PI

Prof. Dr. Jennifer L.M. Rupp, FRSC

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)

Junior Research Group Leaders

Dr. Kunjoong Kim

kunjoong.kim[at]tum.de

Postdocs

Dr. Kevin Bertrang

kevin.bertrang[at]tum.de

Dr. Fran Kurnia

f.kurnia[at]tum.de

PhD Students

Marcel Arnold

marcel.arnold[at]tum.de

Emilio Avellone

emilio.avellone[at]tum.de

Rodrigo Bautista Pacheco

rodrigo.bautista[at]tum.de

Antonia Gyger

antonia.gyger[at]tum.de

Jesse Hinricher

jhinrich[at]mit.edu

Nabi Isaev

nabi.isaev[at]tum.de

Siqi Li

siqi.li[at]tum.de

Wonkyoung Oh

wonkyoung.oh[at]tum.de

Thorben Prein

t.prein[at]tum.de

Lucie Quincke

lucie.quincke[at]tum.de

Marina Reis

marina.reis[at]tum.de

Sarah Ronchetti

sarah.ronchetti[at]tum.de

Lukas Schrödinger

lukas.schroedinger[at]tum.de

Heewoo Seo

heewoo.seo[at]tum.de

Danni Wang

danni7.wang[at]tum.de

Matías A. Wegner

matias.wegner[at]tum.de

Steffen Weinmann

steffen.weinmann[at]tum.de

Lisa Winkler

lisa.winkler[at]tum.de

Quentin Wölflick

quentin.woelflick[at]tum.de

Current Masters Students

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

Administrators

Franziska Fink

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)


Alumni

Former Postdocs
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
Former PhD Students
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
Former Visitors
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