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Welcome to the Laboratory of Sustainable Organic Synthesis at the University of Potsdam, Germany (group of Prof. Dr. Michael A. R. Meier; a simple Mike is highly appreciated!).
It is our goal to develop new synthetic procedures that are along the lines with the principles of Green Chemistry. A major focus of our work is a sustainable use of renewable resources for the (polymer) industry. Please visit the research and publication sections to find out more about our ongoing projects or just browse around and learn more about us.
News
02/2010: Winne starts her project with us ... welcome!
01/2010: Cecilia starts her 12 month postdoctoral stay financed with a Georg Forster Research Fellowship from the the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation.
12/2009: Enrique leaves us ... thanks for staying with us, good luck in Spain, hope to CU again soon & looking forward to your three papers ;)
11/2009: Mike receives H.P. Kaufmann Prize of the German Society for Fat Science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fettwissenschaft, DGF)
11/2009: Lucas starts his postdoctoral work in Potsdam ... welcome!
11/2009: CALL FOR PAPERS AND FLYER FOR THE "3rd WORKSHOP ON FATS AND OILS AS RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY", MARCH 14-16, 2010, EMDEN, GERMANY, IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD. We are looking forward to meet you in Emden next year and are curious about your new results!
10/2009: Paper no. 60 has just been accepted for publication in Green Chemistry; congratulations Manuela and good luck with your Master studies in Hamburg!
10/2009: Maulidan starts his Ph.D. work in Potsdam
09/2009: There was no news update for quite some time, but a lot has happened in the last few weeks:
06/2009: A POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IS AVAILABLE TO START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (DETAILS)
06/2009: IMPORTANT NEWS: Mike changes to the University of Potsdam; Oĝuz and Hatice will follow soon; the rest of the group will for now stay in Emden; Mike will remain group leader in Emden at least till end of 2009.
05/2009: Guy Betrand leaves us to start a Ph.D. project in Canada; good luck in the future and thanks for choosing us for your fellowship work!
03/2009: Oĝuz starts his Ph.D. research.
02/2009: The final program of the workshop "FATS AND OILS AS RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY" is available; LINK TO PROGRAM
01/2009: Patrices paper on olefin isomerization during ADMET polymerizations got accepted in JACS; congratulations!
01/2009: HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALL THE BEST FOR 2009!
12/2008: One funded PhD studentship is available; download PhD info
11/2008: New flyer for the workshop "FATS AND OILS AS RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY" is available; download flyer
10/2008: Paper no. 50 has just been accepted!
09/2008: Bertand starts his DAAD sponsored 8 month research project.
09/2008: The SPECIAL ISSUE covering our last years workshop appeared in European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology. Read the corresponding editorial or go to its contents.
09/2008: Lucas and Manuala start their research projects.
08/2008: Anastasiya leaves us. Thanks for everything and good luck in Freiburg!
08/2008: Time to relax a bit ... have a nice holiday everyone!!!
07/2008: Hatice and Thao start as Ph.D. students.
06/2008: Our lab is "officially" finished and we had a small workshop to celebrate this; have a look at some of the pictures.
05/2008: Anastasiya and Mike presented the results of the junior research group obtained thus far at a meeting of all junior research groups finaced by the FNR in Jena, Germany.
05/2008: Mike is just back from the 99th AOCS national meeting in Seattle where he presented two invited lectures on cross-metathesis of oleochemicals as well as polymers from renewable resources.
04/2008: CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOP "FATS AND OILS AS RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY", MARCH 22-24, 2009, EMDEN, GERMANY, download flyer
04/2008: We are extremely happy with our new lab and equipment and want to celebrate the opening of the new lab with a small workshop on 02.06.2008; the invitation and details can be downloaded here.
03/2008: Mike went for an invited visit (by Prof. Selim Kusefoglu) to the the Bogaziçi University in Istanbul for a seminar and to discuss further collaboration possibilities. Thank you Selim and I am looking forward to a fruitful collaboration!
03/2008: The reconstruction of our lab is finished and our new intrsuments are installed; take a look at the LAB & EQUIPMENT section
02/2008: TWO FUNDED Ph.D. STUDENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE; PLEASE CHECK FOR DETAILS
02/2008: Our new lab is almost finished ... take a look
01/2008: Happy new year everybody ! We are looking forward to an exciting new year (and hope that the rebuilding of our new lab will be finished soon!).
11/2007: Gökhan leaves us and goes back to turkey.
09/2007: First reserach article is published (see publications: No. 42)
09/2007: Prof. Dr. J. O. Metzger from the University of Oldenburg, the mentor of our research group, receives the Wöhler price for resource saving processes from the German chemical society.
09/2007: Gökhan Çayli, a Ph.D. student from the Bogaziçi University in Istanbul (group of Prof. Selim Kusefoglu), joins us for a 3 month research visit.
09/2007: The workshop "Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry" was successfully held in Emden with 60 international participants. The organizers (Prof. Dr. Metzger and myself) would like to thank all speakers and participants for their contributions and discussions. The next workshop will be held in Emden from 07.09.2008 till 09.09.2008. Link to German press release
07/2007: First article is published (see publications: No. 41)
07/2007: Alain finishes his Bachelor thesis
05/2007: new GPC-system arrived and installed
04/2007: DFG proposal for an HPLC-MS/MS is granted
03/2007: Alain starts his Bachelor project
02/2007: Patrice starts his post-doctoral stay
01/2007: Anastasiya starts her post-doctoral stay
12/2006: two new GCs arrived and installed
11/2006: Mike wins "Golden Thesis Award 2006" from the Dutch Polymer Institute for excellent doctoral research into polymers and their application.
11/2006: Jan and Marco join the group
10/2006: start of the group with Mike and Tina