The Group
Dr. Manfred Manßen
Group Leader
Manfred Manßen studied for his undergraduate and PhD degrees at the University of Oldenburg, completing his PhD in 2018 with Prof. Rüdiger Beckhaus. Following postdoctoral studies with Prof. Laurel L. Schafer in Vancouver and Prof. Reiner Anwander in Tübingen, he started his junior research group in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Tübingen in 2022.
His research interests lie in transition metal chemistry and their application in sustainable synthesis and catalysis.
When not in the lab he enjoys watching and discussing movies, going to the gym and playing with his cat.
Awards
2022 Liebig-Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
2021 Return-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation
2019 Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation
2016 Heinz-Neumüller-Fellowship of the CEWE-Stiftung
Adrian Jenner, M. Sc.
Doctoral Student
Adrian Jenner studied chemistry at the University of Tübingen. He finished his bachelor’s thesis in the group of Prof. Reinhold Fink in 2017 and his master’s thesis in the group of Prof. Reiner Anwander in 2021. After visiting the ISI Language School in Tokyo in 2022, he started his work in our group in April 2023.
Apart from working in the lab, he enjoys making music, cooking, as well as gaming and writing poetry.
Awards
2023 Doctoral Scholarship (FCI)
2022 Fellowship of the DAAD for the study of Asian languages
Mirjam Rosenauer, B. Sc.
Master’s Student
Mirjam Rosenauer is currently working on her Master’s thesis in our group. Due to her interest in catalysis chemistry, she completed her bachelor’s thesis in the group of Prof. Doris Kunz in 2021 and afterwards started her masters studies.
In her free time, she likes to go running or do high intensity interval training.
Jonas Caspers, B. Sc.
Research Assistant
Jonas Caspers is currently studying chemistry at the University of Tübingen. He finished his bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Lars Wesemann in 2021 and started his masters program shortly afterwards. After an internship in our group in 2022, he began his work as a research assistant in March 2023.
In his free time he likes to make music and train martial arts.