News
News (2025):
We are getting started! Three positions are open at the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (three-year contract, 65% TVL E13). The topics are:
-> Synthesis, characterization and study of MOFs
as contrast agents in MRI
-> Synthesis, characterization and study of MOFs
in gas storage and separation
-> Synthesis, characterization and study of biomolecules@MOFs
for catalysis
To apply, check this website (deadline: 31.05.2025):
- We are moving! As of 01.04.25, the bunzenlab has moved to the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. There are bachelor, master and doctoral positions available!
- The group attended the 36. Deutsche Zeolith-Tagung in Erlangen-Nürnberg (26.02.-28.02.2025).
News (2024):
- Our recent work on kinetic trapping of noble gases in MOFs has been published.
- Hana Bunzen was selected to join the Early Career Advisory Board of the journal Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.
- Qihan Sha has joined the group as a master student. She is going to work on MOFs for biomedical applications.
- Hana Bunzen was an invited speaker at the "MOF 2024" in Singapore (15.07.-19.07.2024).
- Sofia Kügle has joined the group as a doctoral student. She is going to work on MOFs for applications in medicine. Welcome Sofia!
- Hana Bunzen gave a talk at the 35. Deutsche Zeolith-Tagung in Jena (28.02.-01.03.2024). In her talk she entitiled the applications of MOF nanoparticles as imaging agents in medicine.
- Hana Bunzen gave a talk as an invited speaker at the International Symposium on Porous Organic Polymers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia (12.-14.02.2024). In her talk she entitiled the applications of MOF nanoparticles in medicine.
- Emeline Crouzatier has joined the group as a doctoral student. She is going to work on MOFs for applications in MRI. Welcome Emeline!
- We are happy to join the European metal-organic framework network (EU4MOFs, COST Action CA22147) as a Working Group!
News (2023):
- We wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
- Julia Rak has joined the group as a master student. She is going to work on MOFs for biomedical applications.
- Karsten Heinz successfully defended his master thesis on MOFs for gas storage applications. Congrats!
- Hana Bunzen gave a talk as an invited speaker at the EuroMOF 2023 in Granada, Spain (24.-27.09.2023).
- Christoph Jilg successfully defended his master thesis dealing with the synthesis of new azolate MOFs. Congrats!
- Hana Bunzen visited Prof. C. Serre and gave a plenary talk about 'MOFs and their biomedical applications' at the French MOFs, COFs and porous polymers conference in Paris, 23.-24.05.2023.
- Hana Bunzen took part in the 3rd Lindau Online Sciathon (innovative applications in medical research, 28.-30.04.2023) as a project lead.
- Our review: Chemical stability of metal-organic frameworks for applications in drug delivery, was recognized by Wiley as a top downloaded and cited article!
- Joyce Tam Teon successfully defended her bachelor thesis on MOFs for applications in MRI. Congrats!
- We attended the Häko 2023 in Dresden (15.-17.03.2023).
- Hana Bunzen gave a talk about 'MOFs in nanomedicine' at the Chemiedozententagung 2023 in Dresden, Germany (13.-15.03.2023).