News

31.07.2025

A major milestone for the KathanLab: our first publication was just published in Science! Tommy is first author on this exciting work about machine-directed synthesis of catenanes. Congratulations to the whole team for this massive achievement!

14.07.2025

Exciting news: Micha has been elected as the new chair of the Berlin section of the German Chemical Society (GDCh).

30.06.2025

Thank you Laurenz for your great work and good luck with all that comes next!

30.05.2025

It was a pleasure having Federica in the group. We wish her great success for the future!

11.04.2025

Many thanks to Nicole for her contributions during her stay. We wish her all the best for her next steps!

01.04.2025

We are thrilled to welcome two new members: Federica, joining us for a two-month Erasmus+ stay and Laurenz, who will spend three months in the lab for his research internship.

03.03.2025

We are happy to welcome Nicole from Heidelberg for a research internship in our group.

19.12.2024

Christian successfully completed his research internship. Thank you for your great work and see you soon for your Master's thesis!

23.09.2024

Big congratulations to Bob and Leon for defending their Bachelor’s theses! Amazing work – well done, both of you!

16.09.2024

We are proud to announce that Anni has successfully defended the very first Master's thesis in the KathanLab. Her outstanding work, co-supervised by Stefano Crespi, marks a significant achievement for our team. Congratulations!

01.09.2024

We are happy to welcome Christian for a research internship in our lab.

26.08.2024

The first KathanLab group workshop takes place in the beautiful Saxonian Alps. Is there a better combination than molecular machines and sandstone cliffs?

01.04.2024

After spending a semester in Uppsala with the fantastic Stefano Crespi, Anni decided to return back to Berlin to do her master’s thesis in our group. Welcome back Anni!

01.04.2024

We are thrilled to welcome two new members to our team: Bob and Leon. They will be joining us as they work on their bachelor’s theses.

01.10.2023

After travelling the world, Mira decided to come back to Berlin and join the KathanLab – we are very fortunate to have such a fantastic new member in our team!

01.09.2023

The first bachelor’s theses in the KathanLab were successfully defended by Saraa and Felix. Great work, we are very proud of you!

01.07.2023

Unbelievable, the KathanLab will be generously supported by DFG for the next six years. What an honor and only possible because of the great people in the lab.

01.06.2023

Joining Robert on his first conference abroad: the artificial molecular switches and motors GRC in New London/NH including lobster dinner and a short trip to NYC.

01.05.2023

A wild Tommy appears and decided to stay for his next academic evolution. A big welcome to Tommy, we are extremely happy to have you in the KathanLab!

01.04.2023

Two fantastic students decided to do their bachelor’s thesis in our group. We are excited to welcome Saraa and Felix in the KathanLab.

01.03.2023

Woohoo, Anni is the first student who decided to join the KathanLab and we are very proud to have you in the group!

01.10.2022

We are super happy and proud that Robert came all the way from the Netherlands to join the KathanLab. Hartelijk welkom Robert!

01.09.2022

What is better than meeting friends and talk about molecular machines? Meeting friends and talk about molecular machines in a castle!

01.07.2022

Joining my first conference as an independent researcher in Telluride/CO – great science and fantastic scenery.