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Tania joins the group as a MSc student

Tania Beringer is currently enrolled in Universität Basel’s Nanosciences MSc program and is joining our group for 3 months to complete one of the research projects for her MSc degree. She will investigate chiral control of spin-crossover…

Royal Society Theo Murphy meeting on next-generation ultrafast science

We had an exciting time in Edinburgh, especially enjoying the endless scientific discussions throughout the two days!

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Kyle is a new MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow!

We are happy to share that our very own Dr. Kyle Barlow received Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for the project FemtoMolSpin. The aim is to develop a highly-sensitive, broadband magnetic circular dichroism spectrometer to…

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Jaromír's Master Thesis Presentation

Congratulations, Jaromír! Jaromír presented his work on excited state dynamics of some CPL emitting chiral carbon-based macrocycles. This successfully concluded his MSc thesis, co-supervised by Prof. Oliver Wenger, and in collaboration…

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SCS Fall meeting 2025

It was a pleasure for us to participate at the SCS Fall meeting 2025 at the Irchel campus in Zürich. Pieter and José presented their work at the poster session, which earned Pieter the runner-up prize for best poster in the PC session! A…

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Group hike to the Buochserhorn

We conquered the steep slopes of the Buochserhorn and its inhabitants on our last group excursion! The view from the summit was well deserved.

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Summer conferences 2025

This summer, Malte gave invited talks at the 20th International Conference on Chiroptical Spectroscopy in Debrecen, Hungary, and at the 31st International Symposium on Molecular Beams in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He was also selected by the…

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Group dinner

The group gathered at Cantina Don Camillo to celebrate the latest research achievements, the new group members and the end of the spring semester! A nod to the Beatles and their ‘Please Please Me’.

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Proton DREAMS receives funding from the SNSF MAPS program

The Proton DREAMS project receives funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, and the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding, Romania.

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The 16th Femtochemistry conference

The group travelled to Trieste (IT) to join Femto16. Livia contributed with a talk on a chiral LED lanthanide complex with CPL, while Pieter, José and Tristan joined the poster sessions to present their projects. Many thanks to the…

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Jaromír joins the group as a MSc student

Jaromír Setlik is currently enrolled in Universität Basel’s Chemistry MSc program and is joining our group for 6 months to perform his MSc research with us. He will investigate the excited state dynamics of chiral carbon-based macrocycles,…

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José stays in the group as a PhD student!

José Antonio Merkelj starts his PhD after successfully obtaining his MSc degree in Molecular and Biological Chemistry at EPFL, which ended with a Thesis in our group on the excited state dynamics in chiral platinum-helicene complexes with…

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Christmas Dinner 2024

With Christmas just around the corner, the group went out for dinner. We are pleased to welcome Kyle, our very new postdoc, and wish everyone a happy new year!

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Kyle joins the group as a post-doctoral researcher!

Kyle Barlow obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry on ultrafast molecular magnetism from the University of Edinburgh under the supervision of Dr. J. O. Johansson. Kyle's project in the group will initially focus on the setup development, before…

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Group excursion to Stockhorn

The group headed to the Stockhorn for a hike at the foot of the Alps. Postcard views and vermicelles decorated this outdoor day!

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