Former group at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany in 2016
Former group at Clarkson University, Potsdam, USA in 2017
Former PhD students
Dr. Sebastian Soll, "Structural properties and functional materials of vinylimidazolium-type poly(ionic liquid)s", University of Potsdam, Apr. 2013 ("Best PhD thesis prize" at Max Planck institute of Colloids and Interfaces in 2013, currently in BASF). (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)
Dr. Yongjun Men, "Poly(ionic liquid)s for thermoresponsive materials and carbon production", University of Potsdam, Germany, Feb. 2014, currently CTO at Novioponics B.V., Netherland. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)
Dr. Simon Prescher, "Poly(ionic liquid)s: synthesis and function as nanoparticles and liquid bulk materials", University of Potsdam, Germany, Oct. 2014, currently R&D Manager at WEBAC-Chemie GmbH in Germany. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)
Dr. Konrad Grygiel, "Poly(ionic liquid) stabilizers and new synthetic approaches", University of Potsdam, Germany, Jun. 2015, currently Project Coordinator at RB company, Germany. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)
Dr. Martina Ambrogi, "Poly(ionic liquid)-derived porous functional carbons", University of Potsdam, Germany, Dec. 2015, currently R&D Chemist at Poly Terra Innovation in Germany. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)
Dr. Karoline Taeuber, "Porous Membranes from Imidazolium- and Pyridinium-based Poly(ionic liquid)s with Targeted Properties", University of Potsdam, Germany, Apr. 2016. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)
Dr. Weiyi Zhang, "Functional Poly(ionic liquid) Materials based on Poly(1,2,4-triazolium)s", University of Potsdam, Germany, May 2017. ("Best PhD thesis prize" at Max Planck institute of Colloids and Interfaces in 2017, currenlty associate professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)
Dr. Huijuan Lin, "Acceleration and Amplification of Biomimetic Actuation: The Empty Pore Matters", University of Potsdam Germany, Aug. 2017, currently associate professor at Nanjing Tech University.(co-supervision with Professor John Dunlop)
Former Master students
Mr. Marten van der Werff, "Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Poly(Ionic Liquid) Homo- and Block (co)polymers", Master of Polymer Science Program, University of Potsdam, Jan. 2012
Mr. Michael Regan, "An Exploration of Synthetic Routes for 1,2,4-Triazolide Anion based Poly(ionic liquid)s", Master of Science- Basic Science, Clarkson University, USA. Jun. 2018.
Mr. Manuel Reiter, "Synthesis of Functional Siloxane-based Poly(ionic liquid)s", Master of Science- Basic Science, Vienna University of Technology/Stockholm University, Jul. 2020. 2018
Former Bachelor students
Mr. Maximilium Woff, "Synthesis of Chiral Poly(Ionic Liquid)", University of Potsdam, Germany, Sep. 2016.
Former Postdocs
Dr, Alessandro Dani (4.2016-3.2017). (currently in Evonik)
Dr. Jianke Sun (12.2015-2017, currently Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology? China.
Dr. Jiang Gong (7.2015-7.2017), currently Professor at Huazhou University of Science and Technology.
Dr. Ryan Gutermann (10.2015 -1.2017, currenlty group leader at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces).
Dr. Juan Balach (2.2012-1.2013, researher at TU Dresden, Germany).
Dr. Danuta Kuzmicz (7.2012-9.2013, currently R&D Associate at Reckitt Benckiser Global R&D GmbH, Germany).
Dr. Yan Yang (3.2013-2.2014), currently associate professor at QingDao Ocean University, China.
Dr. Qiang Zhao (8.2011-5.2014), currenlty Professor at Huazhou University of Science and Technology.
Dr. Jungsoo Lee (9.2014-2.2015, currently Professor at Chosun University, Korea).
Dr. Wei Wang, 9.2018-9.2019, currently professor at Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China.
Dr. Mohamed Yahia, 9.2018-10.2019, currently researcher at Umea University, Sweden.
Dr. Yucheng Wang, 9.2019-8.2020, currently lecturer at Xiamen University, China.
Former visitors
Prof. Haojie Song (2014-2015), Jiang Su University, China.
Prof. Baohang Han (Jul, 2015), Beijing National Center for Nanoscience & -technology
AvH Postdoc Fellow Dr. Jianke Sun (2015-2017) from National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan.
Dr. Yuki Kohno (1 week, 2012), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Dr. Mudraboyina Bhanu (10 days, 2013), University of Lyon 1, France
Dr. Girodano Vendraminetto (1 month 2015), University of Bordeaux, France
Professor Pengfei Zhang (3 months, 2012), Zhejiang University, China
Professor Shengyi Dong (3 months, 2012), Zhejiang University, China Mr.
Dr. Zibing Zhang (3 months, 2013), Zhejiang University, China
Dr. Jie Yang (6 months, 2014-2015), Zhejiang University, China
Dr. Erica Zeglio (2 weeks, 2013), Linkoeping University, Sweden
Dr. Alessandro Dani (4 months, 2015), University of Turin, Italy
Dr. Ana Margarida Conde (3 months, 2015), the University of the Basque country, Spain
Dr. Congxiao Cao (6 months, 2015), Beijing National institute of Nanoscience and -technology, China.
Dr. Christoph Willa (2 month, 2015), ETH-Zuerich, Switzerland
Dr. Xianjing Zhou (3 months, 2018), Zhejiang University, China
Ms. Avneet Kaur Ghuman (3 months, 2014), Pierre and Marie Curie University, France.
Ms. Jingyang Yu (3 months, 2014), University of Potsdam, Germany
Mr. Loic RIVEL-BOUQUET, (4 months, 2019), Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France