jrupp[at]tum.de
Professor, Department of Chemistry, TU Munich
CSO and Co-Founder of Qkera GmbH
CTO of TUMint.Energy Research GmbH
Academic Director, TUM Venture Labs ChemSpace
Vice President, International Society for Solid State Ionics
Fellow of the Max Planck Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the National Academy Leopoldina
Member of the MRS Board of Directors from (2026 - 2028)
| Name | Studies | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Chiara Althammer | Chemistry (M. Sc.), Ludwigs Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) | Low-temperature co-deposition of NMC/LLZO composite cathodes for all-solid-state batteries |
| Emiliano Reyes Ibarra | Materials Science and Engineering (M. Sc.), Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Development of Single-Phase Mixed-Conducting LNMO Cathode |
| Zhichao Yu | Materials Science and Engineering (M. Sc.), Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Synthesis and Proton Conduction Measurement of Gadolinia-Doped Ceria Membranes |
| Bastian Michels | Chemistry (M. Sc.), Ludwigs Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) | Performance of LMNO cathodes for liquid lithium ion batteries depending on particle size, temperature and ALD coatings |
| Adrianos Klits | Chemistry (M. Sc.), Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Ceramic processing, sintering, and electrochemical analysis of LNMO |
| Finn Welsh | MChem Chemist, University of Southampton | Investigating and Limiting Interfacial Degradation Reactions During Co-Sintering of LNMO and LLZTO |
| Hanna Schmid | Chemistry (M. Sc.), Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Characterization of Catalyst Materials for Single-Chamber Abiotic Glucose Fuel Cells |
| Yeeun Lee | Materials Science and Engineering (M. Sc.), Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Proton intercalation in tungsten oxide thin films |
office.ecm[at]nat.tum.de | +49 (89) 289-54441
TUCHACF Professur für Chemie der Festkörperelektrolyte (Prof. Rupp)
85748 Garching b. München, Lichtenbergstr. 4/III (Elektochemische Materialien)
| Name | Position | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ya-Ru Wang | ||
| Dr. Fuzhan Rahmanian | CEO & Co-Founder | AccelionTech, Germany |
| Dr. Moran Balaish | Battery Cell Technology Specialist | BMW, Germany |
| Dr. Andreas Weis | CTO & Co-Founder | Qkera, Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Lingping Kong | Assistant Professor | San Diego State University, USA |
| Dr. Haemin Paik | Research Scientist | Samsung SDI, USA |
| Dr. Katarzyna Sokol | Chief Technology Officer | H2WIN, Belgium |
| Dr. Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Rosillo | Research Scientist | Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Spain |
| Dr. Zachary Hood | Group Leader and Materials Scientist | Argonne National Laboratory, USA |
| Dr. Alexander Bork | Senior Research and Development Engineer | Sensirion, Switzerland |
| Dr. Alfonso Carrillo | Research Fellow | Instituto de Tecnología Química, UPV-CSIC, Spain |
| Prof. Dr. Markus Kubicek | Associate Professor | Technical University Vienna, Austria |
| Prof. Dr. Semih Afyon | Project Manager | Belenos Clean Power Holding Ltd, Switzerland |
| Dr. Iñigo Garbayo | Head of Hydrogen Division | National Renewable Energy Centre, Spain |
| Dr. Roman Korobko | Research Associate | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
| Dr. Sören Boyn | Development Engineer | Labom Mess- und Regeltechnik, Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Nenning | Postdoc | Technical University Vienna, Austria |
| Prof. Dr. Michal Struzik | Assistant Professor | Warsaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Name | Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Drew Buzzell | ||
| Dr. Hyunwon Chu | Postdoc | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA |
| Dr. Sarah Sand | Postdoc | Northwestern University, USA |
| Dr. Willis O'Leary | Research scientist | Cusp AI, UK |
| Dr. Thomas Defferriere | Postdoc | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA |
| Dr. Yuntong Zhu | Staff Engineering Program Manager | Tesla, USA |
| Dr. Philipp Simons | Senior Manager Operations Strategy and Business Resilience | Amgen, USA |
| Dr. Francesco Pagani | Product and Business Development Manager | Digatron Systems Srl, Italy |
| Dr. Eva Sediva | ||
| Dr. Felix Messerschmitt | Program Sourcing Leader - Microelectronics & Electronics | GE Healthcare, USA |
| Dr. Sebastian Schweiger | Principal Quality Engineer | Coherent Corp., USA |
| Dr. Yanuo Shi | Research Associate | ShanghaiTech University, China |
| Dr. Rafael Schmitt | Innovation Project Manager | CimArk, Switzerland |
| Dr. Michael Rawlence | Head of HV Battery System Engineering | Iveco Group, Switzerland |
| Dr. Reto Pfenninger | Project Manager | Belenos Clean Power Holding Ltd, Switzerland |
| Prof. Dr. William Bowman | Associate Professor, UC Irvine | USA |
| Name | Position | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. Stephen S. Nonnenmann | Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department (University of Massachusetts Amherst) | USA |
| Prof. Dr. Sossina M. Haile | Professor, Material Science and Engineering Department (Northwestern University) | USA |
| Prof. Dr. Andrej Lenert | Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering (University of Michigan) | USA |
| Prof. Dr. Fikile Brushett | Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering (MIT) | USA |
| Heung Chan Lee | Researcher, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology | Korea |
| Masaki Wadaguchi | Scientist from NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD | Japan |
| Dr. Won Seok Chang | Researcher, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) | Korea |
| Prof. Dr. Shunsuke Yagi | Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo | Japan |
| Jun Hao Teo | Corporate Strategy and Market Intelligence, PowerCo SE | Germany | Prof. Dr. Jelena Popovic | Associate Professor, Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering, University of Stavanger | Norway |