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The research group of Prof. Dr. Sebastian Polarz focuses on self-assembly: surfactants with new head groups, semiconductor materials: particle-based materials and porous solids: gradient materials and neighboring group effects.
Meet our team
Professors
![Sebastian Polarz](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/8/a/csm_028d0fa7ba49c8b0d580b0c4b5ee4d4d6cf74874-fp-3-2-0-0_66eaa1f355.jpg)
![Sebastian Polarz](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/8/a/csm_028d0fa7ba49c8b0d580b0c4b5ee4d4d6cf74874-fp-3-2-0-0_75b2cea64d.jpg)
Postdoctoral researchers
![Yasar Krysiak](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/a/7/csm_62e0a5997bef5200c8aa2fdb3af1af8090083045-fp-3-2-0-0_617aa2be40.jpg)
![Yasar Krysiak](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/a/7/csm_62e0a5997bef5200c8aa2fdb3af1af8090083045-fp-3-2-0-0_69d1c35379.jpg)
Research Staff
![Sonja Locmelis-Renziehausen](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/9/2/csm_60c3d4ba04ad7d3e47fbcfbe3ece20335e4aaf9f-fp-3-2-0-0_ad29438b01.jpg)
![Sonja Locmelis-Renziehausen](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/9/2/csm_60c3d4ba04ad7d3e47fbcfbe3ece20335e4aaf9f-fp-3-2-0-0_dc05fdb94a.jpg)
![Stephan Siroky](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/4/b/csm_dfcf839c8e0104af269a5479acf72934bd7a0108-fp-3-2-0-0_ec73f2f3d6.jpg)
![Stephan Siroky](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/4/b/csm_dfcf839c8e0104af269a5479acf72934bd7a0108-fp-3-2-0-0_81c93ace23.jpg)
Doctoral Candidates
![Sarah Busse](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/8/9/csm_940789bb3493cda6cef5402c6e4d21e3bf688322-fp-3-2-0-0_f9ca077ffa.jpg)
![Sarah Busse](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/8/9/csm_940789bb3493cda6cef5402c6e4d21e3bf688322-fp-3-2-0-0_7b60c96553.jpg)
Madeleine Alexandra Schaefer, M. Sc.
Administrative/Technical Staff
![Marc Robert Krey](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/6/4/csm_b81454006afa21e3b90c41a9c68c2fa05b756a2b-fp-3-2-0-0_dd1c69e4e3.jpg)
![Marc Robert Krey](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/6/4/csm_b81454006afa21e3b90c41a9c68c2fa05b756a2b-fp-3-2-0-0_93c783d9f1.jpg)
![Claudia Schulze](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/6/f/csm_e5908c83466367b4b703e863cde5c78dc5dfc86e-fp-3-2-0-0_a86cb60750.jpg)
![Claudia Schulze](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/6/f/csm_e5908c83466367b4b703e863cde5c78dc5dfc86e-fp-3-2-0-0_60fc136c9b.jpg)
![Petra Zoch](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/f/4/csm_c84225e8f23d026e7fe118ec035f2d780b0c5d63-fp-3-2-0-0_191ea044a7.jpg)
![Petra Zoch](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/f/4/csm_c84225e8f23d026e7fe118ec035f2d780b0c5d63-fp-3-2-0-0_1271e3ecdf.jpg)