About AK

EDUCATION

PhD in Chemistry (2016) Jacobs University Bremen (Promoter: Prof. Thomas Heine)

B.Sc. in Chemistry (2010) Jacobs University Bremen

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

01/2025 – Present Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)
Chemical Modelling and Informatics, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

10/2020 – 12/2024 Research Fellow, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Computational Modelling, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
10/2022 – 03/2024 Cambridge CARES Research Fellow, CREATE (Singapore)
Carbon Reduction in Chemical Technology
01/2018 – 09/2020 FWO Fellow, KU Leuven (Belgium)
Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
02/2016 – 12/2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
Molecular Magnetism, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
01/2013 – 01/2016 Research Associate, Jacobs University Bremen (Germany)
Theoretical Materials Science, School of Engineering and Science
02/2009 – 12/2012 Research Assistant, Jacobs University Bremen (Germany)
Polyoxometalate Laboratory, School of Engineering and Science

Short-term Research Visits
03/2020 Erasmus+ Mobility Fellow, University of Ulm (Germany)
06/2016 – 07/2016 Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain)
02/2014 – 07/2014 Secondment, Software for Chemistry & Materials B.V. (The Netherlands)
06/2009 – 08/2009 Intern at the Institute of Membrane Technology at the National Research Council (Italy)
01/2009 – 02/2009 Intern, Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT (Germany)

Teaching Experience
Fall 2019 General and Biological Chemistry, KU Leuven
Winter 2016/17 Modern Methods in Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University
Winter 2016/17 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, RWTH Aachen University
Spring 2012 400222 – Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Jacobs University
Spring 2012 20432 – Nanomolecular Science (II), Jacobs University
Fall 2011 400301 – Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jacobs University
Fall 2009 400111 – NatSciLab Chemistry Unit Inorganic Chemistry, Jacobs University
Fall 2008 400111 – NatSciLab Chemistry Unit Inorganic Chemistry, Jacobs University

Funding Information
10/2017 – 09/2020 Fedor Lynen (AvH) – Isaac Newton Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship
10/2017 – 09/2020 FWO Postdoctoral Fellowship
09/2010 – 12/2015 Jacobs University NANOFUN graduate research fellowships.
09/2007 – 01/2012 Undergraduate and graduate tuition grants from Jacobs University Bremen.
09/2003 – 01/2007 Full merit-based scholarship from Private Yahya Kemal College

Research Funding
2025 TU Graz Internal Competitive Funding for Small Grants
2017 – 2018 RWTH Start-up (StUpPD_270-17) together with Dr. Maria Stuckart

Mobility and Short-Term Scientific Mission Grants
06/2016 – 07/2016 Erasmus+ Visiting Scholarship
06/2016 – 07/2016 Short Term Scientific Mission supported by COST PoCheMoN Program
03/2014 – 08/2014 Marie Curie Fellowship on the industry-academia partnerships and pathways program.
06/2009 – 07/2009 Visiting scholarship from the Institute on Membrane Technology, Rende, Italy

Other
2024 Award to participate at the Global Young Scientists Summit in Singapore
2015 Award to participate at the 65th Nobel Laureate Meeting In Lindau, Germany
2012 – 2015 GDCh and JCF Conference scholarships