco Smarra, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ostendorf, Laser Applications Technology
  Contact:email: smarra@lat.rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-23873
  institute website: https://www.lat.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/inhalt/lehrstuhl/mitarbeiter/index.html

• Sergei Starikov, Dr.

  PostDoc with: Prof. Dr. Drautz, Atomistic Modelling and Simulation
  Project/PhD thesis: Multi-scale modelling of plasticity in W-Mo-Nb ternary refractory alloys over broad temperature range
  Contact:email: sergei.starikov@icams.rub.de.
  institute website: http://icams.de

• Valerie Strotkötter, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ludwig, Materials Discovery and Interfaces
  Project/PhD thesis: High-throughput exploration of multinary thin film systems for catalytic applications
  Contact:email: valerie.strotkoetter@rub.de
  phone: +49 234 32 27875
  institute website: https://www.mdi.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mdi/mitarbeiter/strotkoetter.html.de

• Leslie Stübbe, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Die Rolle metastabilen Restaustenits und seine Verteilung in legierten Stählen – gezielte Einstellung, Stabilität und Eigenschaften“
  Contact:email: stuebbe@wtech.rub.de
  

• Sheng-Han Teng, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Grünebohm, Scalebridging Simulation of Functional Composites
  Project/PhD thesis: Tuning of functional ferroelectric oxides: A scale-bridging computational study on defects and inhomogeneities
  Contact:email: Sheng-Han.Teng@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  institute website: http://www.icams.de/content/people/icams-staff-members/?detail=1935

• Murali Uddagiri, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: ,
  Contact:email: murali.uddagiri@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-22213
  institute website: http://www.icams.de/content/people/icams-staff-members/

• Xin Wang, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Schuhmann, Analytical Chemistry
  Project/PhD thesis: High-entropy alloys as catalysts for the electrocatalytic reactions
  Contact:email: Xin.Wang-v2b@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  phone: +491626504845
  institute website: https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/elan/index.html

• Martin Wilken, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Devi, Inorganic Chemistry II
  Project/PhD thesis: PRECURSOR DEVELOPEMENT FOR CHEMICAL AND ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF TRANSITION METAL BASED MATERIALS
  Contact:email: Martin.Wilken@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-24167
  institute website: https://imc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/team/group-members/

• Jan-Lucas Wree, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Devi, Inorganic Chemistry II
  Contact:email: jan-lucas.wree@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-24167
  institute website: https://imc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/team/group-members/

• Songhuang Ye, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Property evolution of steels during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, experimental and numerical study
  Contact:email: songhuang.ye@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  

• David Zanders, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Devi, Inorganic Chemistry II
  Contact:email: David.Zanders@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-24167
  institute website: https://imc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/team/group-members/

• Rico Zehl, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ludwig, Materials Discovery and Interfaces
  Project/PhD thesis: B5 within SFB/TR 103
  Contact:email: rico.zehl@rub.de
  phone: +49 234 32 26823
  institute website: https://www.mdi.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/

• Ulf Ziesing, M.Sc.

  PhD candidate with: Prof. Dr. Weber, Materials Technology
  Project/PhD thesis: Additive Fertigung von Werkzeugstählen – Werkstoffentwicklung, Werkstoffverarbeitung und Veränderung der Stoffeigenschaften
  Contact:email: Ziesing@wtech.rub.de
  

• Setareh Zomorodposch, Dr.-Ing.

  PostDoc with: ,
  Project/PhD thesis: development and application of data mining for property prediction of applied materials.
  Contact:email: setareh.zomorodpoosh@rub.de
  phone: 0234-32-22498
  institute website: http://www.icams.de/content/people/icams-staff-members/