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Henrike Zacher, a doctoral student in biotechnical chemistry at the Technical University of Ilmenau, has been selected through a rigorous screening process to participate in the 2025 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. In Lindau on Lake Constance, she will join more than 30 Nobel laureates from June 29 through July 4. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is a globally recognized forum for the exchange of ideas between Nobel laureates and young scientists and is also considered a springboard for brilliant careers in science and industry.
For Ilmenau-based chemist Henrike Zacher, this is a great honor: The recent master’s graduate from the Technical University of Ilmenau, who will now complete her doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology under Professor Robert Geitner, was selected through a highly competitive, international review process to participate in the 74th Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau on Lake Constance. There, she will meet and exchange ideas with more than 30 Nobel laureates alongside 600 young scientists from around the world.
The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, founded in 1951, has since inspired generations of young scientists by bringing them together with Nobel laureates. The Nobel Prize is considered the highest scientific honor in chemistry, physics, medicine, literature, and for peace efforts. For Henrike Zacher, the opportunity to engage in personal dialogue with these laureates while simultaneously building international networks with like-minded young scientists from around the world is a once-in-a-lifetime chance:
With his research, Prof. Geitner wants to minimize the impact of packaging waste on the environment, conserve fossil resources and contribute to the establishment of a circular economy:
I want to develop a process in which plastics can be converted for a wide range of applications in the circular economy. I hope this will be possible in 20 to 30 years' time, when the circular economy has become established in Germany and worldwide.
You can find the full article here:TU Ilmenau - UniOnline: Recycling packaging materials: Chemist wants to use plastics sustainably (tu-ilmenau.de)
Dr. A GroßMs. Pirjo Alexandra Vogel
defended her bachelor’s thesis on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, on the topic:
“Synthesis of Functionalized Grubbs Catalysts and Investigation of Their Activity in Cross-Metathesis”
Dr. GroßMs. Kira Sahra Jank
defended her bachelor’s thesis on the topic:
“Kinetics of the Synthesis of Oxymethylene Ethers: Studies Using High-Field NMR”
on Wednesday, September 24, 2025
