Welcome to the Department of Chemistry at Paderborn University
The Department of Chemistry combines interdisciplinary cutting-edge research with practice-oriented teaching and socially relevant issues. Our research ranges from the synthesis of functional materials to the sustainable use of chemical resources and theoretical methods for simulating molecular processes.
Our research groups address key questions in inorganic, organic, physical, macromolecular, and theoretical chemistry, as well as in chemistry education and sustainable materials science. Through numerous national and international collaborations, as well as integration into research centers and special research programs, the Department offers a dynamic environment for science, education, and innovation.
Our professors are actively involved in a wide range of national and international associations, editorial boards, graduate schools, and research centers, including:
- Center for Sustainable Systems Design (CSSD)
- CeOPP - Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics
- Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT)
- International Liquid Crystal Society
- DFG Review Boards & Priority Programs
- Industrial partnerships (BMW, BASF, Merck, Fraunhofer)
Teaching
A modern and application-oriented study programme, six degree courses that offer a wide range of qualification opportunities for science, industry and teaching, the best infrastructure in teaching and research (modern laboratory building, networked campus), a wide range of compulsory and elective courses, special focus in the field of sustainable chemistry and materials chemistry, and close integration of courses and science; studying chemistry in Paderborn is a good choice.
Forschung
Unsere Forschung konzentriert sich auf zentrale Zukunftsthemen wie nachhaltige Katalyse, Materialchemie, Nanostrukturen, Grenzflächenprozesse und moderne Spektroskopie. Unsere Arbeitsgruppen entwickeln neue Methoden und Materialien darunter grüne Chemie, CO₂-basierte Synthesewege, smarte Polymere, Energiespeichermaterialien oder Korrosionsschutz an Oberflächen.
Ein besonderer Fokus liegt auf der Verbindung von Grundlagenforschung und praktischer Anwendung, etwa bei der photokatalytischen Wasserspaltung, der Entwicklung funktionaler Materialien oder der Erforschung nachhaltiger Kohlenstoffmaterialien für Superkondensatoren
Unsere Forschung ist international vernetzt und in DFG-Programme, Sonderforschungsbereiche, EU-Projekte sowie Kooperationen mit Partnern aus Wissenschaft und Industrie eingebunden.
„Paderborn Chemistry combines excellent teaching with outstanding research. In research, the focus is on the development and understanding of sustainable systems at the molecular level. In teaching, chemical concepts are taught and applied in a research-oriented manner.”
